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The Golden Egg

Donna Leon

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Twenty-one years ago, when a conductor was poisoned and the Questura sent a man to investigate,...

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Inside The Golden Egg (with Perro Del Mar) by El Perro Del Mar

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Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg by Kenny Neal

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The Vanishing (1988)

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When couple Rex and Saskia stop at a rest area on vacation, Saskia is abducted without a trace....

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The Double Clue: And Other Hercule Poirot Stories

Agatha Christie and Sophie Hannah

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A perfect introduction to Agatha Christie - four of the best Hercule Poirot stories, chosen for...

Easter Basket Murder

Barbara Ross, Leslie Meier and Lee Hollis

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Put on your springtime best and grab a basket, because Easter egg hunting is to dye for in this...

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Jan 25, 2024 (Updated Jan 25, 2024)

Here’s to a Deadly Easter

Kensington has called on their go to trio for three new holiday themed mysteries, this time featuring Easter. Up first, Leslie Meier’s Lucy Stone gets involved with a promotion for the local businesses leads to the theft of a golden Easter egg. Then Lee Hollis’s Hayley Powell finds the Easter Bunny dead at a community Easter egg hunt. Finally, Barbara Ross’s Julia Snowden’s Easter on the family island off the coast of Maine is interrupted when she finds a man in coat tails dead in the garden. Then, a few minutes later, he’s gone.

All three stories have fun with the theme, and present it in some clever ways. As is often the case, I found the first story the weakest, but the mysteries in the other two stories are strong. Still, I was engaged no matter which story I was reading. All three have some great Easter elements that made me feel like it was spring. And I love the community aspects we get. I’m only a regular reader of Barbara Ross’s series, and I was interested in the updates we got on the characters there. If you are looking for some new dishes to serve this year, you’ll be interested in the recipes we get with the second and third story. Each story is roughly 100 pages, so you can read them in a sitting or two. Overall, this is a fun anthology you’ll be happy hopped on to your to be read pile.