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Lucy Stone #9
Birthday Party Murder
The whole town of Tinker’s Cove is looking forward to the celebration marking former librarian Julia Ward Howe Tilley’s ninetieth birthday. Lucy Stone, Miss Tilley’s closest friend, dreamed up the party idea—at about the same time she decided she’s not getting old without a fight.
That sounds like a plan—until Lucy realizes her daughter’s fourteenth birthday bash, a coed sleepover, may turn her hair white overnight. What was she thinking when she agreed to let Sara have the party? On her mind, instead, was the shocking death of Sherman Cobb, the town’s oldest attorney, an apparent suicide. His law partner, however, thinks Sherman was murdered.
Poking about in Sherman’s papers, Lucy turns up an intriguing tie between the dead man and Miss Tilley. Meanwhile Miss Tilley’s own past has come back to haunt her in the form of a mysterious niece named Shirley and a biker great nephew named Snake. Soon no one can get to see the elderly librarian because the brash, bossy Shirley says she’s “failing.” Now, as a killer’s ruthless plan rushes toward a conclusion, Lucy needs answers fast—or else she and Miss Tilley won’t live long enough to make a wish and blow out the candles on this year’s birthday cake…
That sounds like a plan—until Lucy realizes her daughter’s fourteenth birthday bash, a coed sleepover, may turn her hair white overnight. What was she thinking when she agreed to let Sara have the party? On her mind, instead, was the shocking death of Sherman Cobb, the town’s oldest attorney, an apparent suicide. His law partner, however, thinks Sherman was murdered.
Poking about in Sherman’s papers, Lucy turns up an intriguing tie between the dead man and Miss Tilley. Meanwhile Miss Tilley’s own past has come back to haunt her in the form of a mysterious niece named Shirley and a biker great nephew named Snake. Soon no one can get to see the elderly librarian because the brash, bossy Shirley says she’s “failing.” Now, as a killer’s ruthless plan rushes toward a conclusion, Lucy needs answers fast—or else she and Miss Tilley won’t live long enough to make a wish and blow out the candles on this year’s birthday cake…
265 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Leslie Meier
66 books2,063 followersLeslie Meier lives in Braintree and Harwich (Cape Cod), Massachusetts. She is the creator of 'Lucy Stone', a reporter and amateur sleuth in the fictional seaside village of Tinker's Cove, Maine.
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December 23, 2023
This is one of my very favorite cozy mystery series. I always love coming back to Maine to see what Lucy Stone is up to with her family and neighbors. In BIRTHDAY PARTY MURDER, it’s a blustery spring and Lucy is dealing with a cranky teenager who wants to do a co-ed sleepover, a birthday party for Ms. Julia Tilly, Tinker’s Cove’s oldest resident, and of course, a murder investigation of one of Tinker Cove's most prominent lawyers, who is also the dear friend and mentor of Lucy's friend, Bob Goodman. The police have ruled the death a suicide, but friends of the victim are convinced they’re wrong, and when Lucy takes on the case, clues start adding up. There's also a good subplot about elder abuse that I really enjoyed.
August 8, 2020
At last this series gets a second book that reached 5 stars. It was long due in coming. I have a great fondness for the style and rythm, and class of this series. This book is one of the strong 5 star earners.
It's right there among the best books I've ever read. The interaction between the Stone family members may have looked ordinary if adapted onscreen, but in book medium it's absolutely brilliant. The murder, obligatory ingredient that it is, is solved, but it's not the main attraction in the book.
I still don't like Miss Tilley. And it's not fair that they have changed her personality to make her likeable. Everything else balances beautifully here and I've got no complaints.
It's right there among the best books I've ever read. The interaction between the Stone family members may have looked ordinary if adapted onscreen, but in book medium it's absolutely brilliant. The murder, obligatory ingredient that it is, is solved, but it's not the main attraction in the book.
I still don't like Miss Tilley. And it's not fair that they have changed her personality to make her likeable. Everything else balances beautifully here and I've got no complaints.
March 28, 2025
In Birthday Party Murder, the 9th book in the Lucy Stone Mysteries, elder abuse is the focal point. Miss Tilley's long-lost relative comes back into the picture for the woman's 90th birthday, but it's a lawyer who seems to have no connections to them that ends up murdered. I've been reviewing the series a lot lately, and I know I'm being a bit harsh in my words, but ultimately, I do like the setting and the side stories. I tend to stick with a series unless it's completely horrible... and this one has tons of bright points, despite my concerns with the non-PC nature of the character dialog and the rudeness between various husbands and wives. Maybe that's just how people talk, and I'm too nice for my own good. Nonetheless, the spirit of Miss Tilley survives and she saves her own day - love that ending!
May 15, 2021
MINI REVIEW: I love this series! This book fits in with everything perfectly! I think one of my favorite things about this series though is we watch the characters grow and develop- something I don't see very much in longer series. I'm excited to keep reading more. If you're a cozy mystery reader, this is a series you need to read!
August 26, 2010
Another good entry in the series. There were some parts of the plot that were kind of easy to figure out but it was still a fun read.
January 18, 2023
Honestly, I almost wish I'd DNFd this book. The mystery was predictable (which is fine, I don't necessarily hate when I can figure it out before the characters do), but the subplot of hating aging was awful.
The prominence of diet culture, negative self-talk, and internalized fatphobia from the main character was bad enough, but the fact that she was clearly passing it onto her daughters and didn't seem at all worried about it was honestly disgusting. At one point the elder daughter expresses a fear that she will be fat and unpopular (and it hints that she has possibly been eating less than usual) and Lucy just talks about calories and casually pushing her daughter towards a potential eating disorder, whether she means to or not.
Additionally, Lucy's husband is useless. He doesn't appear to help with the kids at all, and doesn't ever seem remotely sympathetic towards Lucy and her exhaustion in the slightest. Even when Lucy gets shot he basically says it's her own fault. The only time he seems to be anything better than indifferent towards Lucy is when he decides that all this work she's been doing to try and reverse the aging process seems to work and he expresses that she's just as hot as she was before (after it's noted that her wrinkles have improved and she seems to have lost some weight), just reinforcing the book's apparent theme that women should bow to societal pressures on appearances and aging.
I could almost like Lucy if she would actually face her own demons rather than just giving into the societal pressure to fight aging with hundreds of dollars of skincare products and supplements. For a murder mystery novel, the main focus really felt like it was more about how women should try harder to be successful career women, and perfect mothers, and never age or gain weight - all at once. It was like the focus was to tell women to be everything to everyone all the time.
I won't be reading anymore books in this series or from this author.
The prominence of diet culture, negative self-talk, and internalized fatphobia from the main character was bad enough, but the fact that she was clearly passing it onto her daughters and didn't seem at all worried about it was honestly disgusting. At one point the elder daughter expresses a fear that she will be fat and unpopular (and it hints that she has possibly been eating less than usual) and Lucy just talks about calories and casually pushing her daughter towards a potential eating disorder, whether she means to or not.
Additionally, Lucy's husband is useless. He doesn't appear to help with the kids at all, and doesn't ever seem remotely sympathetic towards Lucy and her exhaustion in the slightest. Even when Lucy gets shot he basically says it's her own fault. The only time he seems to be anything better than indifferent towards Lucy is when he decides that all this work she's been doing to try and reverse the aging process seems to work and he expresses that she's just as hot as she was before (after it's noted that her wrinkles have improved and she seems to have lost some weight), just reinforcing the book's apparent theme that women should bow to societal pressures on appearances and aging.
I could almost like Lucy if she would actually face her own demons rather than just giving into the societal pressure to fight aging with hundreds of dollars of skincare products and supplements. For a murder mystery novel, the main focus really felt like it was more about how women should try harder to be successful career women, and perfect mothers, and never age or gain weight - all at once. It was like the focus was to tell women to be everything to everyone all the time.
I won't be reading anymore books in this series or from this author.
May 9, 2024
I gave this 4 stars because I like Miss Tilley and the story had a nice ending. But, as usual the culprit was obvious, who else could it have been? Certainly none of the pious residents of Tinker’s Cove.
The only person dumber than Bill is Barney!! “Get home and fix supper” - I don’t think so. Is this June Cleaver in the 1959’s? Maybe Bill wouldn’t be such a whiny SOB if Lucy didn’t pander to his every command.
Ms Meier is certainly opinionated and makes no bones about expressing her dislikes.
This is Book #9 and since I’m at the mercy of the library regarding reading order I liked this early one.
The only person dumber than Bill is Barney!! “Get home and fix supper” - I don’t think so. Is this June Cleaver in the 1959’s? Maybe Bill wouldn’t be such a whiny SOB if Lucy didn’t pander to his every command.
Ms Meier is certainly opinionated and makes no bones about expressing her dislikes.
This is Book #9 and since I’m at the mercy of the library regarding reading order I liked this early one.
February 9, 2018
Very enjoyable! The entire town is working together to celebrate Miss Tilley's 90th birthday, but murder gets in the way....Lucy Stone to the rescue! A+
October 26, 2019
Loved it. Ms. Tilley reminds me if my mother in law so the memories flowed.
May 27, 2022
This was my 1st Leslie Meier and yes I'm aware I started at book #9 in the series. I've been wanting to try her out for awhile and found this book at a library sale and grabbed it! I know it's a cozy mystery but the amount of everyday life and not murder mentioned was more than I'm used to. I was just.... bored of it..... So much was filler. And not in a cute way like Joanne Fluke. I do plan on reading more and giving it a try. Maybe try to find the 1st one this time. Finding out who the murderer was and the fact that *SPOILER*
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a mother shot her son were both such... hard punches in a sea of .... meh that I couldn't appreciate the ending. Maybe these aren't for me. I do love the covers though (Mines purple) and want to give it another try but half way through this one I was just so bored with the little every day things that happened.... plus it's predictable. Maybe because I had such high hopes it fell below the mark. Like if I could describe this as a roller coaster it would look like those lines below. Mostly calm boring lows like a co-ed sleep over, asking an old lady about questions for a newspaper, what everyone is eating..... with random spikes of MURDER!! ELDER ABUSE!!! SHE WAS SHOT!!! The whole book felt like just a chapter, not a story in itself. Again I know it's a series but individual books should be able to stand on their own. Lovers of her work please don't come after me, I will try again.
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a mother shot her son were both such... hard punches in a sea of .... meh that I couldn't appreciate the ending. Maybe these aren't for me. I do love the covers though (Mines purple) and want to give it another try but half way through this one I was just so bored with the little every day things that happened.... plus it's predictable. Maybe because I had such high hopes it fell below the mark. Like if I could describe this as a roller coaster it would look like those lines below. Mostly calm boring lows like a co-ed sleep over, asking an old lady about questions for a newspaper, what everyone is eating..... with random spikes of MURDER!! ELDER ABUSE!!! SHE WAS SHOT!!! The whole book felt like just a chapter, not a story in itself. Again I know it's a series but individual books should be able to stand on their own. Lovers of her work please don't come after me, I will try again.
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February 23, 2016
Lucy and friends decide to throw Miss Tilley a birthday party for her 90th birthday. At the same time, a local attorney appears to have committed suicide, but his business party doesn't believe it and asks Lucy to investigate it. Meanwhile, she is struggling with life and getting older as well as her daughter wanting co-ed slumber parties and her son struggling in college. Lucy never can say no - a habit that has made me want to shake her many times throughout this series. Yet she is very likeable and the stories always interesting. I also love Miss Tilley and I loved much of the story being about her and her past.
September 16, 2014
Good addition to the series. Lucy and her friends give 90 yo Miss Tilley a birthday party.
August 3, 2022
⭐️⭐️⭐️ -Audiobook
December 9, 2024
I remember saying that I didn't like Miss Tilley at all, I think this book was her redemption. There's still a little ick from her but mostly I think knowing her backstory it explains her shitty attitude.
Lucy's family, her friends, the newspaper job, there was something on this book that was absolutely addictive. Most of the time the books are focus on the day to day of Lucy and how she handles everything but this time we get to see how every single character like it was a TV show.
While this time there's a murder and a mystery related to Miss Tilley, the entire book wasn't focus on that. How they trusted Lucy instead of the police to conduct her own investigation, even I didn't believe it was really a suicide.
Lucy's family, her friends, the newspaper job, there was something on this book that was absolutely addictive. Most of the time the books are focus on the day to day of Lucy and how she handles everything but this time we get to see how every single character like it was a TV show.
While this time there's a murder and a mystery related to Miss Tilley, the entire book wasn't focus on that. How they trusted Lucy instead of the police to conduct her own investigation, even I didn't believe it was really a suicide.
July 25, 2024
I enjoyed this. Didn't love it though. It was a fun little mystery.
September 22, 2024
I struggled between three and four stars, but I realized that I enjoyed the usual characters too much to settle for just three! The murder mystery made a good plot, and it was difficult to figure out who had a motive to murder Sherman Cobb. He just seemed like such a nice person, and everybody seemed to like him. The ending was a little on the sappy side, but that's really okay with me because I am enjoying the series. If you have not read any of the Lucy Stone Mysteries, don't begin with this one. As a general rule, it's best to begin with the first book, anyway!
March 3, 2018
I'm really enjoying this quick-read series, but I have to say that I'm getting more than annoyed at Lucy's husband, Bill's misogynistic, "a woman's place is in the home" attitude. Comments like, "There's plenty for you to do around the house instead of working at the newspaper" or at times when he calls her "woman". He struts around playing King of the Castle often muttering, things like "You need to clear this with me" when Lucy has an independent thought of her own (GASP!) or he just has a disinterested role in helping to raise his children....leaving that more to Lucy....as in the case when one of the children gets into trouble and Bill literally growls at her and says, "I blame you for this". When the author does try to give him some charm, he utters phrases like "well, everything still works....wink, wink" when referring to an injury he sustained on the job. (GAG!)
On the whole, however, I will persevere and finish reading the series. I enjoy most of the characters and their quirks -- the honorary town treasure of 90-year old Miss Tilley, the lovable cop Officer Barney Culpepper, Lucy's circle of girlfriends -- are really what brings me back to keep reading!
On the whole, however, I will persevere and finish reading the series. I enjoy most of the characters and their quirks -- the honorary town treasure of 90-year old Miss Tilley, the lovable cop Officer Barney Culpepper, Lucy's circle of girlfriends -- are really what brings me back to keep reading!
January 20, 2018
Lucy Stone is starting to feel her age settling in. Two of her kids are in college, and her other new kids are in middle school and elementary school. When she looks in the mirror she has started to notice a few lines around her eyes and her mouth. Then, there is the increasing number of gray strands in her hair that have her bothered. She doesn't even want to think about how her pants are feeling a little tight around the waist.
Of course, some of the changes are probably the result of how busy she is as a mother and wife who works part-time as reporter for the local weekly paper. That doesn't even take into account her unofficial role as amateur detective. That job kicks in when a lawyer friend in town finds his business partner, Sherman Cobb, dead in his office of a gunshot wound. The local police have deemed it a suicide because he had recently learned that he had pancreatic cancer, but no one else really believes that to be the case. As a result, Lucy is on the job searching for the real killer.
Unfortunately, this is all made more difficult as she is pulled in helping plan two separate birthday party. The first is for one of her daughters, who is turning 14. Unfortunately, her daughter has decided she wants a coed sleepover, and Lucy makes the mistake of agreeing to that. As you can imagine that doesn't come without some difficulties.
Secondly, she is helping to work on the 90th birthday of Julia Ward How Tilley, the former public librarian who is turning 90 years old. She is dearly beloved by everyone in town, but Lucy is not sure that she is up to helping with the research that is necessary to make the party even more exciting.
To make things more challenging, Miss Tilly's estranged niece Shirley turns up wanting to reconnect. While this seems like a good thing at first, Shirley seems to be slowly worming her way into Miss Tilly's life and is cutting her off in the process. Lucy and her friends can't help but worry about Miss Tilly since they can't seem to connect with her.
Will Lucy be able to figure everything out before the worst happens? Will she be able to continue to balance everything that is going on in her life? This proves to be another fun and interesting addition to the series. They are always fun to read, and I am definitely looking forward to the next one in the series.
Of course, some of the changes are probably the result of how busy she is as a mother and wife who works part-time as reporter for the local weekly paper. That doesn't even take into account her unofficial role as amateur detective. That job kicks in when a lawyer friend in town finds his business partner, Sherman Cobb, dead in his office of a gunshot wound. The local police have deemed it a suicide because he had recently learned that he had pancreatic cancer, but no one else really believes that to be the case. As a result, Lucy is on the job searching for the real killer.
Unfortunately, this is all made more difficult as she is pulled in helping plan two separate birthday party. The first is for one of her daughters, who is turning 14. Unfortunately, her daughter has decided she wants a coed sleepover, and Lucy makes the mistake of agreeing to that. As you can imagine that doesn't come without some difficulties.
Secondly, she is helping to work on the 90th birthday of Julia Ward How Tilley, the former public librarian who is turning 90 years old. She is dearly beloved by everyone in town, but Lucy is not sure that she is up to helping with the research that is necessary to make the party even more exciting.
To make things more challenging, Miss Tilly's estranged niece Shirley turns up wanting to reconnect. While this seems like a good thing at first, Shirley seems to be slowly worming her way into Miss Tilly's life and is cutting her off in the process. Lucy and her friends can't help but worry about Miss Tilly since they can't seem to connect with her.
Will Lucy be able to figure everything out before the worst happens? Will she be able to continue to balance everything that is going on in her life? This proves to be another fun and interesting addition to the series. They are always fun to read, and I am definitely looking forward to the next one in the series.
August 31, 2018
#9 in the Lucy Stone Mystery series. In this 2002 series entry, author Meier has improved on the last outing. It's a fairly standard small town cozy setting but part-time reporter Lucy Is harassed by her boss, nagged by her husband, taken advantage of by her kids and prevailed upon by her friends. Domestic touches add realism to the setting, but sometimes you feel like telling Lucy to take a chill pill and ignore non-essential demands on her time. After all she still has to solve the murder that the police think is a suicide.
After a cold and cloudy March in quaint Tinker Cove, Maine, the sun is finally shining as Lucy joins her four friends for their weekly breakfast at Jake's Donut Shack. To honor Miss Tilley, the former librarian, they decide to organize a town-wide 90th birthday party for her. The anticipation of the party plus Lucy's resolve to lose weight, do something about her wrinkles and dye her hair to cover the newly discovered gray lift her spirits until she hears that respected lawyer Sherman Cobb has been found dead in his office. The police declare death by suicide, but Cobb's partner suspects murder and asks Lucy to investigate. Meanwhile, Miss Tilley is suddenly faced with a niece she never knew existed, who arrives with her biker son only to move in and take over, much to the dismay of the older woman's friends. As Lucy's inquiries lead to the disclosure of long-hidden Tilley family secrets, she must also deal with a teenage daughter and her co-ed sleepover, her son's troubles at college and her husband's workplace accident.
After a cold and cloudy March in quaint Tinker Cove, Maine, the sun is finally shining as Lucy joins her four friends for their weekly breakfast at Jake's Donut Shack. To honor Miss Tilley, the former librarian, they decide to organize a town-wide 90th birthday party for her. The anticipation of the party plus Lucy's resolve to lose weight, do something about her wrinkles and dye her hair to cover the newly discovered gray lift her spirits until she hears that respected lawyer Sherman Cobb has been found dead in his office. The police declare death by suicide, but Cobb's partner suspects murder and asks Lucy to investigate. Meanwhile, Miss Tilley is suddenly faced with a niece she never knew existed, who arrives with her biker son only to move in and take over, much to the dismay of the older woman's friends. As Lucy's inquiries lead to the disclosure of long-hidden Tilley family secrets, she must also deal with a teenage daughter and her co-ed sleepover, her son's troubles at college and her husband's workplace accident.
May 1, 2020
Miss Tilley will soon be ninety, and Lucy and her friends want to put on a party for the whole town to attend. Then Lucy is asked to investigate the suspicious suicide of a lawyer in town. Then Lucy's daughter wants a co-ed birthday sleepover and she's taking on more responsibility as the Pennysaver. Then Bill falls out of a window at a barn restoration and breaks his leg. How much more can she do? This was a fun read but she needs her kids and husband to help out more!
March 13, 2020
Really enjoyed this one!
February 19, 2025
It has all the things parenting to murder to scandals!!!
August 29, 2023
Two & 1/2 stars rounded up
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February 15, 2023
I have followed this series from book #1 in order through #9. At various points in this series certain reoccurring themes have bothered me, including:
1. Lucy Stone's unhealthy marital relationship in which there is little communication or respect;
2. Lucy Stone's frequent decisions to allow her children's misbehavior to go uncorrected;
3. and frequent whininess in the dialog of many characters.
In the previous books I've been able to overlook these flaws because the mystery is fun and I like the reoccurring characters and I want to see what happens in her kids' lives between books. However, in this book these three characteristics were so pervasive that I found myself not even caring about the mystery or the characters any longer. The murder was committed by exactly the person you thought did it and for exactly the reason you thought he/she did it. Lucy's usually lax manner of parenting devolves in this book into allowing herself to be bullied into parental decisions that are ludicrous just because she can't say no to her kids. There's also a theme throughout this book of Lucy paying inordinate attention to her physical flaws and passing this attitude of poor body image on to her girls rather than emulating a healthy attitude about one's appearance. I've had enough; I've decided to stop reading the series here.
To my shock and disbelief, this book is actually the highest rated on Goodreads of this series! I really don't understand why, but it supports my decision that this is not the series for me.
1. Lucy Stone's unhealthy marital relationship in which there is little communication or respect;
2. Lucy Stone's frequent decisions to allow her children's misbehavior to go uncorrected;
3. and frequent whininess in the dialog of many characters.
In the previous books I've been able to overlook these flaws because the mystery is fun and I like the reoccurring characters and I want to see what happens in her kids' lives between books. However, in this book these three characteristics were so pervasive that I found myself not even caring about the mystery or the characters any longer. The murder was committed by exactly the person you thought did it and for exactly the reason you thought he/she did it. Lucy's usually lax manner of parenting devolves in this book into allowing herself to be bullied into parental decisions that are ludicrous just because she can't say no to her kids. There's also a theme throughout this book of Lucy paying inordinate attention to her physical flaws and passing this attitude of poor body image on to her girls rather than emulating a healthy attitude about one's appearance. I've had enough; I've decided to stop reading the series here.
To my shock and disbelief, this book is actually the highest rated on Goodreads of this series! I really don't understand why, but it supports my decision that this is not the series for me.
February 7, 2020
I love Lucy Stone. She is such a real character. Her life becomes busy and chaotic and she often slips up. She's so human. I wish I could read them in order because her kids and her life advances and ages. The mystery is always wonderful. The writing is superb.
In this book Lucy and her friends decide to plan a 90th birthday party for beloved librarian Miss Tilley. Miss Tilley has led a quiet life. When a long-lost niece and her Hell's Angels motor cycle riding son move in and all of a sudden no one can visit the elderly woman, Lucy is suspicious but no one will investigate until she does herself... Meanwhile, Lucy is very busy with her reporter job and looking into the death of a prominent lawyer whose friends don't believe he committed suicide. Her husband Bill is injured and breaks a leg, son Toby is failing out of college, and daughter Sara is in middle school where everything is so dramatic. Just a week in the life of Lucy Stone.
In this book Lucy and her friends decide to plan a 90th birthday party for beloved librarian Miss Tilley. Miss Tilley has led a quiet life. When a long-lost niece and her Hell's Angels motor cycle riding son move in and all of a sudden no one can visit the elderly woman, Lucy is suspicious but no one will investigate until she does herself... Meanwhile, Lucy is very busy with her reporter job and looking into the death of a prominent lawyer whose friends don't believe he committed suicide. Her husband Bill is injured and breaks a leg, son Toby is failing out of college, and daughter Sara is in middle school where everything is so dramatic. Just a week in the life of Lucy Stone.
April 18, 2023
Miss Tilly's 90th birthday.
This volume differs from the previous volumes because it has extended point of view chapters from Miss Tilly. Along with her present day scenes are numerous flashbacks to her early childhood. These help contextualize Miss Tilly's character as she's been presented in the series so far: the stern, routine oriented spinster librarian. I suppose too it's to make her a more likable character.
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This volume differs from the previous volumes because it has extended point of view chapters from Miss Tilly. Along with her present day scenes are numerous flashbacks to her early childhood. These help contextualize Miss Tilly's character as she's been presented in the series so far: the stern, routine oriented spinster librarian. I suppose too it's to make her a more likable character.
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July 31, 2017
This story was pretty good. Some stuff I guessed at and some were shockers. That's the fun in Lucy Stone mysteries. There is real life within these pages and great fiction too. Happy 90th Birthday Miss Tilly. I hope I am as strong as her when/if I'm that age.
August 13, 2022
I enjoyed the story line and the women in the book. I guess my only issues with the book is her husband Bill and teenaged daughter, they really need to get a grip. There is enough grumpy men and bratty children in the real world.
June 13, 2014
Another enjoyable visit to Tinker's Cove. I always enjoy the adventures that Lucy gets herself involved in. It was nice to learn a bit more about Ms. Tilley as well this time around.
February 1, 2016
Loved the book, as usual. Of course, I'm a sucker for cozy mysteries!! This one is really close to my heart because I love Miss Tilley and the story really centers around her.
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