Leslie Meier has written another fun mystery story, this one is her 24th mystery celebrating yet another holiday. This time it is October and the residents of Tinker's Cove are about to celebrate Halloween. This year they are doing it up in a big way with a Halloween Festival that last for the week with different events every day.
There are the usual activities like the largest pumpkin competition and the how many candy corn in the jar contest. The scuba diving club wants to have a pumpkin carving contest underwater and then there is the cataplut a pumpkin the farthest contest. Just as the festival is in full swing a body is found. This time not only is Joan covering the murder for the newspaper, she has an added incentive to uncovering the murderer and why a man has been murdered in Tinker Cove. Her husband is the prime suspect in this case. She needs to clear not only the family's good name, but get her husband out of jail.
This is on the surface a cosy mystery story, but running through the book is the undercurrent of an important ethical problem that we are dealing with in society. The backdrop is a story of domestic violence and abuse. So while the town is celebrating Halloween, they are also gearing up and getting ready for a "Take Back the Night" march to lend their voices and send the message that violence against women must end now.
A fun mystery novel with a serious message.
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