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Normally, I have little sympathy for Miss Tilly, Tinker's Cove's fussbudget of a former librarian in Leslie Meier's Lucy Stone series. But that changed when I read Birthday Party Murder, which puts Miss Tilly in danger of being bumped off just before her ninetieth birthday. Having just had a birthday, I appreciate the unfairness of such a situation. Furthermore, Miss Tilly's new penchant for wearing kids' sneakers that light up when she walks shows that even the staunchest of sticklers can know whimsy.
So Miss Tilly, my apologies. Way to outsmart that Hells Angel named Snake in time for your town-wide celebration. And to everyone else, this isn't a spoiler.
The guy that ended up getting knocked off was worm food before the party started.
