British Murder
English Tea Murder
A trip to England, sponsored by Winchester College, sounds practically perfect to Lucy Stone until the tour leader suffers a fatal asthma attack mid-flight. Lucy suspects some very unnatural causes, but luckily, she packed her sleuthing skills. Between stops for afternoon tea, visits to historic sites, and catching up with an old flame, she’s ensnared in a daring scheme. But will it lead her to a criminal mastermind, or ensure that she’s the next victim?
British Manor Murder
Lucy can’t wait to join her friend Sue for a gala hat show at the English country house owned by the Earl of Wickham. But at Moreton Manor, there are secrets, and some unpleasant relatives, lurking among the elaborate chapeaus. When a bludgeoned body is found in a hidden room, Lucy must sift through friends and family foes to find the low-down killer stalking the upper crust, before more blue blood runs red.
Series: A Lucy Stone Mystery – (Reprint of Books #17 & #23)
Author: Leslie Meier
Genre: Cozy Mystery/ Compilation
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 448
Rating: 
A new compilation in the “A Lucy Stone Mystery” cozy book series from Leslie Meier, British Murder. Published by Kensington Books will have fans looking back in fondness at this series.
Lucy Stone has been a fan favorite for many years; she is spunky, curious, and always seems to stick her nose into trouble. This cozy book series still has readers smiling, and sometimes, crying. The characters are warm, compassionate, intelligent, and engaging. The settings are fascinating and remind you of small towns around the globe. Lucy’s children make you smile, and her husband keeps her and the reader grounded.
This book is a compilation of two older books in this series. The first story is set when Lucy still has young children at home and her first trip to England. The second story has Lucy as a dotting grandmother who is suffering from empty nest syndrome and a return to England. Both cozy books were popular and fun to read, and this compilation will encourage readers to go back and re-read the entire series. It is with a smile that I recommend British Murder and the entire Lucy Stone series.
Other cozy books readers may enjoy are Paige Shelton’s popular “A Scottish Bookshop Mystery” or Vivian Conroy’s classic style “Cornish Castle Mystery”.
About the Author:
Leslie started writing in the late ‘80s when she was attending graduate classes at Bridgewater State College. She wanted to become certified to teach high school English, and one of the required courses was Writing and the Teaching of Writing. Her professor suggested that one of the papers Leslie wrote for that course was good enough to be published, and she sent it off to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine’s Department of First Stories. She received $100 for the story, and she has been writing ever since. The teaching, however, didn’t work out.
Leslie’s books draw heavily on her experience as a mother of three and her work as a reporter for various weekly newspapers on Cape Cod. Her 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 Leslie’s on Cape Cod!) with her restoration carpenter husband Bill, and four children. As the series has progressed, the kids have grown older, roughly paralleling Leslie’s own family. They seem to have reached a point beyond which Lucy cannot age–Leslie’s editor seems to want her to remain forty-something forever, though Leslie has to admit she personally is dying to write “Menopause is Murder!”
Leslie has five fabulous grandchildren. She and her husband are enjoying dividing their time between Braintree and Cape Cod, along with their cat, Sylvester.
Represented by Meg Ruley at the Jane Rotrosen Agency
Contact Leslie: lsmeier@comcast.net
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