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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780425187142
ISBN number: 0425187144
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 272
Printing Date: January 07, 2003
Publishing house: Berkley
Release Date: January 07, 2003
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Betsy is still new enough to Excelsior, Minnesota, to not know a scandal when she causes one. So, when she hires Foster Johns to fix her roof, the resulting uproar has her needled. The whole town has pinned a five-year-old unsolved double murder on him. Betsy believes Johns when he says he isn't guilty. But she'll have to use every stitch of her sleuthing skills to tie up all the loose ends that will prove his innocence once and for all.
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I really love this series, and after taking a long break from it, it was terrific to read this 6th installment. This one seemed better than the previous couple, and makes me want to pick up the subsequent one right away! Very entertaining and fun. And one doesn't have to be a needlework fan to enjoy them, though I certainly am and I love it!
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Betsy has solved a few mysteries since she has arrived in her new "home town" and it makes sense that she would tackle an old mystery. The old mystery is a good one, and kept me reading this book past my bed time.
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Monica Ferris is doing a great job of keeping this series fresh. It could get old quickly, with the troubles Betsy faces as a new-ish needlecrafter and a newer business owner. But I really enjoy how her characters continue to flesh out, and how Ferris disproves the "Minnesota Nice" by giving her recurring characters edges. Not everyone is sweet and simple -- they have prejudices, challenges, and troubles of their own.
In this "episode," Betsy is taken to task for employing a "known" murderer. She lashes back at the Tuesday Bunch and sets out to prove what happened, once and for all, in a five-year-old double murder.
The resolution is unique and the book kept my attention all the way through. Criticisms -- by taking on a five-year-old murder, in which she knew neither of the victims and isn't particularly well acquainted with the accused, Betsy loses some of our interest. Why should we really care about this couple, or Foster Johns? In the previous books, the need to find out "what really happened" was more critical. But all in all, a well-written addition to the series.
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Anybody who has read the Sherlock Holmes story "The Problem At Thor Bridge" will have this one figured out in five minutes.
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Betsy Devonshire now owns the building where her needle craft shop Crewel World is located. Unfortunately, ownership includes having to put a new roof on the building and she hires local contractor Foster Johns.
When Foster comes in to collect his payment, the Tuesday Bunch of needle crafters stop in their tracks. Didn't Betsy know that Foster was a murderer? That five years ago he had killed his lover Angela Schmitt and then a few days later her husband Paul Schmitt.
Angela was shot in the locked bookstore where she worked. Paul was beaten and shot by the same gun in their home. Foster admitted to having a romance, (they weren't lovers) with Angela but he didn't kill her or Paul. There wasn't enough evidence and Detective Mike Malloy had to let him go and the murders have remained unsolved.
Foster asks Betsy to investigate the crime and clear his name.
Betsy found it hard to investigate as everyone seemed to be certain Foster was guilty. Paul and Angela were such nice people, that there just couldn't have been anyone else who would have wanted to kill them. Angela was such a sweet, shy person. And Paul always had a smile on his face, willing to help everyone.
Betsy's investigation found that people aren't always what they seem to be and the clues led her to a solution that would surprise everyone.
Highlights:
The Tuesday Bunch telling Ghost Stories on Halloween. This group gets bigger each book and they're all great characters. Always help to Betsy, as they know all the gossip in town.
Every one in the Tuesday Bunch, especially Godwin melting over Rik Lightfoot, a gorgeous, rich man who does needlecrafts when he comes into Crewel World, making Betsy wonder if Godwin's boyfriend John didn't have a point about him flirting with other guys.
Godwin, still melting until Rik tells him a long, long story about his passion.
The mystery was very interesting. I enjoyed how Betsy had to go back five years and try and get people to remember things that weren't colored with their suspicion that Foster was guilty.
No Lowlights. A very satisfying mystery.
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