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Readers can't help but get entangled in this USA Today bestselling series.
It's summer in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and while tourists flock to the beautiful cottages by the sea, trouble brews for the Seaside Knitters. One of them gets tangled up with a precocious granddaughter and another stands accused of casting a local resident off on a permanent vacation.
As Izzy Chambers and the Seaside Knitters prepare Izzy's yarn studio for the tourist season, fellow knitter Birdie Favazza has her hands full with a visiting granddaughter she never knew existed. Gabby soon becomes a fixture in the town--riding off on Birdie's bike, teaching her own crochet class, even striking up an unlikely friendship with a reclusive local fisherman named Finnegan, himself the source of much local turbulence.
But it's Cass Halloran, the lobsterwoman, who stumbles over the body of the old fisherman, covered with leaves and sea grass, and wearing the yellow fleece vest she once made him. When Cass unwittingly becomes a suspect in his murder, the knitters rally to protect their dear friend.
Soon the Seaside Knitters will discover that caring for Gabby while casting their net for a killer is tricky business indeed. They'll have to keep their wits about them as they piece together the clues, working to catch a killer before one of their own winds up knitting behind bars.
Author Notes
Sally Goldenbaum was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She received an undergraduate degree from Fontbonne College in St. Louis and a graduate degree in philosophy from Indiana University in Bloomington. She was a Catholic nun for several years before attending graduate school. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in public television in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, taught philosophy, and was an editor for both a bioethics journal and a publishing house. She met Adrienne Staff in a park in Kansas City and they soon started writing novels together. She is the author of the Seaside Knitters Mystery series and three books in the Queen Bee Quilters Mysteries.
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Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Near the start of Goldenbaum's beguiling sixth knitting cozy set in Sea Harbor, Mass. (after 2011's The Wedding Shawl), Birdie Favazza, grand dame of the Seaside Knitters, receives a surprise visit from her deceased husband's brother, who's accompanied by a granddaughter of Birdie's she didn't know existed, precocious 10-year-old Gabby Marietti. Gabby charms the whole town, but especially Finnegan, a reclusive, obstinate old fisherman living on valuable waterfront land that he has let go wild since his beloved wife's death. When someone slashes Finnegan's throat with a fishing knife, the people of the town hope that the killer was an argumentative vagrant, but the many locals who might have had an interest in Finn's land become suspects. Goldenbaum offers credible characters, a mystery that's uncomplicated without being too obvious, and the knitting content her fans demand in a very readable package. Agents: Christina Hogrebe and Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Yet another homicide disturbs the peace of lovely Sea Harbor, Mass. Semi-retired Nell Endicott; her niece Izzy Perry, newly married owner of a knitting shop; lobster fisherwoman Cass Halloran; and wealthy, generous older lady Birdie Favazza are the Seaside Knitters. Despite their age differences and disparate lifestyles, these ladies are close friends with an impressive track record for solving murders (The Wedding Shawl, 2011, etc.). This time they get involved in the death of Finnegan, an old friend who owns a great piece of seaside property he's let go to seed since the death of his beloved wife, Moira. Many are fed up with the waist-high weeds and decrepit buildings, but Finnegan refuses to sell. Lately he's taken Gabby Marietti, Birdie's newly discovered granddaughter, under his wing while ignoring his own daughter Beverly, an artist who's recently returned to town. So many people are after Finnegan's property that when he's found murdered, there's a long list of suspects: Beverly, who expected to inherit; Gabby's uncle, who's seen sneaking onto the property; a builder who's been outspoken in his efforts to get the land; and even Cass, the surprise beneficiary of Finnegan's will. The knitters must use all their skills and local knowledge to solve a case that cuts too close to home. Another enjoyable visit with the ladies. The mystery may not be very challenging, but there's lazy seaside charm, food tips and the obligatory knitting project for those so inclined.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The sixth title in the Seaside Knitters series finds Nell and her friends looking forward to a leisurely summer. They are delighted to discover that Birdie, Nell's friend and a longtime resident of Sea Harbor, has a granddaughter, Gabby. She quickly becomes a town favorite, charming even cranky Finn, a retired fisherman at the center of a town argument. Finn is hanging on to his eyesore of a building amid offers of help and purchase. He is also friends with Cass, a knitting-shop regular and another of Nell's favorite people. When Cass finds Finn's body, the town learns more about the secretive man. Cass becomes a suspect, and then another body is found buried on the property. A list of characters is provided, but this title can be hard to follow, which slows the pacing. Still, it's a calm, entertaining mystery with plenty of knitting and warm series characters. Readers who like Betty Hechtman's crochet mysteries will enjoy it.--Alessio, Amy Copyright 2010 Booklist