Author Jayne Ann Krentz says about Ann Canadeo's latest Black Sheep knitting mystery, "Friendship, knitting, murder...create the perfect pattern. Great fun." I couldn't agree more! The Black Sheep Knitting mysteries feature a group of close friends, all knitters, rather than a single amateur detective, and it is their relationship that makes the series so enjoyable.
Maggie Messina, the owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, is asked by her old friend Nadine Gould to run several knitting workshops at a spa resort in the Berkshires. She has negotiated a cottage on the spa grounds so that the entire group, Phoebe, Suzanne, Dana, and Lucy, can join her for a luxurious, relaxing weekend of knitting and rejuvenation. The spa is run by charismatic physician-turned- new age guru and best selling author, Dr. Max Fleming. Lucy and Dana decide to participate in a moonlight meditation retreat, an overnight camp-out atop nearby Mount Wheaton, but when morning comes they awaken in the middle of a police investigation after the body of Curtis Hill, supposedly a travel guide writer, is discovered dead in one of the cabins. When it is discovered that Hill's death was caused by a malfunctioning heater that had been deliberately adjusted to fill the cabin with carbon monoxide, the conclusion is MURDER. But who was the intended victim? Suspicion centers on Dr. Fleming's former partner's son, Brian, a caretaker at the spa, and when a second murder is committed the investigation ramps up.
Canadeo has done a wonderful job creating appealing, humorous characters with very definite real-life qualities. Knitters and non-knitters alike will love this series!
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