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Summary: Good for a light read
Review: After reading The Christmas Cookie Murder, I decided to read Back to School Murder because, well . . . it's back to school time. I was so disappointed. I couldn't believe these two novels were written by the same person! In Back to School Murder, Lucy seems more concerned about her feelings for her night school professor, her older kids are brats and Bill is a total jerk( which could account for Lucy's feeling toward her night school professor.) In Christmas Cookie Murder, Lucy came across more sympathetically, her older kids weren't quite as bratty and Bill's moments of being a jerk were not as many. The mystery seemed to take back seat to the trials and tribulations of Lucy Stone. By the time I finished the book, I didn't care who the murderer was, nor did I care about any of the characters. When I posed this opinion to a mystery fan list, it was suggested I skip the author's earlier works and try the one coming out in November, Turkey Day Murder. I think I will take this suggestion.
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Summary: Loved It !!!!!
Review: All I have to say this is my first read of this author and I loved the book . If your looking for 90's reality and a murder mystery give this book a look I plan to read more of her work.
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Summary: SUNDAY AT THE BARBECUE WITH LUCY STONE
Review: As I said in an earlier review, summer afternoons are perfect for exploring the exploits of Tinker's Cove murder meddling sleuth Lucy Stone. So I decided to use my second of three books as an excuse to crash under the tree at the annual family burnt meat ritual. So while the pork steaks (a part of the pig known only to residents of Saint Louis) were slowly cooking on the grill I was quickly turning the pages of Leslie Meier's Back To School Murder. The start of this adventure is a real blast - a high noon bomb blast at the grade school Lucy's daughter Sara attends. Luckily all the children escape injury including one who is rescued in the nick of time by assistant principal, Carol Crane. But within a couple of chapters she is rewarded for her heroism by being murdered. So, who done it? Was it Mr. Mopps, the school janitor, the high school science teacher, Lucy's night school English professor, or the sleazy minister? As usual Lucy is convinced the wrong person has been arrested for the murder and so she sets out to solve the crime herself. Two complications to Lucy's solving the crime as well as being able to meet her husband's demands for having dinner on the table at six sharp each day have been added in this book. First, she has become a part-time working mother (at the Pennysaver weekly newspaper) and second she has returned to college. But we all know that this won't stop her from discovering the identity of the murderer at the end of this very enjoyable book. Only this time I was at least a chapter or several pages ahead of her sleuthing abilities.
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Summary: Heavy handed hints give the mystery away
Review: I very much enjoyed Mistletoe Murder and Tippy Toe Murder, so happily settled down to read this mystery, armed with a free afternoon and a cup of coffee. That is the best way to read Ms Meier's books--a cozy afternoon and a cozy book. By the time the bomb went off, somewhere around page 5, I had figured out who had set it and why. It seemed too obvious, so I checked the end of the book, and I was right. The hints (which I will not reveal, because it might not be obvious to some readers) were glaringly heavy-handed--not really hints at all. I stopped reading, my cozy afternoon coming to a premature end. I am not usually particularly adept at guessing who did it, so this book must have been extraordinarily obvious. The author is, however, at two successes to one failure, so I plan to keep reading.
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Summary: Good for a light read
Review: Like the rest of the Lucy Stone series, this one is fine if you're looking for something ultra-light. But I can't warm to the character of Lucy Stone or any of the other characters, really. Something is lacking in character development, and Lucy Stone frankly comes off as rather unlikeable, with a husband who seems to be back in the 1950s. But for something easy and light, the series is fine, especially if you're a mom and enjoy something familiar.
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