Silver Anniversary Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery)

 Silver Anniversary Murder (A Lucy Stone Mystery)  by Leslie Meier   272 pages

In the small town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, where everyone pretty much knows everyone else when one of the elder couples in town decide to renew their vows with a big silver wedding anniversary bash, everyone in town is invited and asked to attend wearing the outfits they were married in.   It promised to be a huge do complete with catering, guests from New York,m etc.   Townsfolk were pulling out and trying on their wedding clothes, some having gotten married in caftans, jeans and other attire of the times, the excitement was building.   Town resident, Lucy Stone likewise got her wedding dress out and it still fit!   She waxed nostalgic over her wedding day and how her best friend, Beth, had been there is so many ways for her that day.  It had been years since Lucvy and Beth talked and Lucy had heard Beth was on her fourth marriage now.   She decided to get in touch and invite Beth home to the shindig.  Unfortunately, Lucy finds out from Beth's grown son that Beth fell to her death from the penthouse terrace of the building she and her husband were living in.   Beth was floored by the news.    Neither she nor any of the other women in town whe had known Beth Gerard could believe she would kill herself.   Lucy goes to the funeral and in her sorrow she determines to try to discover if Beth was really in such a desperate mental place she would take her own life or if someone had murdered her.    The plot unfolds with Lucy doing her own investigation of Beth's current husband and her 3 exes.   A good story, the characters are very realistic and the story is very well written.   A few of the characters are extremely real such as the horrible anal retentive busy body we can all relate to and her much put upon long suffering husband.   I would recommend this story to all murder mystery lovers.   There are so many potential suspects!