Trick or Treat Murder (Lucy Stone, #3)

by Leslie Meier

Reprinted Edition

"A charming setting and likable cast. . .enjoyable reading." --Publishers Weekly

Haunted-house parties and ghostly galas. . .grinning pumpkins, mayhem and murder. It's going to be one heck of a Halloween for Lucy Stone and Tinker's Cove. . .

It's October in Maine, and everyone in Tinker's Cove is preparing for the annual Halloween festival. While Lucy Stone is whipping up orange-frosted cupcakes, recycling tutus for her daughters' Halloween costumes, helping her son with his pre-teen rebellion, and breast-feeding her brand-new bay, an arsonist is loose in Tinker's Cove. When the latest fire claims the life of the owner of the town's oldest house, arson turns into murder. . .

While the townsfolk work to transform a dilapidated mansion into a haunted house for the All-Ghouls festival, the hunt for the culprit heats up. Trick-or-treat turns deadly as a little digging in all the wrong places puts Lucy too close to a shocking discovery that could send all her best-laid plans up in smoke. . .

"Lucy Stone is an endearing sleuth." --Dorothy Cannell

• ISBN10: 1575660938
• ISBN13: 9781575660936
• Publish Date: 1 October 1996
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 245
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

Can the arsonist be found before any more bad can happen?

Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier is my first book of this Lucy Stone series. I am happy to say that it didn’t disappoint at all. This book was a great read that kept me guessing throughout the entire story. Thinking I knew who the arsonist was just to be proven wrong at the end of the book. I completely fell for the red herring, and I was shocked by who did it, but I did love the way it wrapped up. Everything about this book was brilliant.

The Main Character

Trick or Treat Murder’s main character is Lucy Stone. She’s a great character in my mind. She is very developed in this book. It seems like Lucy loves what she has become, a wife, and a mother. I love that she embraces that and tries her hardest to be herself while being there for her kids. Lucy wants to try to find out what happened regarding these fires. She wants the person to stop and everyone to be safe.

The Love Interest

Unlike with other cozy mysteries where the love interest is always in law enforcement this time it’s different. Lucy’s husband is Bill Stone, and he is a restoration contractor. That means he restores old homes doesn’t matter what year or century that it is either. He is just trying to make money fixing old houses, and he loves his job. Bill and Lucy go through a lot of things. He’s a great husband and father to Lucy and the kids. I love the little flirty banter that the two of them have despite the many years that they have been together and having five kids together…Or at least I think. Again like I said this is my first book in this series.

The Villain

Now, I can’t exactly spoil it. I try not to do that in the reviews. Let’s just say beware of the red herrings when you are reading this book. There are quite a few of them and can totally fool you into thinking that they did it. That’s the way it went with me.

Five Stars

I am giving Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier’s a five-star review. I loved this book and bought this book in a box set called Halloween Murder. The Lucy Stone Series is now the next cozy mystery series that I wouldn’t mind reading from the beginning. If I had any time to do that.

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