All
her adult life, Casey Feldman has been temping her way through
many jobs. She recently moved to Cadbury by the Sea, CA, and
into her Aunt Joan’s guest house. Casey is a great baker
and does the desserts for the Blue Door restaurant and muffins
for coffee selling shops in the area. Unfortunately, Aunt
Joan was killed in a hit and run accident. Now Casey has to
step up and run the last scheduled Yarn Retreat.
Take
a bunch of knitters and put them together and you would think
harmony would flow among them. Wrong…these ladies –
I mean ladies and a gentleman – are there with their
own agendas. Kris, the master knitter, is sure the group will
mesh. Casey is not sure, especially with Edie spouting off
and finishing everyone’s sentences. Each retreater is
given an individual project --- even Casey, who is a novice
knitter.
Day two
finds the retreaters all assembled in the Cypress building.
That is, everyone except Edie. Casey, Lucinda and Kris go
to her room and have housekeeping open the door for them.
They find Edie looking peaceful in bed, however, there are
knitting needles in her chest and when Casey checks for a
pulse – they have one dead knitter. Casey better be
careful trying to solve this murder – she could end
up with dropped stitches.
Things
to ponder: Why kill a person that talked too much? Will Casey
sell her Aunt Joan’s retreat business to Kevin St John?
Who was the man that Edie was looking at during the dinner
meal? Will Casey find a connection between the deaths of the
three retreaters?
What
a great start to a new series. But I would expect nothing
less from the very talented Betty Hechtman - author of the
Crochet Mysteries. This was a real pager turner, and I ended
up staying up until the wee hours to finish – I needed
to find out whodunit. Write fast Betty – I will want
to know what is up with Casey real soon. So if you like a
mystery that will not provide even tension, then you should
be reading Yarn to Go.
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