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French Pastry Murder (2014)

by Leslie Meier(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0758277040 (ISBN13: 9780758277046)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Kensington

series

A Lucy Stone Mystery

review 1: This is a good mystery starring Lucy Stone, her husband, daughter and her friends transported to Paris for a different adventure. The mystery itself is fun although with some interesting twists. The story itself is racist, anti-every part of the world apart from America. This book is a clear example of an American feeling superior and showing off that superiority and bigotry. I was incredibly disappointed. I hoped that she was just trying to express some beliefs via some characters but she continued to criticize every aspect of French life apart from the food and every aspect of "Arabian" life whilst being very racist. I am sad that this is what she feels and has chosen to share in this book.
review 2: Americans are so accustomed to the freedom and rights that ... morewe have in the USA that sometimes we fail to realize that those rights are ours only as long as we remain on US soil. When traveling to other countries, these rights do not travel with us. This fact is made abundantly clear to Lucy Stone and her traveling companions when they are linked to an attempted murder in France. They are shocked to discover that they really have no rights and even the US consulate cannot help them. Their passports are taken and they are forbidden to leave the country. Lucy decides to help move matters along by doing some sleuthing of her own. But things take a turn for the worse, and Lucy finds herself in more trouble with the local police. Author Leslie Meier does not disappoint with this newest book in this charming series. Delightful continuing characters in an intricate plot will keep you reading until the very end, and then leave you wishing to read the next not-yet-published novel. less

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