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by Leslie Meier (Author), Lee Hollis (Author), Peggy Ehrhart (Author)
Light pink, robin's egg blue, daffodil yellow, mint green--Easter eggs hiding sweet treats come in every pastel color. But in a few small towns this year, cracking them could be more fatal than fun...
EASTER EGG MURDER by LESLIE MEIERIn Provence to visit her daughter, part-time reporter Lucy Stone is soaking up the atmosphere, even if it includes one Carole Capobianco, the empty-nester she encountered on the flight over. Not exactly two peas in a pod, they're both amused by the tale of a neighbor's chickens refusing to lay eggs. The decoy eggs he's set out to encourage the egg-centric hens are not only gorgeously Faberge-style, they're being stolen! That's confusing enough, but what's happened to the cook is deadly serious. DEATH BY ANOTHER EASTER EGG by LEE HOLLIS
When an ambitious young reporter dies mid-meal at Hayley Powell's Bar Harbor restaurant, Hayley is horrified. Determined to save her eatery's reputation, Hayley scrambles to crack the case wide open like an egg, discovering that the victim was about to break a juicy story--one that a number of people (er, suspects) did not order off the menu. Which makes finding the killer more than devilishly hard . . . AN EGGY WAY TO DIE by PEGGY EHRHART
Cleaning up after the Easter egg hunt in the Arborville park, friends Pamela and Bettina are startled to find something else hidden--the dead body of a local cookbook author, surrounded by broken shells and slippery yolks. The pair are far from hard-boiled detectives, but as they search for clues, they find that the whole case smells distinctly like rotten eggs . . .
Author Biography
LESLIE MEIER is the New York Times bestselling author of the Lucy Stone Mysteries and the Carole and Poopsie Mystery series. She has also written for Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, and like her series protagonist, Lucy Stone, she worked as a New England newspaper reporter while raising her three children. She lives outside of Boston and can be found online at LeslieMeierBooks.com.
LEE HOLLIS is the pen name for the brother and sister writing team behind the Hayley Powell Mystery Series. Rick Copp is a veteran Hollywood writer/producer and also the author of three other mystery novel series. He lives in Palm Springs, California. Holly Simason is an award-winning food and cocktails columnist who lives in North Carolina. Please visit them online at LeeHollisMysteries.com. PEGGY EHRHART is the author of acclaimed cozy mysteries, including the Knit and Nibble Mystery series and the Quilt Whisperer Mysteries. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies as well as Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, Crime and Suspense, Flashing in the Gutters, Spinetingler, Crime Scene: New Jersey 2, and Murder New York Style. A former English professor, she holds a Ph.D. in medieval literature from the University of Illinois and taught writing and literature at Queens College, CUNY, and Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is a longtime member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and previously served as president of Sisters in Crime NY/TriState as well as on the board of MWA New York. A longtime knitter, quilter, needlepointer, and blues guitarist, she lives in New Jersey and can be found online at PeggyEhrhart.com.
Number of Pages: 368
Dimensions: 1.43 x 8.2 x 5.68 IN
Publication Date: February 24, 2026
