Stitched in Crime by Emmie Caldwell

Stitched in Crime
by Emmie Caldwell

ISBN-13: 9780593101704
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley Books
Released: December 7th 2021

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
The Craft Fair may have hit a few snags lately, but knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger is hopeful her quiet life will return to its usual patterns in no time. Her daughter has officially moved back home, and sure, the house is a little crowded with Hayley's take-home work from the alpaca farm, but that's a price Lia will happily pay. All seems well until Cori Littlefield, a new vendor with a gift for crochet, is found dead at the bottom of a waterfall.

What begins as a tragic accident turns into a snarled spool of lies that only the combined efforts of the Ninth Street Knitters can untangle. Lia makes a connection between Cori's death and a decades-old murder, and it's up to her to weave together the clues and find the truth.


My Review:
Stitched in Crime is a cozy mystery. It's the second in a series. You don't need to read the previous book to understand this one, and this book didn't spoil the whodunit of the previous mystery.

The main characters were likable and interesting. The police declared Cori's death an accident. When Lia realized that Cori had witnessed a similar death--perhaps a murder--when she was a child, she decided to investigate in case Cori was killed because of what she had seen. She asked questions and looked for clues but had difficulty finding proof or narrowing down the suspect pool. I strongly suspected whodunit from various hints, and I became even more sure as the story went on. Lia saved the day, catching whodunit in the act of another murder and so gained her proof. There were no sex scenes or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this enjoyable novel.


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