Candy Corn Murder

Our library adores Leslie Meier. She has the best covers and the words inside are pretty awesome too!

I pick up Lucy Stone mysteries occasionally and this one is very good. Set in Maine during the early fall, and Tinker's Cove is extending their tourist season by having a pumpkin festival. Murder is on the calendar during the pumpkin hurling contest and Lucy's husband is becoming the prime suspect. The story is interspersed with flashbacks to a previous decade when a woman disappears from town. Lucy comes through finding the murderer and gives insight to abuse of women and the legalization of marijuana. An enjoyable read.

Another good mystery keeps you guessing till the end.

Great cozy mystery. You not only get the current story, but also flashes of the past for the reader. These flashes give you hints to why certain actions are happening. Part of that past is pretty dark, but Lucy Stone and her family keep the mood mostly light in the present..

I have read all titles from the Lucy Stone series. It takes place in small town Maine. The story is well written and the characters well thought out. I have recommended this series to people before. It's a can't miss series.

Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier is the perfect read if you're ready for Fall to arrive. The Great Pumpkin Fest is in full swing, complete with pumpkin catapults, an underwater pumpkin carving contest, and a pumpkin boat regatta. But the event isn't going as planned. Someone is destroying the candidates for the title of biggest pumpkin and tearing apart the scarecrow displays. And when the first pumpkins start to fly from their catapults, a corpse is discovered in the trunk of the junky old car that they were using as a target. The book opens with a chilling prologue and, as the plot unfolds, more and more details of a decades old crime are revealed. I enjoyed the contrast between how women of different generations deal with things.