Dollycas's Thoughts
I will start this review by saying I have read all of Barbara Ross's Maine Clambake Mysteries, I have read many of Leslie's Lucy Stone Mysteries and there are some screaming at me from my To-Be-Read shelf, and Lee Hollis is a new author to me. So I will start my review will Barbara's story.
NOGGED OFF focuses on Julia cleaning out her old apartment in New York since she has decided to stay in Busman's Harbor. When she meets her subletting tenant her quick trip to the city gets complicated. The author packed a whole wonderful cozy into just over 100 pages. The mystery takes us on quite a ride that at times was just plain crazy and so much fun to read. I love Julia and her big heart. It was fun to make another winter trip to Busman's Harbor.
EGGNOG MURDER is set in Tinker's Cove, Maine and within a few paragraphs I remembered all about the main characters and had no trouble jumping back into this series. I loved learning about their Real Beard Santa Club, which I now know is a real group with branches everywhere. The characters of this story drew me right in and I realized I have missed them so I know I need to get caught up on the books I have missed as soon as possible.
DEATH BY EGGNOG by LEE HOLLIS takes place in Bar Harbor, Maine. I was at a little disadvantage with this one as it was my introduction to these characters and the writer's style of Hayley's articles right in the story but I knew from the start Agatha Farnsworth, the head librarian, was definitely on Santa's naughty list and was not surprised she was our victim. What was surprising was the culprit responsible for her demise.
All three of these stories were well written with interesting characters. Great reads for the holiday season but they may have you refraining from eggnog for awhile. I say fix a cup of hot chocolate and curl up in a cozy chair. These mysteries will captivate you for a few wonderful hours.
I will start this review by saying I have read all of Barbara Ross's Maine Clambake Mysteries, I have read many of Leslie's Lucy Stone Mysteries and there are some screaming at me from my To-Be-Read shelf, and Lee Hollis is a new author to me. So I will start my review will Barbara's story.
NOGGED OFF focuses on Julia cleaning out her old apartment in New York since she has decided to stay in Busman's Harbor. When she meets her subletting tenant her quick trip to the city gets complicated. The author packed a whole wonderful cozy into just over 100 pages. The mystery takes us on quite a ride that at times was just plain crazy and so much fun to read. I love Julia and her big heart. It was fun to make another winter trip to Busman's Harbor.
EGGNOG MURDER is set in Tinker's Cove, Maine and within a few paragraphs I remembered all about the main characters and had no trouble jumping back into this series. I loved learning about their Real Beard Santa Club, which I now know is a real group with branches everywhere. The characters of this story drew me right in and I realized I have missed them so I know I need to get caught up on the books I have missed as soon as possible.
DEATH BY EGGNOG by LEE HOLLIS takes place in Bar Harbor, Maine. I was at a little disadvantage with this one as it was my introduction to these characters and the writer's style of Hayley's articles right in the story but I knew from the start Agatha Farnsworth, the head librarian, was definitely on Santa's naughty list and was not surprised she was our victim. What was surprising was the culprit responsible for her demise.
All three of these stories were well written with interesting characters. Great reads for the holiday season but they may have you refraining from eggnog for awhile. I say fix a cup of hot chocolate and curl up in a cozy chair. These mysteries will captivate you for a few wonderful hours.
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