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Giveaway Review FRENCH PASTRY MURDER by LESLIE MEIER @lsmeierbooks @BookTrib @KensingtonBooks

October 1, 2014 By Mary

 

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French Pastry Murder by Leslie Meier

Tinker’s Cove is abuzz with excitement when Norah, the queen of daytime TV, comes to town and selects Lucy and her pals to be featured in her “Women Who Make a Difference” episode. In recognition for their charitable work, the ladies and their husbands are awarded a dream vacation in Paris, complete with classes at Le Cooking School with renowned pastry chef Larry Bruneau. But their bon voyage is cut short when Lucy discovers the chef in a pool of blood on the second day of class… If she’s going to enjoy her vacation, she’ll have to unpack her sleuthing skills and clear her name. But will she be able to track down a killer more elusive than the perfect macaron?

  • Series: A Lucy Stone Mystery
  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Kensington (September 30, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0758277040
  • ISBN-13: 978-0758277046

 

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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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MY THOUGHTS – LOVED IT

 

Lucy Stone’s daughter eldest daughter, Elizabeth received a promotion that included a new job in Paris.  She is having a rough time adjusting and Lucy is worried about her.  When a famous talk show host, much like Oprah, is prompted by one of her staffers to honor the Mittens and Hat committee of Tinker Cover, which Lucy is a founding member, she is overwhelmed and receives a trip to Paris and cooking lessons.  Of course, one of her friends’ daughter is the staffer so it isn’t that out of the blue.  It comes at a perfect time, just when Lucy needs to find out if Elizabeth is exaggerating her problems.  So the group of four women and their husband embark on the trip of a life time.  After settling in the apartment, the group starts with pastry lessons, learning the fine art of French cooking.

Sue, mother of said staffer and a bit of a braggart, was my first death wish for a character.  She became so annoying with her know-it-all attitude that I really wished she would have been silenced.  Rachel and Pam are fine back up characters, much like back up singers, they are necessarily visible at all times, but you would miss them if they were gone.  The mystery surround the stabbing of the chef giving the group lessons, which Lucy stumbles upon when she forgets her umbrella. She summons the police and is told by them the group can’t leave until the investigation is settled.  With not much else to do for two weeks, Lucy begins to ferret out clues, starting at her daughter’s work place which is hosting the former king of Egypt, the plot grows around a group of Elizabeth’s coworkers.

Meier does a great job of writing mysteries that keep your attention in a light and easy to read style. They are addicting like cream puffs, but without the weight gain.  I have tried to read all of her work and I think I am around seventeen books so far.  The best part of this series is that you can pick these up in any order and start anywhere.

 

 

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Comments

  1. Raquel M. says

    October 1, 2014 at 4:48 am

    I like raspberry danishes.

  2. Andra Dalton says

    October 1, 2014 at 5:43 am

    One of my favorite pastries is phyllo dough filled with raspberry preserves & cream cheese, twisted, sprinkled with sugar crystals…yummy!!! Thanks for the opportunity to win & good luck to all who enter!!!:)

  3. Lisa Brown says

    October 1, 2014 at 5:51 am

    i like eclairs with whipped cream

  4. Penney Wilfort says

    October 1, 2014 at 6:29 am

    I love all kinds of danishes but my favorite ones are strawberry.
    I can’t wait to read this it sounds so good
    Penney

  5. Linda Kish says

    October 1, 2014 at 10:44 am

    I like raspberry danish.

  6. anne says

    October 1, 2014 at 11:05 am

    I love Mille Feuille. wonderful and delectable.

  7. Karen B says

    October 1, 2014 at 11:49 am

    Apple Danish – yum!

  8. JJT says

    October 1, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    Cheese Danish

  9. Rita Wray says

    October 1, 2014 at 12:27 pm

    I love a raspberry Danish.

  10. Tracy Melhinch says

    October 1, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Chocolate croissants

  11. Ronna lord says

    October 1, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    I love all kinds of pastries. Usually, I would say a great scone can not be beat, but I just recently found a new favorite. This little oriental dinner has Chinese rice cakes, and they are delicious. Very light and not overly sweet. The chocolate rice cakes are like an extremely light sponge cake, with a thin buttercream frosting and shaved chocolate. Yum yum!!

  12. Anita Yancey says

    October 1, 2014 at 3:16 pm

    I am a big fan of cherry danish. I have always loved cherries.

  13. angela smith says

    October 1, 2014 at 7:48 pm

    my favorite would have to be apple danish

  14. Holly Letson says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:15 am

    Apple Danish, but I don’t care for the ones with cream cheese.

  15. Patricia says

    October 3, 2014 at 5:51 am

    I love palmiers (but i haven’t had one in a very long time).

  16. holdenj says

    October 3, 2014 at 7:48 am

    A fresh chocolate croissant!

  17. Lotus says

    October 4, 2014 at 2:50 pm

    Chocolate eclairs with custard! But I love so many pastries…

  18. Carolsue says

    October 4, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    I love any flavor of Bear Claws

  19. bn100 says

    October 5, 2014 at 8:57 am

    Danish

  20. Jane Squires says

    October 5, 2014 at 3:27 pm

    pumpkin pie

  21. Traveldog says

    October 7, 2014 at 1:13 pm

    chocolate danish

  22. Susan O'Bryant says

    October 7, 2014 at 5:05 pm

    I think this qualifies as a pastry ~ Baklava!

  23. Daniel M says

    October 7, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    probably apple danish, i like all things apple

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