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Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and his wife, Mimi, built five modular homes next door to Lucy Stone's farmhouse, life just hasn't been the same. With Mimi complaining about everything from the state of Lucy's lawn to another neighbor's lovable dog, quaint Tinker's Cove, Maine, is now... read more
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- Lucy Stone: Our story's protaganist. She is a mom, a journalist and an amatuer sleuth.
- Bill Stone: Lucy's husband--a restoration carpenter.
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“Lucy didn’t have a clue how she managed to wear all that makeup and still look human; she felt like a clown whenever she experimented with eyeliner or blush”
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Better Than Sex Brownies 1 cup unsalted butter
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Kitchen Sink Cookies 1 cup
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well blended. Add the peanut butter, mixing well. Sift together flour, salt, and baking soda and mix in, along with oats. Stir in optional chocolate chips, raisins, or nuts. Roll into balls, place on ungreased cookie sheet, press down with a fork. Bake 12 minutes at 350 degrees.
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In a small bowl cream butter, cocoa, corn syrup, and vanilla. Add confectioners sugar and milk. Beat to spreading consistency, adding a bit more milk if needed.
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Chris notes: “I usually make half the batter into cookies and freeze the other half. Then, when I need more cookies I just defrost the dough, roll, and bake. Otherwise this recipe makes a huge number of cookies. The cookies do freeze well, if you prefer to bake all at once.”
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a string of beads that could have inspired a mother hen to sit a while.
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Maybe teenage boys should be sent off to live in a hut with tribal elders until they were deemed fit to marry and assume their place in society,
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“You have a right to your feelings,” said Lucy. “If you can’t trust yourself, who can you trust?”
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Pam was married to Lucy’s boss at the Pennysaver, Ted Stillings,
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Zoe, almost nine, was the caboose on the family choo-choo, five years younger than her next oldest sibling, her sister Sara. Sara, 14, would be a freshman in high school when school reopened in just a few weeks.
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I'd like to kill that kid.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 13 of 21 in Lucy Stone Mystery. (standard series)
Preceded by New Year's Eve Murder, and followed by Candy Cane Murder.
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- Leslie Meier (Author)
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Page Count: 234
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- Library of Congress: PS3563.E3455 B35 2006
- Dewey: 813/.54
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