Chocolate Covered Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery #18)
by
Leslie Meier (Goodreads Author)
Between a cutthroat dessert contest and her daughter's new job at the fanciest chocolate shop Tinker's Cove has ever seen, Lucy Stone is on a steady diet of tempting treats! But with a killer on the loose, and Valentine's Day around the corner, there may be nothing sweeter than revenge. . .
It's frigid in snow-covered Tinker's Cove, and Lucy is fighting the winter blues--an...more
It's frigid in snow-covered Tinker's Cove, and Lucy is fighting the winter blues--an...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
January 1st 2012
by Kensington
(first published December 27th 2011)
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Lucy Stone is a part-time reporter in the small town of Tinker's Cove, Maine (and apparently has been for 17 other books before this one). In the chill of a Maine winter (which, from reading about Hannah Swenson in the mystery series set in Minnesota, where everyone has to plug in their cars so the batteries don't freeze, is actually relatively balmy), a local man drowns while ice-fishing, and Lucy suspects a murder. She doesn't do much investigation, however, until the second murder at the new...more
2012 may be a mild winter in most parts of the Northeast, but it’s frigid in Tinker’s Cove, Maine, the setting for the delightful Lucy Stone mysteries by Cape Cod author Leslie Meier. In an effort to boost tourism in this non-ski part of the state, the town is hosting a special travel promotion for Valentine’s Day. Lucy, a reporter for the local newspaper, is assigned to do a feature story on the new shop in town—Chanticleer’s Chocolates—and its yummy owner, eligible bachelor Trey Meachem.
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There is a new Fudge Queen in town. She's taking no prisoners and the boys like her milkshake. Just what is she selling besides 'award winning' chocolate morsels flavored to a real man's tastebuds? Why does she wind up dead lavishly covered in her luscious confectionery offerings? Is it her candy rival the widow of a Korean War veteran who started a small home based business to support herself decades before? Is it someone else such a jealous wife or girlfriend? Or are there more devious things...more
"A Gooey, Sweet Crime Not to be Missed"
There’s never a dull moment in Tinker’s Cove, Maine…or so it seems to the “Pennysaver’s” star reporter, Lucy Stone. After sitting through a seemingly never-ending town meeting about wastewater issues (which was about as exciting as watching grass grow) Lucy heads back to her home on Red Top Road, only to end up stuck in a snow bank while trying to avoid hitting a deer. Shaken, but okay, Lucy pictures her frozen demise on the front page of the Pennysaver. O...more
There’s never a dull moment in Tinker’s Cove, Maine…or so it seems to the “Pennysaver’s” star reporter, Lucy Stone. After sitting through a seemingly never-ending town meeting about wastewater issues (which was about as exciting as watching grass grow) Lucy heads back to her home on Red Top Road, only to end up stuck in a snow bank while trying to avoid hitting a deer. Shaken, but okay, Lucy pictures her frozen demise on the front page of the Pennysaver. O...more
Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier
Typical New England seaside town where in a small town everybody knows everybody.
She is a newspaper reporter and there's a lot going around in town during the winter.
Death on the ice while ice fishing, chamber of commerce meetings how to promote the town
so others will visit and celebrate Valentines Day, award to 1st and 2nd best New England
chocolate shops-both are in town and in competition with one another, returning military
man, tourists looking for a...more
Typical New England seaside town where in a small town everybody knows everybody.
She is a newspaper reporter and there's a lot going around in town during the winter.
Death on the ice while ice fishing, chamber of commerce meetings how to promote the town
so others will visit and celebrate Valentines Day, award to 1st and 2nd best New England
chocolate shops-both are in town and in competition with one another, returning military
man, tourists looking for a...more
Jan 06, 2012
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Another winner from my favorite cozy author! What can I say, I probably am a little biased! I think I was the first person to check this one out - I put my name on the library waiting list while it was being cataloged. Yeah, I roll like that sometimes!
Winter in Maine, brr! Chocolate, fudge, and Valentine's Day? Yay! Food and murder - it's what makes a cozy after all!
After discovering this series a couple years ago, and most definitely not reading them in order, it's been a lot of fun to watch th...more
Winter in Maine, brr! Chocolate, fudge, and Valentine's Day? Yay! Food and murder - it's what makes a cozy after all!
After discovering this series a couple years ago, and most definitely not reading them in order, it's been a lot of fun to watch th...more
Flabby to nonexistent characterization. Inconsistent storyline. Boatloads of comma splices that wouldn't make it past my high school English teacher. Hell, they didn't even make it past ME. Is the economy really so bad that Kensington Publishing can't spring for a proofreader? This book reads like a first draft.
The mystery itself could have been interesting, but it was surrounded by characters I didn't care about and an unlikable sleuth. In the first half of the book, mom/reporter of newspaper p...more
The mystery itself could have been interesting, but it was surrounded by characters I didn't care about and an unlikable sleuth. In the first half of the book, mom/reporter of newspaper p...more
It’s Valentine’s Day in the small Maine town of Tinker’s Cove and the competition for being the best chocolate in town is becoming very bloodthirsty. Fern’s Famous Fudge has been an icon in Tinker’s Cove for years, but now in comes a new competitor, Chanticleer’s Chocolates, very fancy and expensive chocolates.
Reporter Lucy Stone is assigned to cover Chanticleer’s Chocolates with a newspaper article, but when she discovers that the manager of the new chocolate company is a flirt who appears to b...more
Reporter Lucy Stone is assigned to cover Chanticleer’s Chocolates with a newspaper article, but when she discovers that the manager of the new chocolate company is a flirt who appears to b...more
This is the 18th book in the Lucy Stone mystery collection. Lucy Stone is a reporter for the local newspaper and two people that she knows were murdered in this town. A local fisherman winds up drowned and the manager of the upscale chocolate store Chanticleer's Chocolates Tamzin Graves winds up dead. Lucy was assigned to write a story about the chocolate store and the owner, Trey Meacham. Are these two murders connected? At first the police don't think so. Due to Lucy's good reporting she finds...more
I always eagerly await Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone mysteries and recently found her latest, Chocolate Covered Murder in the New Books section of my local library. Leslie Meier ably captures the small details of life, illuminating the small-town setting and its characters, family life, and the winter season. And what cozy fan can resist chocolate as a theme, with not one but two chocolate stores featured?
Generally, Lucy Stone is a likeable character, but in this book, she comes across as sometimes...more
Generally, Lucy Stone is a likeable character, but in this book, she comes across as sometimes...more
Chocolate Covered Murder
By: Leslie Meier
Copyright January 2012
Publisher Kensington
Between a cutthroat dessert contest and her daughter's new job at the fanciest chocolate shop Tinker's Cove has ever seen, Lucy Stone is on a steady diet of tempting treats! But with a killer on the loose, and Valentine's Day around the corner, there may be nothing sweeter than revenge. . .
It's frigid in snow-covered Tinker's Cove, and Lucy is fighting the winter blues--and her widening waistline. No one in their...more
By: Leslie Meier
Copyright January 2012
Publisher Kensington
Between a cutthroat dessert contest and her daughter's new job at the fanciest chocolate shop Tinker's Cove has ever seen, Lucy Stone is on a steady diet of tempting treats! But with a killer on the loose, and Valentine's Day around the corner, there may be nothing sweeter than revenge. . .
It's frigid in snow-covered Tinker's Cove, and Lucy is fighting the winter blues--and her widening waistline. No one in their...more
Mixed impressions. Very bare-bones in terms of character development. Reasonable plot but predictable ending (I had to skip ahead!) Not sure why American authors can't gather the 'atmosphere' more. Could it be the editors? Are they targeting a semi-literate audience? Just don't know. Comparison with British authors makes this one look bad (as long as you exclude MC Beaton: Those books seem to be designed to appeal to the Elementary School readers.) Nevertheless, you could treat this as light 'ti...more
Wife, Mom, and Journalist for Tinker's Cove, Maine, Lucy Stone is upset by the new chocolate store in town. Her youngest daughter, Zoe is hired without a worker's permit and that is just the beginning of feeling something is wrong at Chanticleer's Chocolates.
Other worries concern Lucy as she keeps getting assignments to do with the store and also about her personal life. A good friend's suicide, or is it?, shakes the small town. It is time to figure things out on her own for Lucy.
Can Lucy solve...more
Other worries concern Lucy as she keeps getting assignments to do with the store and also about her personal life. A good friend's suicide, or is it?, shakes the small town. It is time to figure things out on her own for Lucy.
Can Lucy solve...more
Sometimes for me, a book can be like creamed corn: I get it for no reason except that I see it on the shelf and want something to chew on. this book is like that, and also like creamed corn, it's cloyingly sweet with not much substance. This book is bland, but in an almost comforting kind of way.
That said, what kind of mystery book has the sleuth looking for clues without giving any hints for a keen reader to catch? The killer just kind of appeared in the last bit and then confessed to everythi...more
That said, what kind of mystery book has the sleuth looking for clues without giving any hints for a keen reader to catch? The killer just kind of appeared in the last bit and then confessed to everythi...more
Chocolate Covered Murder by Leslie Meier is our book for February’s Mystery Book Discussion. This fast-paced whodunit is in the cozy Lucy Stone series and takes place in small town Tinker’s Cove, Maine. As the town gets ready for Valentine’s Day and bundles up from the cold snowy days, a friend of Lucy’s is found frozen. Another surprise hits the town when the beloved Fern’s Famous Fudge loses to the new and expensive Chanticleer's Chocolates. Lucy’s investigative skills shine as she interviews...more
Valentine's Day is a nice break for weather-battered New Englanders, especially now that there's a new, high-end chocolate shop in Tinker's Cove. The menfolk especially appreciate the store manager, who seems to be a very affectionate woman. Lucy Stone is more concerned about the recent death of an ice fisherman, and the prevalence of drugs in their small town. Then, just before February 14, she finds another body, and this one is murder and no mistake.
When a small town is rocked by the strange death of a local man, local newspaper reporter Lucy Stone investigates what she believes is a murder. Dueling chocolateers, upcoming Valentine's festivities, and out-of-towners make for a not-so-sweet series of events. While the mystery itself is well conceived and the town's characters are intriging, the main character's often lacking deduction and parenting skills make her a less than appealing heroine.
I love this series as the author makes it real with a part-time working Mom with 4 kids and a husband. Lucy Stone works for a town newspaper in Maine and always finds trouble brewing in town and investigates. When I started reading this series her children were babies and now the eldest, Toby is married and with a son. So the author does a great job and I've watched Lucy's family grow. Funny at times and an easy read. Recommend this series.
It was a fun quick read and I got a Valentine's Day book on my list as well.
I have only read 3 other books from this series, and I picked this up because I was in the Library during Valentine's week and thought, what the hay...I will take a break from Eve Duncan - just a short break - and read a timely holiday book.
Very sugary...lol
I have only read 3 other books from this series, and I picked this up because I was in the Library during Valentine's week and thought, what the hay...I will take a break from Eve Duncan - just a short break - and read a timely holiday book.
Very sugary...lol
I was enjoying this book for what it is - a cozy mystery - until right near the end. I felt there was a scene in there that was completely unnecessary to the plot, and never was fully explained.
I was also disappointed in how the mystery was wrapped up also - I never do like it final complete confession by the murderer.
I was also disappointed in how the mystery was wrapped up also - I never do like it final complete confession by the murderer.
Leslie Meier is always a very good read...The story line kept me reading but was also what you would call a cozy mystery (fun, light, and believable). Lucy Stone is a character that could be your best friend or next door neighbor. I was thankful that someone was able to lend me the book for the Kindle since you cannot currently borrow Leslie Meier's books for the Kindle in the library.
Lucy, the ever-busy mom of 4, reporter at the Pennysaver, and wife, is covering several stories for the paper such as what are people on the street doing for Valentine's Day and interviewing new business owners of the latest Chocolate shop. Then a local man dies on the frozen pond and many unanswered questions are asked.
A light and enjoyable mystery. Part of a series. The plot involves a snowy winter in Maine, chocolates for Valentine's Day, likeable quirky characters, and murder covered with chocolate. What more could you want in a cozy murder mystery. And, did I mention chocolate.
I really enjoyed this book. It was something a little different, and quite delightful. I think I may have read a couple of Leslie Meier's books sometime in the past, but it has been a while.
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Leslie Meier lives in Harwich, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She is the creator of 'Lucy Stone', a reporter and amateur sleuth in New England.
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