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Till Death Do Us Purl

by Anne Canadeo
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Overview

The fourth in the charming knitting mystery series that is “sure to hook cozy fans” (Publishers Weekly) featuring Maggie Messina and her close circle of knitting-club friends, who must unravel another murder in their cozy coastal town of Plum Harbor, Massachusetts.

The Black Sheep Knitters new project is helping a bride-to-be knit shawls for her upcoming wedding. Days after the ceremony, the groom dies in a freak accident. As the knitters comfort the family, many secrets and betrayals—both business and romantic—are revealed. When the groom’s body turns up after the funeral in a motel room, dead again, the newlywed widow is the prime suspect, The Black Sheep must prove her innocence and find the real killer among a large circle of family, friends, and foes.

Synopsis

The fourth in the charming knitting mystery series that is “sure to hook cozy fans” (Publishers Weekly) featuring Maggie Messina and her close circle of knitting-club friends, who must unravel another murder in their cozy coastal town of Plum Harbor, Massachusetts.

The Black Sheep Knitters new project is helping a bride-to-be knit shawls for her upcoming wedding. Days after the ceremony, the groom dies in a freak accident. As the knitters comfort the family, many secrets and betrayals—both business and romantic—are revealed. When the groom’s body turns up after the funeral in a motel room, dead again, the newlywed widow is the prime suspect, The Black Sheep must prove her innocence and find the real killer among a large circle of family, friends, and foes.

About the Author, Anne Canadeo

Anne Canadeo lives and knits in Northport, New York. This is her fourth mystery featuring the Black Sheep knitting circle. She has also authored the popular Thomas Kinkade series writing under the name Katherine Spencer.

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Editorials

Publishers Weekly

In Canadeo’s smooth fourth knitting cozy (after 2010’s A Stitch Before Dying), Maggie Messina, owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop in Plum Harbor, Mass., and her close-knit group of friends—Lucy Binger, Dana Haeger, and Suzanne Cavanaugh—agree to help Rebecca Bailey finish knitting Rebecca’s wedding gown. A day after Rebecca’s wedding to Jeremy Lassiter, a scientist at At-Las Technologies, the four friends are stunned to learn that Jeremy was killed in a suspicious fire at his lab. When Rebecca becomes a suspect in Jeremy’s murder, Maggie and her friends look for other possible killers, including Jeremy’s twin brother, his ex-girlfriend, and a former At-Las partner. The gossip and insights the knitters share lead to both danger and a surprising resolution with a late assist from the police. Agent: Bob Mecoy, Creative Books Services. (Mar.)

From the Publisher

Praise for Till Death Do Us Purl:

“The fourth in the series provides an entertaining mystery along with knitting instructions and tasty recipes.” —Kirkus

“Friendship, knitting, murder. . . create the perfect pattern. Great fun.”

New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz

Praise for A Stitch Before Dying:

“Sure to hook cozy fans” –-Publishers Weekly

Kirkus Reviews

A knitting group takes on a wedding gown and a murder. Maggie Messina owns the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, and she and her four like-minded friends, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne and Phoebe, are no strangers to sleuthing (A Stitch Before Dying, 2010, etc.). Maggie volunteers them to help finish a knitted wedding gown when the wedding date is suddenly changed. Nora Bailey and her daughter Rebecca are desperate for help, and Maggie and her pals are pleased to pitch in. The groom is Jeremy Lassiter, a brilliant scientist who works for his family's company, in a race to get a patent on a new wonder glue. The gown is done on time, the wedding is lovely despite the animosity between Jeremy's father, his divorced wife, a former business partner and Jeremy's twin, who does not speak to his tyrannical father. The knitters are all shocked to hear that there was a fatal explosion at the lab the night before the newlyweds were leaving for their honeymoon. The police begin to suspect Rebecca. The knitters, sure she is innocent, go into sleuthing mode. There are plenty of likely suspects and motives, they just have to figure out who committed a crime. The fourth in the series provides an entertaining mystery along with knitting instructions and tasty recipes.

Book Details

Published
March 6, 2012
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781439191408

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