Maple Sugar Murders

New England Cozy #1

by Steve Sherman

Private investigator Harvard educated Hugh Quint has moved to an idyllic church steepled New Hampshire town where he "has some rugged stubborn New England types to contend with"- as The New York Times reviewer puts it. This "New England Cozy"(in the tradition of the English village cozy) plunks the reader down between feuding landowners of maple sugar orchards. When a neighbor is strangled, sweetness and light fast turns sticky and dangerous as Hugh Quint closes in on suspects.

222 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1987

Reviews

[Valerie Book Valkyrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Happy Holidays! Will return to reading Cheezie Christmas mysteries again next year!
Hope you have many rewarding reads in 2025🧚‍♀️🙋🏼!

[Lyn Soulia-Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story line didn't keep me wrapped up in the book

[Kristy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm from New England and just thought that the author made the main characters a little too surly for me. Sure some New Englanders can be that way, but most aren't and it just aggrivated me how he portrayed the characters. The writing style was also confusing to me and therefore I became uninterested in the story line very quickly.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

ok but too cutesy, and too easy to solve. cozy murder mystery. set in new hampshire.