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A review by luffy79
Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
4.0
Candy Corn murder brings a revival of the Lucy Stone series with it. It centers around Halloween. The only person going to collect candy is Patrick, the grandson of Lucy. But, rest assured, nothing harmful befalls him. He doesn't experience anything uncomfortable until he sees his grandfather Bill Stone get arrested by the local cops.
Bill is my favorite character in this series. He features prominently. He was supposed to build a catapult for a pumpkin throwing contest. Helping him is Ev Wickes. The latter makes an unflattering impression to Lucy. Alas, it's him who is the feature victim in the book.
To confuse the readers' senses, the author has two murders running parallel to each other. the motives get entangled, and hence we cannot solve the case.
I liked this book partly because of the interaction between Lucy and her family. Also, I was able to keep track of the new characters of this adventure. There must always be new characters living in Tinker's Cove. There must be fresh suspects, you see. There must have been about 100 suspects ever since the book started on its long running stories. Bill has been a suspect here, but also a couple of times in the past.
What I want to tell you is that there is nothing really, REALLY new here. But I went along with it gleefully enough because Leslie Meier knows how to write a book. It's very difficult to write a book that even a handful of people will like. I tried writing one and I'm still stuck in chapter one. So, kudos to the author for having enough creativity to craft a new book that I gave 4 stars to.
Bill is my favorite character in this series. He features prominently. He was supposed to build a catapult for a pumpkin throwing contest. Helping him is Ev Wickes. The latter makes an unflattering impression to Lucy. Alas, it's him who is the feature victim in the book.
To confuse the readers' senses, the author has two murders running parallel to each other. the motives get entangled, and hence we cannot solve the case.
I liked this book partly because of the interaction between Lucy and her family. Also, I was able to keep track of the new characters of this adventure. There must always be new characters living in Tinker's Cove. There must be fresh suspects, you see. There must have been about 100 suspects ever since the book started on its long running stories. Bill has been a suspect here, but also a couple of times in the past.
What I want to tell you is that there is nothing really, REALLY new here. But I went along with it gleefully enough because Leslie Meier knows how to write a book. It's very difficult to write a book that even a handful of people will like. I tried writing one and I'm still stuck in chapter one. So, kudos to the author for having enough creativity to craft a new book that I gave 4 stars to.