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Reap What You Sew
Southern Sewing Circle No 6
Elizabeth Lynn Casey

Berkley Prime Crime
April 2012/ 978-0-425-24706-8
Mystery/Cozy
Amazon

Reviewed by Laura Hinds

Hollywood is coming to Sweet Briar, South Carolina. Acclaimed film director, Warren Shoemaker, of England has selected the town square for some location shoots for the movie "Memories of Autumn." Locals will be able to audition to play extras, and the ladies of the Sweet Briar Society Sewing Circle are very excited.

Victoria Sinclair, known as Tori, is the town librarian who happens to have a penchant for getting involved in solving murders. Perhaps she shouldn't be surprised that yet another killing has happened in the small town of Sweet Briar. Tori loves her adopted town, her library and her dear friends. In fact, she's engaged to be married to her sweetheart, Milo a school teacher.

Tori is lucky enough to be cast in "Memories of Autumn", and it is meaningful to her because she loves the book, and hopes to see it brought to life in a movie. Leading actress, Anita Belise, is murdered, and due to the nature of the killing, one of the Sweet Briar Society Sewing Circle is a suspect. Given that Tori has been successful in apprehending murderers in the recent past, she decides to get to the heart of the matter, find the killer and save her friend from murder charges.

As with previous books in this series, the murder is the main plot, but the true meaning of friendship and of small town alliances are given equal time. Casey writes in a manner that makes the reader feel like a part of the story, a member of the sewing circle or a patron of the library. This is book six in the series, and with each book I've grown to love the characters more. A fun and quirky cozy read, perfect for a lazy afternoon with a cup of tea and your sewing projects at hand. There are even some sewing tips at the back of the book.

Reviews of other titles in this series

Reviews of other titles in this series

Deadly Notions #4
Dangerous Alterations
#5
Reap What You Sew #6
Let It Sew #7
Remnants of Murder #8
Taken In #9

 


Reviewed 2012
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