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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN num: 9780425216361
ISBN number: 0425216365
Label: Berkley
Manufacturer: Berkley
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 320
Printing Date: July 03, 2007
Publishing house: Berkley
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Owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire must help clear Jan Henderson's name when her wealthy aunt is found dead, courtesy of a double-zero knitting needle. Just like the kind Jan knits with. And an embroidered map of Lake Minnetonka, found among the aunt's effects, could lead Betsy to a buried treasure-or to a secret that someone would kill to keep buried.
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The descriptions of the valuable treasures to be found in the murder victim's home were entirely too long and often times unneeded. Instead of writing to fill a quota of pages, the author should of stuck to simply writing a story.
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I have enjoyed all of the Needlecraft mysteries. They are an easy and fun read.
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A long-lost relative, a hidden treasure map, a murdered matriach leaving behind a quirky will... this story had all the potential to be a page turner. But while this was a well-written book in the language sense, I found the plot extremely difficult to follow.
There were too many new characters, too many threads for the mystery to follow, and too many unnecessary passages (like spending PAGES on the family's visit through Aunt Edyth's house) and strange "mistakes" (like Katie calling Jan "aunt" when she's really her cousin).
I appreciate the author's vivid imagination, but she needed a good editor to reign her in a bit and have her focus more on a few storylines, rather than introducing so much at once.
And though I'm always willing to suspend disbelief, I'm starting to raise my eyebrows at Betsy's involvement in situations where she has absolutely no business being. And her leaps of intellect (following "clues" to bizarre conclusions) left me in the dust.
If I could give it 2.5 stars, I would. I'm rounding up because Ferris is such a talented writer.
PS What happened to Betsy's boyfriend? And I miss Jill!
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I was disappointed in this installment of the series. While it was good to try writing the story from the new family's view there wasn't a good balance between the new characters and the old favorites. The murder was clever and fit with the needlework theme. It just seemed a little grisly and mentioned a little too often for my tastes in a cozy mystery. It took me a long time to get through this one and I usually read this fun series quickly.
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While I enjoyed the story, it was not typical of this series. The absence of the usual cast of characters would be alright if Betsy had a meatier part. If readers had no experience with the earlier books of this series, they would wonder who is this Betsy person and why does she get credit for being such a sleuth? I don't expect past mysteries to be rehashed, but Betsy's past successes might have been explained a lit more fully, possibly in dialog if the missing characters had been in the store to talk to Lucille, or if Betsy's role had been fuller and readers could have watched her deductions along the way. As it stands, Betsy seems to come in at the last minute and wrap everything up without her usual involvement.
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