Death of a Tom Turkey, Lee Hollis
Death of a Tom Turkey, Lee Hollis
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Death of a Tom Turkey

Author: Lee Hollis

Narrator: Randye Kaye

Unabridged: 7 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/30/2025


Synopsis

Thanksgiving season brings murder most fowl to Bar Harbor, Maine, as food writer and restaurateur Hayley Powell investigates a farmer felled at a turkey shoot . . .

The relationships between bad-tempered Tom Farley and his neighbors are as bitter as a bowl of raw cranberries, but would one of them have taken it far enough to replace birdshot with a real bullet and make him a target at a shooting competition? That's what the injured turkey farmer is claiming from his hospital bed—in between terrorizing the nurses—and he insists it's because a property developer is looking to buy them all out for big money. But Tom says he was born on that land, and he intends to die on it. Sadly, that happens sooner than he expects.

Now an inquisitive Hayley has a cornucopia of suspects to consider, from an agoraphobic therapist to an ex-Army sniper, while also preparing for Thanksgiving. But with the strange twists and dark secrets still to be revealed, this case will not be as easy as pie . . .

About Lee Hollis

Lee Hollis is the pen name for a brother and sister writing team. Rick Copp is a veteran film and television writer/producer living in Palm Springs, California. Holly Simason is an award-winning food and cocktails columnist who lives in North Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by James on November 10, 2025

Oh, the trio of investigators with a backdrop of Thanksgiving was a perfect seasonal read. Watching the ladies grow up, learn to let go, and still drive hard to find a murderer even when they are warned to stay out of it - makes for a good story! Classic story where an older, not very liked man is k......more

Goodreads review by Lizz on September 17, 2025

This is probably my last book in this series. The last one left me lacking but this one was just bad. It obliterates all of the small town charm and banter that I love in these cozies and instead reads like a bad Law and Order script. In a nutshell, the plot involves real estate, a big developer, a......more

Goodreads review by Cozy Reader Lady on July 21, 2025

"Death of a Tom Turkey (Haley Powell Food & Cocktails Mystery #18)" by Lee Hollis is set around Thanksgiving time. There's lots of little blurbs about past Thanksgiving Days and Thanksgiving related recipes sprinkled throughout the story that I honestly started to skip over. That's just my preferenc......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on June 09, 2025

Bar Harbor is holding its turkey shoot just in time for the prizes to grace the Thanksgiving tables of local residents and restaurants alike. Unfortunately, one competitor wasn't using the bean bag bullets and had a different target in mind. The local police are soon on the case, as is local restaur......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on August 28, 2025

Death Of A Tom Turkey is the 18th book in the Haley Powell food and cocktail mysteries by Lee Hollis, in this book Haley will be run ragged trying to find the murderer of a man stuffed to his wood chipper he was the turkey farmer Tom who although not liked by many didn’t deserve to die such a cruel......more