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    Christmas Card Murder
    Christmas Card Murder
    Christmas Card Murder
    Audiobook10 hours

    Christmas Card Murder

    Written by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Peggy Erhart

    Narrated by Eliza Foss

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    Everyone dreams of a picture-perfect small-town Christmas, but when murder is in the cards, some holiday greetings are addressed to kill...

    Christmas Card Murder by Leslie Meier
    In the midst of holiday home renovations, Lucy Stone accidentally unwraps a murder mystery decades in the making when she discovers an old Christmas card with a nasty message belonging to one of her farmhouse's previous residents. The case may be colder than a New England Christmas, but Lucy's determined to sort it out before Santa comes to town.

    Death of a Christmas Carol by Lee Hollis
    The Island Times Christmas soiree gets off to a scroogey start when Hayley Powell, Mona Barnes, and Rosana Moretti receive a Christmas card from the town flirt, Carol Waterman, who threatens to run off with one of their husbands! The ladies chalk it up to an imprudent prank...until they find Carol mistletoe-up under her tree...

    Death of a Christmas Card Crafter by Peggy Ehrhart
    Slay bells ring when the body of Arborville High School's beloved art teacher (and annual Christmas card designer), Karma Karling, is discovered on the first day of the Holiday Craft Fair. Now, Pamela Paterson and the Knit and Nibble crew must swap swatching for sleuthing in order to put a Christmas killer on ice.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateOct 27, 2020
    ISBN9781980075257
    Author

    Leslie Meier

    Leslie Meier is the acclaimed author of the Lucy Stone Mysteries and has also written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. She lives in Harwich, Massachusetts, where she is currently at work on the next Lucy Stone mystery.

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    • 2/5
      I'd give it five stars if they finished the stories. The first story is left hanging. There's an entire storyline that's just abandoned. I would have liked these two have been more consistent and flowing so that I didn't have to take notes. I like the ideas but they just were too messy.
    • 4/5
      Christmas Card Murder contains three cozy mystery novellas by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Peggy Ehrhart. I like to read holiday themed stories as it gets closer to the holiday. Christmas Card Murder by Leslie Meier has Lucy Stone finally getting something she has dreamed of for years—a master bathroom. It is about time. While removing a wall, Bill finds a Christmas card with a nasty message. Lucy begins digging into the past to learn who received the card and the reason for the message. Also, a murderer is up for parole, and it has the community up in arms. I love visiting Tinker’s Cove, Maine. I like Lucy Stone who is a hardworking mother, wife, and reporter. The mystery was different and there was suspense in the story as well. There is also humor and warmth. Death of a Christmas Carol by Lee Hollis has the newspapers Christmas party taking a downturn when they receive a nasty missive from Carol Waterman, the town flirt who later turns up dead. Hayley sets out to bag the guilty party before Santa comes to town. This was a humorous story that fans of the series will enjoy. The mystery was simple, but it suited the length of the novella. Peggy Ehrhart gives us Death of a Christmas Card Crafter which has Pamela and her knitting group searching for the individual who killed the high school’s art teacher. There are nice characters in this series. I enjoy the descriptions of the yarn and their projects. I did find the pacing to be on the sluggish side. The mystery was different. The whodunit took a backseat to eating, the detailed descriptions of the character’s clothing, knitting, and the endless conversations. The resolution was drawn out and it felt like it came out of left field. These novellas are best read by those who are familiar with the series. I enjoyed learning more about Christmas cards and their history in Christmas Card Murder. You can read one or all three of these holiday cozy mysteries.
    • 4/5
      I gave the Meier mystery 4 stars. I continue to enjoy how Lucy Stone interacts with her community. Lots of Christmas atmosphere. I gave the Hollis mystery 3 stars. Considering I couldn't get into the last Hollis mystery I read, this is a good rating. The Ehrhart mystery, the first I've read by that author, I gave 3.5 stars. There was a lot of Christmas atmosphere, and good descriptions of physical items, but it somehow felt airless and slow moving. I also feel some of the suspects were introduced too late in the mystery. I got a sense of place, but the place itself was kind of bland.
    • 3/5
      Christmas cards are the threads that bind these stories together. These are interesting novellas, good for when you don’t have a lot of time to invest getting to the end of the story. Lucy Stone’s mystery was the most entertaining to me. Lucy is trying to discover the origin of an old Christmas card with a nasty sentiment written inside and found caught in a baseboard during a remodel. The second one contains a boast, and the third a mysterious illustration that is not quite right. There is not a lot of character development or intricate plots involved, but that is the inherit nature of the shorter novella form.