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Birthday Party Murder: A Lucy Stone Mystery Mass Market Paperback – May 1, 2003

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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. Noticing crow's feet and a potential jelly belly, she's resolved to exercise more and purchase some heavy-duty wrinkle cream, asap!

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? Obviously she wasn't thinking about the hormonal rampages of young teens. 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." Is Miss Tilley in grave danger? Will Sara's party turn out to be a scandal? 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. . .
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  1. Book 9 of 30
    Lucy Stone Mysteries
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  7. ISBN-10
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  8. ISBN-13
    978-0758228932
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Leslie Meier is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty Lucy Stone mysteries and has also written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. She is currently at work on the next Lucy Stone mystery. Readers can visit her website at www.LeslieMeier.com

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington; Reprint edition (May 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0758228937
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0758228932
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.2 x 0.61 x 6.8 inches
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I started writing in the late '80s when I was attending graduate classes at Bridgewater State College. I wanted to become certified to teach high school English and one of the required courses was Writing and the Teaching of Writing. My professor suggested that one of the papers I wrote for that course was good enough to be published and I sent it off to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine's Department of First Stories. I got $100 for the story and I've been writing ever since. The teaching, however, didn't work out.

My books draw heavily on my experience as a mother of three and my work as a reporter for various weekly newspspers on Cape Cod. My 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 mine on Cape Cod!) with her restoration carpenter husband Bill and four children. As the series has progressed the kids have grown older, roughly paralleling my own family. We seem to have reached a point beyond which Lucy cannot age -- my editor seems to want her to remain forty-something forever -- though I have to admit I am dying to write "Menopause is Murder"!

I usually write one Lucy Stone mystery every year and as you can see, my editor likes me to feature the holidays in my books.Of course Christmas is one of my favorite times of year and my newest mystery{released September 2013} is called "Christmas Carol Murder.".I have always loved the Alistair Sims movie version of Charles Dicken's ,"The Christmas Carol",so I was excited to be able to have Lucy encounter some modern day versions of Dicken's classic characters.

In addition to the recent holiday mysteries I have written such as "Chocolate Covered Murder"{Valentine's Day}and "Easter Bunny Murder",I have written one travel mystery in which Lucy and her friends ,travel to London,"English Tea Murder".Since I love to travel I can only hope that Lucy will be able to solve some mysteries in some other cities and countries also.My husband and I did stay in an apartment in Paris this past year {big hint!}

My books are classified as cozies but a good friend insists they are really "comedies of manners" and I do enjoy expressing my view of contemporary American life.

Now that the kids are grown -- I now have four grandchildren -- my husband and I are enjoying our empty nest on Cape Cod which we share with our new very frisky kitty ,Sylvester.I am busy writing the next Lucy Stone Mystery which is due out this Spring.I do hope you will enjoy it!

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5.0 out of 5 stars An old -Maintain has a birthday
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May we all have as full a life as Miss Tilley, do as much good and have as many birthdays!
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Phil
4.0 out of 5 stars Real Life 🙂
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019
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Easy to read. Follows the daily lives of the characters very well and has just enough light drama mixed in.
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A.Laurie
5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining and funny
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Lucy keeps you going wondering when she will make her move . Her descriptions of married and family life are very funny. Add to this the suspense of the plot and you have a very readable book!
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Elle G.
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite series!
Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2021
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I love this series so much! It never gets old for me and I'm always looking forward to reading the next one. If you're a cozy mystery reader, this series is a must have!
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Barbara Ellis
5.0 out of 5 stars Birthday Party Murder book
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Another great mystery from Leslie Meier.
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Beatrice
4.0 out of 5 stars A good cozy mystery
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2014
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This book is a bit predictable but still very good. As always Lucy finds a way to balance personal and work relationships while solving a murder. So far all of the book in this series are very good and I will read the next one.
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Nance
5.0 out of 5 stars miss Tillie reigns
Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2013
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Lucy is the usually busy Mom,reporter,and murder solver. This is a typical Leslie Meier cozy mystery that grabs you on the first page and doesn't let go until the murder is solved. This also has some family mystery concerning Miss Tillie. In this book,Elizabeth is in college and Sarah is the typical teen age girl. As usual Lucy is able to solve the murder and familyconnections and Miss Tillie turns ninety with style.
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citrobella
1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014
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I can't believe this book is getting such high ratings. I really used to like this series, despite the fact that it was getting increasingly unrealistic and repetitive. Lucy, who's character used to be that of a lovable working mother, has turned into a slightly dense, overworked, middle-aged sourpuss. And who can blame her? Her children are impossible brats (with the exception of Zoe), her husband is a chauvinist pig who gets bent out of shape when his meatloaf isn't on the dinner table on time, and she hurries from appointment to appointment even though she would seemingly rather do other things. Does she ever sleep? Are there even enough hours in a day to accomplish all the things she does? And what about the family dog? Nobody ever feeds him, pets him or walks him. He's just sort of...well, there.

This book is not only poorly written, but I figured out who did it and why about 1/3 through the plot while Lucy and her friends stayed blissfully oblivious. Painful. I more or less speed read to the end just to see if I was right. I'm not even going to bother with the other books in the series.
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