Christmas Carol Murder - 20

"I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers." --Carolyn HartIt's Christmas in Tinker's Cove, Maine, and Lucy Stone is excited about her acting debut in the town's production of A Christmas Carol.

But a real life Scrooge has everyone feeling frosty, and with a murderer on the loose, Lucy will have to unwrap her sleuthing skills faster than she can say, "Bah!

Humbug!" Lucy normally loves planning for the holidays, but this year, Tinker's Cove has fallen on hard times.

With so many residents struggling to make ends meet, Christmas festivities are a luxury some can't afford.

But the story's not so bleak at Downeast Mortgage, whose tightfisted owners, Jake Marlowe and Ben Scribner, are raking in profits from everyone's misfortune.

Half the town is in their debt, so when the miserly Marlowe is murdered, the mourners are few and the suspects are many. . ."Engaging. . .a satisfying conclusion." --Publishers Weekly"Longtime Lucy Stone readers will be happy to catch up on life in Tinker's Cove in this cozy Christmas mystery." --Library Journal