French Pastry Murder
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A Maine mom’s culinary adventure in Paris turns into a crime-solving tour: “A delight from start to finish.”—Suspense Magazine
Lucy Stone is saying au revoir to Tinker’s Cove, Maine, and bonjour to Paris to take in the sights, learn how to bake authentic French pastries, and experience some joie de vivre. But her dreams of la vie en rose are put on hold when the City of Lights turns deadly.
When renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau is discovered on death’s doorstep and Lucy and her friends are detained for questioning, she’s worried she’ll be trading in her luxury accommodations for a sojourn in the Bastille. Now, if she’s going to enjoy her vacation, she’ll have to unpack her sleuthing skills and clear her name, in this novel in the “engaging cozy series” by the New York Times-bestselling author (Publishers Weekly).
“A delight from start to finish.”—Suspense Magazine
“Leslie Meier has created a town I’d like to live in and a sleuth I’d love to meet.”—Jill Churchill, Agatha Award-winning author of the Jane Jeffry Mysteries
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
At the outset of Meier's lively 21st Lucy Stone mystery (after 2013's Christmas Carol Murder), Norah Hemming, the hostess of a daytime TV show in Tinker's Cove, Maine, rewards Lucy and three of her friends for their charitable fund-raising efforts with a free trip to Paris, complete with lessons at Le Cooking School from famous pastry chef Larry Bruneau. Adding to Lucy's delight is the opportunity to spend time with her oldest daughter, Elizabeth, who works as a concierge at Paris's posh Cavendish Hotel. The four friends plus husbands enjoy the usual tourist activities, until Lucy finds Larry stabbed and barely clinging to life in his classroom. The stakes rise after Elizabeth's shady roommate vanishes. Those who can overlook the preposterous plot developments will have fun, even if this outing isn't up to Meier's usual standard.
