“Easter Basket Murder” by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis and Barbara Ross offers three delightfully fun holiday-themed cozy mysteries all located in Maine.
In “Easter Basket Murder” by Leslie Meier, Tinker’s Cove is trying to figure out a way to increase business to local businesses that are currently struggling. Their solution? Shoppers receive an Easter egg sticker for every transaction over $10. After 10 stickers, they can enter to win a giant Easter basket, featuring several prizes including a lucrative golden egg sculpture by local artist Karl Klaus.
When the egg goes missing, reporter Lucy Stone digs into the theft while covering the story. Will she be able to figure out whodunnit, even when a suspect is seemingly revealed?
In “Death by Easter Egg” by Lee Hollis, after a recent theft at the bank, restaurant owner Hayley Powell stumbles upon a body while taking her grandson to the town’s Easter egg hunt. She decides to dig into the two cases, all while trying to figure out if there’s a connection … all while dealing with her visiting rambunctious 2-year-old grandson Eli.
In “Hopped Along” by Barbara Ross, Julia Snowden and her family are celebrating Easter at the family’s home when a mysterious stranger is found in their vegetable patch. But even stranger, he seemingly disappears. As Julia looks into the mystery man, she’s pulled into an odd case where you just can’t be sure who anyone is.
All three authors do a great job of creating fun stories with just enough clues to keep readers guessing. They include some fun moments as well as suspenseful times and great characters. Even though the stories are in three separate towns with separate characters, they work together well to create fun and tasty Easter-themed mysteries.
Fans of cozy mysteries, including series like Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen series and Joanna Carl’s Chocoholic series will love “Easter Basket Murder,” which is due out Jan. 23.
Five stars out of five.
Kensington Cozies provided this complimentary copy through NetGalley for my honest, unbiased review.