Easter Basket Murder by Leslie Meier
EASTER BASKET MURDER is a perfect cozy mystery trilogy to celebrate the spring and Easter season. Cozy fans will enjoy the holiday mayhem provided by 3 top notch authors featuring characters from their popular series:
EASTER BASKET MURDER by Leslie Meier features Lucy Stone, reporter for the local Tinker’s Cove newspaper. She’s sniffing out the theft of a valuable sculptured egg made of bronze and coated with gold and silver. It’s a prime example of a how a simple fundraiser by the local Chamber of Commerce can go wrong – so wrong it also leads to murder! With chamber members flinging accusations at each other and a couple going through a bitter divorce entering into the picture, fans will have no shortage of suspects.
Home-spun Lucy Stone and Tinker’s Cove remind me of a simpler life – laid back and charming. Shades of Mayberry enter my mind every time I read one of Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone Mysteries.
DEATH BY EASTER EGG by Lee Hollis finds food columnist and restauranteur, Haley Powell, and her hubby, Bruce, hosting family for the Easter holiday. Also blowing into town is one of the local bank’s wealthiest clients, Natalie Van Dyke. She’s a demanding sourpuss even on her best day – but on this particular day at the bank, she finds her safety deposit box has been wiped out! The bank becomes a crime scene and threats of lawsuits against the bank ensue, all leading to the firing of the bank’s beloved security guard. Its put a real damper on the local Easter egg hunt, but not as much as discovering a dead Easter bunny!
In Death by Easter Egg, Lee Hollis serves us another tasty entree in the Haley Powell Mystery Series.
HOPPED ALONG by Barbara Ross opens with an Easter egg hunt on Morrow Island. The Snowden family is known far and wide for their restaurant’s seasonal clambakes. But right now, they’ve got some downtime to enjoy the Easter holiday with their family and friends. But when Julia Snowden’s young nephew, Jack, finds a body in a vegetable patch things get just plain weird!
The body vanishes. Was the poor man really dead? Or just unconscious? Who was he and how did he get to the island undetected? Where is he now? With the Easter season in full swing, Julia finds herself more perplexed than ever – and wondering if she’s seeing double! Barbara Ross always gives us an island-feel mystery with a family vibe in her Maine Clambake Mystery Series.
This is a great time of year for some lighthearted, solid holiday mysteries. These upscale cozy authors whipped up their own personal Easter treats! All are most enjoyable, festive and just plain fun! While the kids will be on the lookout for the Easter bunny and his basket of goodies, you’ll be on the lookout for 3 killers lurking around these 3 small towns in coastal Maine.
A copy of this book and cover photo were provided by: Kensington Publishing.