A Holiday Yarn
A Seaside Knitters Mystery, No. 4

By Sally Goldenbaum

       Sally Goldenbaum’s fourth Seaside Knitter’s Mystery revolves around the Christmas Season and one of their friends and neighbors has inherited a huge mansion that was once her family home.

Mary Pisano is turning the homestead into a B&B much to the chagrin of her family and some of her neighbors. Mary’s family came to Sea Harbor to go through settling the grandfather’s will. One in particular, is her cousin, Pam, who runs a successful fashion magazine. Pam is quite the flirt and has a list of dalliances as long as her arm.

It doesn’t take long for disaster to fall, and knitters Nell and Birdie find Pam’s body in the snow outside the B&B. She’s written “I’m sorry” in the snow. At first it appears that Pam committed suicide. That ruling changes when another body with another message in the snow is found.

The Seaside Knitter’s group resolves to find the truth and to help their friend Mary. Izzy is dealing with a problem in her own life that distracts her. Her friends want to help her too.

Author Goldenbaum has a remarkable ability to provide the reader with an immense amount of detail. She writes as if she’s watching a movie and explaining it frame by frame. The reader becomes drawn into the little New England town and life of the knitters who, if you’ve read the other books, feel like very close old friends.

I recommend this to cozy mystery lovers, and the book would make a great holiday gift for anyone who enjoys solving a mystery along with the characters. The charm of Sea Harbor at Christmas makes a wonderful winter read.

Other Reviews in this series

A Holiday Yarn, No 4
Wedding Shaw, No 5
A Fatal Fleece, No 6