What do You think about Turkey Day Murder (2002)?
This year's quest has been to read holiday related books. So, since it's now November, it is time to break out the Thanksgiving books! This was a pretty standard mystery. Lucy Stone is a local reporter in a small New England town. The town is having some internal struggles. The local Native Americans are lobbying to become recognized as a tribe so that they can build a huge new casino. There is very little of their history left - only one war club to mark the tribe's exisitence. Some of the town supports the casino and the boost it would give to the local economy, and some like the small town just the way it is. The dispute results in one of the Mettinnicut Indians being killed at a Thanksgiving day football game, his brain smashed in with the priceless war club. He often got into arguments, so the suspects include almost everyone in town. Lucy uses her reputation as a reporter to get people to talk to her, and tries to solve the mystery.
—Amber
Lucy Stone is working for the town newspaper as well as preparing for Thanksgiving. She is especially looking forward to this one as Toby will be home after going off to his first year of college.Lucy is excited and putting the finishing touches on supper. She was hoping Toby and his friend Matt would be there by now so she could spend some time with them before she had to go to City Hall to cover a meeting for the paper regarding the legitimization of the Metinnicut Indian tribe in Tinker's Cove. Tempers flare at the meeting but Lucy is able to cover it and get back home only to find Toby has finally shown up but also brought 2 female guests as well. Nothing is working out the way she expected.The town is now talking about the building of a casino since the tribe will be acknowledged. Curt Nolan is leader of the group and is against a casino but most others are for it. When Curt turns up dead, Lucy wants to help find the killer.
—Paula
Lucy Stone suffering from empty-nest syndrome when her oldest child Toby returns hope for Thanksgiving with friends in tow and not a moment to spend with Mom. Lucy is busy writing for the newspaper and trying to put a Thanksgiving meal together for more people than first expected, keeping order in the house and making sure her kids get along, and husband Bill is happy. Then of course there is murder, mystery and mayhem thrown into the mix. Lucy finds herself mixed up once again in the middle of it all and the sleuth feels hemmed in and threatened. Will the murder be solved in time for a peaceful holiday season for Lucy and her family? Once again Leslie Meier writes an engaging and entertaining story.
—Andrea
