The culprit keeps surprising me on their reasons for murder and mayhem. ( )

Another delightful installment in this knitting mystery series. A number of new characters are introduced and those previously included are further developed, rather well. Am looking forward to the next book in the series: "Dropped Dead Stitch". ( )

This is the sixth book in the Knitting Mystery book series, which I have really enjoyed. This series is set around Kelly Flynn and her friends and the local yarn shop, House of Lambspun.

In this instalment, Juliet, one of the knitters, is dating a local professor and is quite excited about how the romance is progressing. However, the romance is derailed when Claudia sweeps into town, leaving a trail of dead husbands in her wake. Of course, there's a (mostly) plausible explanation for each husband's death, and Claudia soon becomes the talk of the town. Claudia is also quite the social butterfly, signing herself up for every seniors club and weekly event, shopping around for the next husband.

Soon enough, Juliet's body is found, and people discover that Claudia and Juliet's boyfriend may have been an item. Then someone from Claudia's past arrives in town with an armload of accusations. Soon, the local knitters are divided into pro- and anti-Claudia camps.

Parts of this book were good. It was nice to visit the town of Fort Connor again, and the author makes Christmas-time in Fort Connor come alive. The nativity scene in the church (and the rehearsals leading up to it) were particularly fun to read about it. The mystery itself, though, was lacking. I actually solved the mystery on page 170, which was just past the halfway point of the book and before Kelly did. This was a major disappointment.

However, I'm still looking forward to the next book in the series, as I still like the series overall. ( )

I read a few pages and then decided that I had other and better things to read. I have read the others in the series so far but will not continue. It started with the same stilted conversations. Now everyone has a boyfriend, etc. So, I am returning the book to the library for someone else to read. ( )

Book #7 in the Knitting Mystery Series. Kelly once again in involved in mysterious death of the local librarian who was killed by a hit-and-run driver. The woman of interest in the killing is an older woman who seems to be an escapee of a rest home with a suspicious past. Also on this woman's "tail" is her former step-daughter who keeps accusing her of murdering her father. Of course, clues are discussed and considered while Kelly and her friends feverishly knit hat and mittens for the under-privileged. ( )