Ever since local developer Fred Stanton and
his wife, Mimi, built five modular
homes next door to Lucy
Stones 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 entangled
in cul-de-sac politics and backstabbing.
And when Mimi doesn't show up for her shift
at The Hat and Mitten Fund bake sale, the
scent of burnt sugar leads Lucy to a shocking
discovery: Mimi, face down on her kitchen
floor-with a knife in her back.
While the police start their investigation,
Lucy gets busy writing up the murder for the
local Pennysaver-and following a few
leads of her own. Lucy knows the women in
her neighborhood didn't like Mimi, but they
certainly didn't want her dead... right?
Could the murder have been committed by
bossy Christine Cashman, an ex-marketing
exec and current housewife who's running
this year's bake sale like it's a board meeting?
And who is that mysterious homeless man
skulking around the cemetery?
