Review
The Third Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery
Stella Wright has arranged for the girl scouts to use the old Morton House as the site of their haunted house fundraiser. Stella is excited upon discovering its outbuilding was once a chandlery, but as she pries the candle sign off the wall she makes a more gruesome discovery-a skeleton. Her friend, Agnes, identifies the skeleton and tells the scandalous tale from her family's past, a story of best friends, a robbery, and
betrayal of the town. The search for a second skeleton leads not only to
its discovery, but a fresh murder. Will solving the mystery from the
past lead to today's killer?
Autumn has come to Nantucket and with it the chills that surround Halloween, cooler temperatures and skeletons! I really like Stella, Tinker, the Candleers, well, just about everybody in the Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery series. These unique characters vibrate with life and their distinct personalities make you feel as if you're a part of their community.
I love how candles play an integral part of life, the lives of the people of eighteenth century Nantucket, and today's customers, buying candles in fanciful shapes (yes, I want a Tinker special, though I'd never burn it!), to set a scene, and ultimately to catch a killer. I really appreciate how the past and the present intermingle. I enjoyed both mysteries, but I especially loved how Stella was able to figure out the historic mystery by realizing that some things never change. As for how the killer was finally caught-absolutely brilliant!
15 MINUTES OF FLAME is a fast paced novel that combines a historical scandal and a modern day murder to create an exciting Halloween read.
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15 Minutes of Flame (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery) by Christin Brecher
About 15 Minutes of Flame
15 Minutes of Flame (Nantucket Candle Maker Mystery)
Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series
Publisher: Kensington (August 25, 2020)
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
As Stella Wright’s Nantucket candle store thrives, her knack for solving mysteries burns equally bright—especially when a Halloween haunted house uncovers evidence of a centuries-old murder . . .
When Stella’s friend inherits a creaky, abandoned home in Nantucket, she knows it’s the perfect setting for the town’s annual Halloween fundraiser. A deserted, boarded-up building on the property—once used as a candle-making shop—adds to the creepy ambiance. But as Stella explores the shack’s dilapidated walls, she discovers a terrible secret: the skeleton of a Quaker woman, wrapped in blood-soaked clothing and hidden deep within a stone hearth . . .
While police investigate, Stella wastes no time asking for help from friends with long ties to Nantucket’s intricate history. The key to the murder may lie within a scorching 18th century love triangle that pit two best friends against one another over a dubious man. But before the case is solved, another life will be claimed—leaving Stella to wonder who in Nantucket is friend, and who is foe . . .
About Christin Brecher
thank you for your thoughts. this sounds absolutely wonderful. i have not read a cozy in a candle shop and this looks to be great.
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Sounds like a good book.
ReplyDeleteHaving an historical mystery sounds intriguing!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun new cozy mystery to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThank you for going on tour and I would love to read and review the book love cozies. peggy clayton
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