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When the hustle and bustle of the season gets to me, I enjoy sitting down with a hot cup of tea, a nice fire and a cozy holiday read. CHRISTMAS COOKIE MURDER by Leslie Meier was just what Santa ordered. For Lucy Stone, married mother of four and reporter for The Pennysaver in Tinker's Cove, Maine, the annual Christmas cookie exchange is one of her favorite things about the holiday season. This year she is the hostess for the exchange, but not everything goes smoothly. Lucy has a major plumbing disaster. The exchangers snipe at each other. Jealousies and rivalries rear their ugly heads. Feelings are hurt and one exchanger accuses another of stealing her cookie recipe. The day after the cookie exchange, on of the ladies, Tucker Whitney, is found murdered. Were her cookies that bad or was there another reason why someone would kill her? Meier writes convincingly and with warmth and energy about small town life in Maine. Lucy Stone knows everyone and everyone knows Lucy. Keeping up with town life and home life are crisscrossed successfully with the investigation surrounding the murder. The plot and characters are presented in a no-nonsense fashion. Meier includes human insights into raising kids -- concerns about drugs, the hassle of completing forms for college -- all while trying to keep track of a friend with cancer and meeting deadlines at work. Lucy Stone could be any working mother in America today and this is what makes this novel "real." This reader enjoyed a look at the close knit community of Tinker's Cove with all its foibles along with a look into Lucy's life as she falls (literally) into the answer of who killed Tucker. CHRISTMAS COOKIE MURDER is a charming, humorous holiday whodunit.
Reviewed by Lane Wright, December 2003
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