Wedding Day Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery (Lucy Stone Mysteries) [Paperback]

Leslie Meier (Author)

Book Description

Series: Lucy Stone Mysteries | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

Already juggling four kids' hectic schedules, a rambunctious dog, an attention-craving husband, and a full-time reporter job, Lucy Stone can't possibly squeeze in another responsibility...or can she? When Sue Finch asks for help planning her daughter Sidra's wedding to Internet millionaire Ron Davitz, loyal pal Lucy willingly dives into the world of white lace, roses, and chair rentals. What could be more perfect than a backyard Summer wedding in the Stones' newly built gazebo?

Yet when the groom's body is found floating beside his yacht, Lucy isn't convinced it was an accidental drowning. From the picturesque waterfront to toney Smith Heights Road, Tinker's Cove is awash with suspects. Now, fresh from planning Sidra's wedding, Lucy finds herself contemplating her own funeral as she launches the harrowing pursuit of a killer who will do anything to keep from being unveiled. . .

"Leslie Meier writes with sparkle and warmth." --Chicago Sun-Times

"The charming setting and likeable cast make for enjoyable reading." --Publishers Weekly

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Kensington (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0758228945
• ISBN-13: 978-0758228949
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #466,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I started writing in the late '80s when I was attending graduate classes at Bridgewater State College. I wanted to become certified to teach high school English and one of the required courses was Writing and the Teaching of Writing. My professor suggested that one of the papers I wrote for that course was good enough to be published and I sent it off to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Department of First Stories. I got $100 for the story and I've been writing ever since. The teaching, however, didn't work out.

My books draw heavily on my experience as a mother of three and my work as a reporter for various weekly newspspers on Cape Cod. My heroine, Lucy Stone, is a reporter in the fictional town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, where she lives in an old farmhouse (quite similar to mine on Cape Cod!) with her restoration carpenter husband Bill and four children. As the series has progressed the kids have grown older, roughly paralleling my own family. We seem to have reached a point beyond which Lucy cannot age -- my editor seems to want her to remain forty-something forever -- though I have to admit I am dying to write "Menopause is Murder"!

I usually write one Lucy Stone mystery every year and "Wicked Witch Murder" came out in August, 2010. I fell in love with one character, a four-year-old boy named Nemo, and he makes a second appearance in a Christmas novella included in "Gingerbread Cookie Murder," which also features tales by Laura Levine and Joanne Fluke, due to be published in October, 2010. I've just finished "English Tea Murder" in which Lucy and her friends visit England, coming out sometime in 2011. My books are classified as cozies but a good friend insists they are really "comedies of manners" and I do enjoy expressing my view of contemporary American life.

Now that the kids are grown -- I now have two grandchildren -- my husband and I are enjoying our empty nest on Cape Cod which we share with our adorable Brittany, Sylvie.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars So so, November 9, 2011

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This review is from: Wedding Day Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery (Lucy Stone Mysteries) (Paperback)

I do not have big complaints about the story but you have to wait to be about half way in the book for the mystery to begin (death). I feel that it is way too long. The end also seems to have been put together rapidly. Makes me think twice about picking up more Lucy Stone mysteries.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lucy Stone Mysteries, September 28, 2011

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This review is from: Wedding Day Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery (Lucy Stone Mysteries) (Paperback)

I have read all of the Lucy Stone Mysteries and can't wait for the next one to be published. Once I picked one up, I had to read the entire series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Leslie Meier Books, September 28, 2011

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This review is from: Wedding Day Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery (Lucy Stone Mysteries) (Paperback)

I have read the entire Lucy Stone Murder series and am thrilled with each and every book. I can't wait to read future Lucy Stone Mysteries.