Sunday, February 15, 2009

Back To School Murder by Leslie Meier

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Genre: Cozy Mystery

It’s another adventure for Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone. Lucy’s children go back to school in the quaint town of Tinker’s Cove in Maine, where nothing exciting ever happens. This year, however, the elementary school staff and students are shocked when they get a bomb scare. The school is quickly evacuated when the assistant principal, Carol Crane discovers one of the students is still in the building. She races against the clock and saves the child just before the bomb goes off. Carol is Tinker’s Cove’s new heroine and the toast of the town.

The town is stunned when days later Carol is murdered. Lucy Stone is determined to discover who would want to murder a selfless woman such as Carol Crane. As she delves deeper and deeper into Carol’s history, Lucy realizes the woman wasn’t all that she seemed. Lucy’s own life is threatened as she gets closer and closer to the truth. Obviously someone wants Lucy’s mouth to be permanently shut.

I love this series! It’s a fast-paced read with characters you watch grow from book to book. Lucy Stone is a wonderfully strong heroine raising four children and taking care of her husband, who believes a woman should not be working but staying at home with the family. Despite her husband’s feelings, Lucy works part-time at the local newspaper. Readers will find themselves cheering for her and wanting to see her succeed. I’m looking forward to reading the next book in this delightful series.

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3 comments:

  1. KayeFebruary 16, 2009 at 7:26 AM

    Oh, I love that series too! Those characters seem so real to me. I feel like I can truly picture that old house and those kids and all the other townspeople. What a fun bunch of books Leslie writes. Great review!

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  2. YvonneFebruary 16, 2009 at 7:36 AM

    Thanks - I absolutely love this series. I think because Lucy and her family seem very realistic to me. They can be any family and what a nice group of characters in that town. I always love to visit Tinker's Cove. The great thing is, this was only book #4, so I still have many more to read :)

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  3. The BookwormFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    this sounds like a fun series, great review!
    http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/

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