Father's Day Murder: 08/28/23

Father's Day Murder by Leslie Meier and Karen White (Narrator) (2003) is the tenth book in the Lucy Stone mystery series. Lucy has won an award for her journalism so she's off to Boston to receive it and attend a media conference.

From the title, one can tell that the book takes place in the week running up to Father's Day. Bill, ass that he is, expects a huge to-do each year and Lucy is usually the person behind all the preparation and waiting on him hand and foot. This year, though, the planning has be done by their four children: adults Toby and Elizabeth and the two younger daughters.

But I don't care about Lucy's family. They're all selfish horrible people and she should just file for divorce and leave them with Bill. Instead, we get to see her on her own in hours away in a big city. It was a nice and refreshing mystery getting away from Tinkers Cove.

The murder happens during the awards banquet. One of the men who is part of the large media conglomerate runs out of the room having an allergic reaction to something. In the rest room he dies. Being outside her element, Lucy needs more time to figure out who committed the crime and how.

In fact, this is one of those murders where had the murderer been patient, could have gotten away with it. The climax at the end was unnecessary, though it could have ended the series right then and there! It was just there to force a resolution and perhaps to give Lucy reason to never want to leave Tinkers Cove again.

Of mysteries I've read so far in this series, Father's Day Murder is among my favorite. It's also a similar read to Death by Café Mocha by Alex Erickson and Melissa Moran (Narrator) (2019).

The eleventh book is Star Spangled Murder (2004)

Four stars

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