A Wicked Yarn

by Emmie Caldwell

Overview

A killer may craft the perfect crime, but as every knitter worth her yarn knows—murder wool out.

Mother's Day should be a cinch for the good folks of the Crandalsburg Craft Fair, and knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger has a good feeling about this year's yield. But things quickly get knotty when Lia's daughter announces she's quit her job and Lia finds herself tangled up in the murder of her best friend's ex-husband. While Belinda's alibi quickly gets her off the hook, nasty rumors spread throughout Crandalsburg that shroud the entire fair in suspicion.

Could the vendors be responsible for the murder of a man hell-bent on unraveling the fair just days before his death? Lia and her crafty group of Ninth Street Knitters must put down their needles to gather clues and save the crafting community they've grown to love.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593101681
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/29/2020
Series:	A Craft Fair Knitters Mystery , #1
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	417,271
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Emmie Caldwell is the national bestselling author of the Keepsake Cove Mysteries, the Pickled and Preserved Mysteries, the Craft Corner Mysteries, and the Maggie Olenski Mysteries, written under the name Mary Ellen Hughes. A native of Wisconsin, she's lived most of her adult life in Maryland, which has inspired many of her stories.

Editorial Reviews

"Knit together an interesting older protagonist, an astute knitting group, a friend accused of murder, a daughter with secrets, and you have a purl of a mystery."—Sherry Harris, Agatha Award nominated author of the Sarah Winston Garage Sale mysteries and the Chloe Jackson Seaglass Saloon mysteries

"Such a cozy combination—knitting and murder. A delightful, well-crafted mystery!"—Essie Lang, author of the Castle Bookshop Mysteries

"This heart-warming mystery knits together family and friends in pursuit of a cunning killer."—Maya Corrigan, author of the Five-Ingredient Mystery series

"Charming, crafty, and so very cozy! Emmie Caldwell has stitched together an entertaining, well-plotted mystery that’s as cozy as a favorite sweater. The clues are artfully woven into the story, and Lia and her daughter, Hayley, are a dynamic sleuthing duo. A Wicked Yarn is bound to delight fans of crafting cozies!"—Sarah Fox, author of Much Ado About Nutmeg

From the Publisher

2020-10-14
Donning a new pseudonym, prolific Mary Ellen Hughes introduces a keen Pennsylvania puzzle-solver who enlists her crafty friends to crack a murder.

Though retired surgical nurse Lia Geiger moved after the death of her husband, she still maintains ties with old friends, especially the Ninth Street Knitters group. Lia’s been running a booth at the Crandalsburg Craft Fair barn selling the hand-knit items produced by her friends and herself. All goes well until Darren Peebles, who wants to purchase the historic barn and tear it down, is bashed to death inside with a pottery piece. Lia finds her friend Belinda, the fair manager, standing over the body. It’s lucky that Belinda has an alibi, because Darren was her awful ex-husband. Since murder’s not good for business, all the vendors are suffering, but only artist Joan Fowler gets nasty about it, publicly blaming Belinda on social media and arguing with other craftspeople. To add to the unsettling events, Lia’s daughter, Hayley, has quit her job in Philadelphia and moved back home with a better plan for her life that she promises to reveal any day now. Hayley’s high school friend Brady, now a local police officer, drops a few tidbits, and Lia and her friends use their contacts to dig up dirt on Darren, his slimy partner, and others who were no fans of either of them. Joan’s murder raises the stakes for Lia to solve the case before Belinda is arrested.

Down-to-earth characters and an interesting motive spice up this debut.

Kirkus Reviews