French Pastry Murder, Leslie Meier
French Pastry Murder, Leslie Meier
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French Pastry Murder
A Lucy Stone Mystery

Author: Leslie Meier

Narrator: Karen White

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/14/2014


Synopsis

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?

About Leslie Meier

Leslie Meier is the acclaimed author of over twenty-five Lucy Stone Mysteries. She has also written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and like her series protagonist, Lucy Stone, she worked as a New England newspaper reporter while raising her three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James

In French Pastry Murder, Lucy and her gal pals. along with their husbands, win a free trip to Paris. Elizabeth, Lucy's oldest daughter, is working there at a high-hotel. Soon after arrival, they witness an attack where the man later days. Elizabeth has troubles with her roommate, and the hotel seems......more

Goodreads review by Sue

This book had a rather weak plot. On top of that,it was painfully obvious that Leslie Meier hates France. She made the same few points again and again. On top of that, she wrote rather stereotypical characters that seemed to be defined by her prejudices. This was not a good read......more

Goodreads review by Mayda

Americans are so accustomed to the freedom and rights that we have in the USA that sometimes we fail to realize that those rights are ours only as long as we remain on US soil. When traveling to other countries, these rights do not travel with us. This fact is made abundantly clear to Lucy Stone and......more

So this is how it's like to read a book by an author so unconnected with the rules of fiction writing that she begins to remind us of the Agatha Christie of The Postern Of Fate fame. That's quite ironic as Leslie Meier here tipped her hat to the Great Dame and before has lifted an entire plot for h......more