Review: Trick or Treat Murder by Leslie Meier
Friday, October 31st, 2008
From the back cover: 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 baby, 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…
My Review: I think I found a new favorite author. I just happened to pick up this book in Barnes and Noble because I knew we were going to do a series on Halloween books. This book was so real to life and since the protagonist was a breast-feeding mama of four, I felt I could really relate to her. I love the setting of the book - New England in fall - doesn’t get much better than that! I could smell the air and see the multi-colored leaves on the trees - ooh, I miss that in Southern California. Lucy Stone, the main character, is a stay-at-home mom who solves mysteries - she just doesn’t seem to be able to wait for the authorities. There are some tense moments in the story, but overall it is a light mystery - a fun book.
I love the idea that Leslie Meier places her stories around holidays. I just ordered Turkey Day Murder and Mistletoe Murder to read in the upcoming months.
Trick or Treat Murder was relatively clean - no graphic sex and very little language - so readers of clean books will appreciate that!





