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A Murder in Mohair (Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries #8) by Anne Canadeo

In Anne Canadeo's cozy eighth Black Sheep Knitting Mystery, a cold-hearted murder in Plum Harbor leads the knitters to investigate a new psychic who may be far more dangerous than she seems…

When Jimmy Hubbard, the manager of the local cinema, is murdered in a robbery gone wrong, the residents of Plum Harbor are mystified. Everyone liked Jimmy, and the struggling theater seems an unlikely target for burglars.

The Black Sheep Knitters are surprised and saddened by the crime, but are more suspicious of psychic-medium Isabel Waters, who has recently set up shop in town. Isabel has hoodwinked one of their friends into shelling out big money every week to keep the memory of a lost loved one alive. Determined to reveal Isabel as a fraud, the knitters are pulled in the web of Isabel’s world and find themselves in a tangle of secrets and lies. They must solve two murders before the truth about all of Isabel’s clients—past and present—are revealed.

Another fantastic installment in the lives of the Black Sheep Knitters and their friends.

In this one we open with a death, Jimmy Hubbard manages (just!) to keep the local cinema alive, no one seems to have a bad word to say about him and so everyone is shocked when a local teenager (who does shifts at the cinema) finds his dead body, and when it turns out that he didn't die of natural causes then everyone is even more stunned. Whilst all this is going on the Black Sheep knitters are alerted to a local (or at least fairly recently arrived) Psychic, Edie (who owns and runs the local diner) is convinced she is fleecing Edie's niece (Nora, who sadly lost her eldest son to a brain haemorrhage a couple of years ago), but when she ends up dead as well and Nora seems to be the prime suspect the Black Sheep knitters need to put down their needles and pick up their deerstalkers to find out what happened to both of them.

The Postman Always Purls Twice (Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries #7) by Anne Canadeo

In the seventh installment in the "entertaining" (Kirkus Reviews) Black Sheep Knitting Mystery series, the knitters see the darker side of Hollywood when Maggie's shop is used as a set for a big budget, star-studded movie.

When the cast and crew of a Hollywood movie arrive to film on location in quiet Plum Harbor, the village is aflutter at the A-list actresses. The Knitters are dazzled by the glamour and since Maggie's shop is an important set, they are privy to the backstage excitement and inside gossip. But from the first day of filming, accidents and menacing coincidences abound. The show must go on, but no sooner have the lights, action, and stitching begun when the killer strikes again - this time, cutting one character from the script for good.

The Black Sheep, an attentive audience to this tangled drama, are determined to unmask the real villain of this story before they can eliminate another member of this deadly cast.

Maggie, the owner of the Black Sheep knitting store is having her shop taken over by a film crew (and the Black Sheep knitters are wondering if they can sneak in as extra's), the main character in the film is a yarn shop owner and so the knitters decide to invite Jennifer Todd (and her assistant) to join them in the shop one evening to talk through what Maggie does on a daily basis and walk Jennifer through the shop and stock.  Before this happens though there is an accident on set, then a more serious event, followed by yet another! Now the Black Sheep knitters need to sift through all the information and people, find out who is acting, who is being genuine and why this is happening.

I held off reading this (and the next in the series) because I had all the others in electronic form, now I really wish I had succumbed and bought the paperback well before this as this was a wonderful look at how something in the past can resonate through the years and cause too many problems for too many people.

A Cold Brew Killing (All-Day Breakfast Café Mystery #3) by Lena Gregory

When an ice cream vendor discovers a frozen stiff, Florida diner owner Gia Morelli has to serve up some just desserts . . .
 
Gia has become good friends with Trevor, a fun, flirtatious bachelor who owns the ice cream parlor down the street from her popular All-Day Breakfast Café. Trevor has the scoop on all sorts of local attractions and activities. But when he bursts into her diner, trembling and paler than a pint of French Vanilla, she can tell something's very wrong. Trevor points her toward his shop then passes out cold. When Gia runs down to his shop, she discovers a chilling sight—a dead body in the open freezer. But the ice cream man's troubles are just beginning. The police suspect him of this murder a la mode, especially when details of his questionable past surface. Gia believes in her friend and is determined to clear his name and find the real cold-blooded killer before someone else gets put on ice . . .

There are only a few series I will read back to back, this has become one of them, more to the point one I will re-visit again and again! We have murder, mayhem and history coming back to bite in Boggy Creek, we find out more about the history of some of the regular members of the pages of Lena Gregory's books, we discover treachery, honour and sadness, all wrapped in a wonderfully crafted tale.

Gia is settled in Boggy Creek, she now has a relationship with her best friend's cousin and some more good friends (as close if not closer than family, not that Gia knows about close family), and the main one, Savannah, has chivvyed her into taking a few days away from her beloved All Day Breakfast Cafe, Earl and Cole are going to man the kitchen and Willow will do her usual fantastic job front of house, but everything comes to a screeching halt when Trevor (another friend and the owner of the local ice cream parlour, Storm Scoopers) comes staggering into the cafe and faints, having uttered that there was a dead body in his freezer! Add in local politics, secrets coming home to roost and injuries, Hunt and Gia having a misunderstanding (and Savannah and Leo coming to an understanding) this is another fun, semi fast paced, cozy that hits all the right spots!

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Gia Morelli

What is your Profession?

I own and run the All-Day Breakfast Café in Boggy Creek, Florida.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

My all-time favorite book and movie (series, actually) is Harry Potter. If I could live at Hogwarts, I would. But only if I could take my new Boggy Creek family with me.

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

My comfort book is Gone With the Wind.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?  

I would love to be Scarlett O’Hara. Her strength, courage, and determination inspire me.

What is your ideal evening?  

My perfect evening would be spent curled up on the couch with my puppy, Thor, and my best friend, Savannah, with a bucket of popcorn between us, watching old movies.

Thank you so much for having me. I’ve enjoyed visiting!

 

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

November 6 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW

November 6 – Reading Is My SuperPower – REVIEW

November 7 – Read Your Writes Book Reviews – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

November 7 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

November 8 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW

November 8 – A Holland Reads – SPOTLIGHT

November 9 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

November 9 – The Book Diva’s Reads – SPOTLIGHT

November 10 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 11 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

November 11 – cherylbbookblog – SPOTLIGHT

November 12 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

November 12 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST

November 13 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW

November 13 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

November 14 – Sapphyria’s Books – REVIEW

November 14 – Bibliophile Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 15 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

November 16 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW

November 16 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

November 17 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

November 17 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

November 18 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

November 19 – Cozy Up With Kathy – REVIEW

Cry Wolf (Zoe Chambers Mysteries #7) by Annette Dashofy

Rural Pennsylvania’s Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams is down an officer and has been dealing with extra shifts as well as a pair of bickering neighbors, one of whom owns a machete and isn’t afraid to use it.

Golden Oaks Assisted Living is outside Pete’s jurisdiction, but a murder in the facility his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father calls home makes the case personal.

Paramedic and Deputy Coroner Zoe Chambers has been itching for an opportunity to take the lead in a death investigation. She gets her chance when her boss is hospitalized and not only assigns her to the Golden Oaks homicide but puts her in charge of the county coroner’s office.

As if she doesn’t have enough to handle, a long-lost, over-protective, older half-brother walks into her life threatening to drive a wedge between her and the man she loves.

A second dead body leads them to realize the case may have dark ties to a distant past…and if Zoe doesn’t untangle the web of lies, Pete will be the one to pay the ultimate price.

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Zoe Chambers

What is your Profession?

I’m a paramedic for the Monongahela County Emergency Medical Services and I’m also a deputy coroner.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

I rarely have time to go to a movie, but I recently saw A Star is Born and loved it. As for books, just about anything by Carla Neggers.

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

A “comfort” book…I’d have to say one of the classics—The Great Gatsby. I love getting lost in that one over and over. I have two comfort movies that I’ve watched dozens of times. One is Ghost and the other is Dirty Dancing.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be?

Oh, I would love it if Scarlett Johansson played me! I think she’s amazing!

What is your ideal evening?

If I ever get my farmhouse fixed up enough to live in it, I dream of quiet evenings with Pete, curled up together on the sofa in front of a crackling fire. Until then, dinner out with Pete is pretty ideal. Any evening with Pete when neither of us are on duty is wonderful.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

November 7 – Here’s How It Happened – SPOTLIGHT

November 7 – fundinmental – SPOTLIGHT

November 7 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW

November 7 – The Book’s the Thing – REVIEW

November 8 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

November 8 – Mysteries with Character – CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 8 – The Power of Words – REVIEW

November 9 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT

November 9 – MJB Reviewers – REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW

November 9 – The Montana Bookaholic – REVIEW

November 10 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

November 10 – Community Bookstop – REVIEW

November 10 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

November 11 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – GUEST POST

November 11 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – CHARACTER INTERVIEW

November 11 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews – REVIEW

November 12 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW

November 12 – Jane Reads – GUEST POST

November 12 – Ruff Drafts – SPOTLIGHT

November 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW

November 13 – Cozy Up With Kathy – CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 13 – A Chick Who Reads – REVIEW

Murder in Her Stocking (A Granny Reid Mystery #1) by G.A. McKevett

As the Moonlight Magnolia Agency revisits old memories on Christmas Eve, Granny Reid takes the reins back thirty years to the 1980s--back when she went by Stella, everyone's hair was bigger, and sweaters were colorful disasters. But murder never went out of style . . .

Christmas has arrived in sleepy McGill, Georgia, but holiday cheer can't keep temperamental Stella Reid from swinging a rolling pin at anyone who crosses her bad side--and this season, there are plenty. First an anonymous grinch vandalizes a celebrated nativity display. Far worse, the scandalous Prissy Carr is found dead in an alley behind a tavern. With police puzzled over the murder, Stella decides to stir the local gossip pot for clues on the culprit's identity . . .

Turns out Prissy held a prominent spot on the naughty list, and suspects pile up like presents on Christmas morning. Unfortunately, the more progress Stella makes, the more fears she must confront. With a neighbor in peril and the futures of her beloved grandchildren at risk, Stella must somehow set everything straight and bring a cunning criminal to justice before December 25th . . .

I haven't read any of the Moonlight Magnolia Agency/Savannah Reid books but it turns out there is no need to as other than the first few and last few pages the rest of the book is set in the past. Granny Reid (Stella) is trying to give her grandkids a good upbringing and is fighting an uphill battle, her son drives a rig and is out of town most of the time, her daughter in law hates her but loves Elvis and alcohol (not necessarily in that order).  The story opens with Stella looking after the children for a few days (so their mother doesn't have to), this means she needs to stretch her limited pension to provide food for 8 people! she is a strong woman mind you and is prepared to give what she can to her Grand Angels, as they are headed to the store they are side tracked by the fact that someone (and Stella has a darned good idea as to who) has vandalized the town Nativity Scene, but this fades into insignificance when later that evening Stella hears someone being attacked.  Now she, the local law enforcement and a couple of good friends need to figure out what happened and hope that every one can have a wonderful Christmas Season.

G A McKevett doesn't shy away from the harsh realities of life, but she presents them (in this book) so that they get sandwiched with a lot of fun!

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Stella May Reid, but most folks here in McGill, Georgia, call me, “Granny.”

What is your Profession?

I’m a grandma, raisin’ my grandangels. All seven of ‘em. My part-time job is making fudge for folks here in town who’s sick or had somebody pass. I find that chocolate eases most of Life’s ills…at least a bit.

What is your current favourite book or movie?

I like that Indiana Jones movie that just came out. Boy, I was plum flabbergasted when them Nazis’ faces started meltin’! Oooo, what a sight to behold! But mostly, I like that Mr. Harrison Ford. He’s got a cute grin and a wicked sparkle in his eye that reminds me of my late husband, Art, who passed six years ago. When I watch that movie—I’ve seen it three times—missin’ my Arthur doesn’t hurt quite so bad for a little while.

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

I reckon I’d say the Bible. I read it most ever’ day, and it gives me good advice on how to deal with junk goin’ on in my life. Like, it says, “He who is slow to anger has great understanding.” So, I remember that and try to keep my temper from gettin’ outta hand when I’m roused. I resolve to think twice before I shoot my mouth off or smack somebody silly. (Most of ‘em, it wouldn’t take long.) It doesn’t always work. Most times, I still get my piece said and once in a great while, to stop a bit of skullduggery against an innocent person, I might tap the guilty party’s noggin with a fryin’ pan. But on days when I’ve read my Bible, I can usually keep the mayhem to a minimum.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what would be the character you would want to be in a book?

I think Miss Meryl Streep’s about as fine a actress as there ever was. I’d like her to play me as Scarlett in Gone with the Wind. Maybe Mr. Ford could play Rhett! Wouldn’t that be a fine thing, seein’ him kiss Miss Streep right good? I know Scarlett had a bad streak, but she didn’t abide nonsense, she worked hard to care for her family, she missed a few meals when times was hard, and she didn’t like pickin’ cotton neither. Miss Scarlett O’Hara and me’s got a lot in common.

What is your ideal evening?

After supper, when the dishes are done and all seven kiddos are fresh from the bathtub, we sit around the livin’ room, just soakin’ in the joy of each other’s company. Sometimes I read ‘em a story. Or somebody tells about somethin’ funny that happened to ‘em that day. Or one’s got a burden they need to share, ‘cause it’s too heavy to carry all alone. Once in a while, there’ll be a squall of some sort that I’ll have to referee. Marietta’ll start up about how Vidalia stole her red hair bow, or Cordelia’ll get in a dither about how Waycross snuck a frog into the girls’ underwear drawer again. But, all in all, that hour right before bedtime is the best time of all. I look around the room at that batch of young’uns, their faces all sweet and shiny from their baths, and I’m so thankful that they were given to me to raise. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s an honor and a privilege. I wouldn’t take a million dollars for any one of them. (Not even Contrary Mari. That child’s got herself a bit of a reputation ‘round town, and I don’t reckon I could get ten dollars for her, let alone a million.) Anyway, I just sit there in my comfy chair and soak in the wonder of having them all safe under my roof. I try to enjoy ever’ single minute because children grow up so fast. I know it won’t be long ‘till they’ll be spread out ever’where, some far beyond my reach. Anybody who’s ever raised young’uns knows these times, when they’re little, are precious. The Good Book tells us that we’re all, “just a vapor that appears for a while and then vanishes away.” So, we gotta hold onto the good times and make the most of ‘em with the ones closest to our hearts.

MURDER IN HER STOCKING TOUR PARTICIPANTS

November 5 – The Power of Words – REVIEW

November 5 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT

November 6 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW

November 6 – StoreyBook Reviews – GUEST POST

November 6 – 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too! – SPOTLIGHT

November 7 – The Montana Bookaholic - SPOTLIGHT

November 7 – Laura's Interests – REVIEW

November 7 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT         

November 8 – Brooke Blogs - REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 8 – Mallory Heart's Cozies – REVIEW

November 9 – View from the Birdhouse - SPOTLIGHT

November 9 – Island Confidential – SPOTLIGHT

November 10 – A Wytch's Book Review Blog - REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

November 10 – My Devotional Thoughts – REVIEW

November 10 – Lisa Ks Book Reviews - REVIEW, AUTHOR INTERVIEW,

November 11 – Celticlady's Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

November 11 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW

November 12 – Melina's Book Blog – REVIEW

November 12 – Bibliophile Reviews - REVIEW

Ready 2 Dress: How to Have Style Without Following Fashion by Trinny Woodall, Susannah Constantine

Susannah Constantine and Trinny Woodhall have regularly doled out their upper-crust fashion advice via the pages of Saturday's Daily Telegraph, establishing themselves as style experts on their mission to show that how ever tall or short, large or small you may be there are ways to look great all the time.

In Ready2Dress Susannah and Trinny call on four very different women who between them represent just about everything we either love or hate about our bodies. By assessing their individual body shapes and dishing out the odd tip on make-up, hair and the essential items that should provide the basics for every self-respecting fashion victim, the intrepid duo swing into action to prove that anyone--yes, really, anyone--can look fabulous.

Complete with a directory of "must-have" addresses, Ready2Dress gets up close and personal with the bits of our bodies we just love to hate and drags us kicking and screaming through a zesty and irreverent shopping spree that covers every clothing nightmare from bum-too-big to packing for a business trip.

Definitely one for the girls, Ready to Dress is a light and fluffy tour through the heart of the dull and dingy wardrobe--it certainly isn't brain surgery but, hey, it was never supposed to be. --Susan Harrison

This was a fun and fluffy read, not quite what I was hoping for but it did give me a few pointers on how to plan my wardrobe! Mainly when it comes to styles, what I really want though is an idea on what colours I should wear.

Murder Made to Order (All-Day Breakfast Café Mystery #2) by Lena Gregory

To save her cozy Florida diner, Gia Morelli must choke down a heaping helping of murder . . .
 
New York native Gia Morelli is just getting used to life in Florida when she gets word that the town government wants to shut down her pride and joy: the charming little diner known as the All-Day Breakfast Café. A forgotten zoning regulation means that the café was opened illegally, and hardboiled council president Marcia Steers refuses to budge. Gia is considering hanging up her apron and going back to New York, but before she gives up on her dream, she discovers something shocking in the local swamp: Marcia Steers, dead in the water. There’s a secret buried in the books at town hall, and someone killed to keep it hidden. To save her café and bring a killer to justice, Gia and her friends will have to figure out a killer’s recipe for murder . . .

Pans, pooches and Panic! All in a days work in this series by Lena Gregory.

Gia Morelli is settling into life in Boggy Creek, Florida, but she knows she needs to make a decision, will she stay here or head back to New York (now that her ex is well and truly out of the picture!), the other thing that could swing the decision ... it appears that her cafe is illegal, her building is the only one in the whole block that was never re-zoned from residential to commercial and now it appears people want to close her down, so now Gia needs to figure out what is happening with her cafe, what is happening with Detective Hunt, oh and to stop finding dead bodies!

Scone Cold Killer (All-Day Breakfast Café Mystery #1) by Lena Gregory

For Florida diner owner Gia Morelli, there’s no such thing as too much breakfast—unless it kills you . . .

When Gia Morelli’s marriage falls apart, she knows it’s time to get out of New York. Her husband was a scam artist who swindled half the millionaires in town, and she doesn’t want to be there when they decide to take revenge. On the spur of the moment, she follows her best friend to a small town in Central Florida, where she braves snakes, bears, and giant spiders to open a cheery little diner called the All-Day Breakfast Café. Owning a restaurant has been her lifelong dream, but it turns into a nightmare the morning she opens her dumpster and finds her ex-husband crammed inside. As the suspect du jour, Gia will have to scramble fast to prove her innocence before a killer orders another cup of murder . . .

The start of a new series and a new to me authoress and boy have I missed out!

Gia Morelli has fled New York and gone to a small town in Florida (where her best friend Savannah lives), she plans to open a cafe which serves breakfast dishes and to stop thinking about the fact that her ex-husband is a scamster and slime of the first order. She has everything ready to go, including two members of staff (one of which, Willow, turns out to be a star and helpful and the other, Maybelle, makes a somnolent snail look like a speedster!), at the end of the first day she goes to put the rubbish in the dumpster, only to find the dead body of her ex-husband! Now with the Police Chief thinking she is the murderer (granted the other two members of the force are on her side) Gia and Savannah need to figure out what happened (oh and Gia needs to learn about dog care as she gets talked into having a puppy companion), eggs over easy is fine, staying out of an orange jumpsuit ... that's a little more tricky!

Purls and Poison (Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries #10) by Anne Canadeo

When a fellow Black Sheep Knitter is suspected of poisoning her coworker, the group puts down their needles and takes up their friend's defense . . .

Suzanne Cavanaugh has just about had it with her office rival at Prestige Properties. It's bad enough that Liza Devereaux is constantly needling her at work, but when she shows up at one of Suzanne's open houses to poach potential buyers, it's the last straw. No one in the office fails to hear the two snarling at each other.

When Liza is later found dead in her office cubicle--poisoned by a diet shake--Suzanne becomes the prime suspect. It's soon discovered, though, that Liza had double-crossed so many around town and stashed their dark secrets in her designer handbags that anyone could be the culprit.

The Black Sheep Knitters have no doubt their friend has been framed--but they need to prove it. Stirred to action, they get together to catch a sneaky killer who's trying to pull the wool over everyone's eyes . .

Oh My Word, with this book Anne Canadeo has written a story which is up there with the great Crime Writers of the Golden Age!

Suzanne appears to have a loathe, loathe relationship with one of her co-workers, she is fed up of Liza pinching her Real Estate clients (and the ensuing commission!) and it all comes to a head at the weekly work meeting when Suzanne nearly gets into a full on cat fight with her.  Luckily the Black Sheep knitters are able to calm her down, and when she sees Liza is still at the office she heads in to smooth things over, only to discover her dead, now all the evidence points at Suzanne and the other four ladies need to find out what happened before Suzanne ends up wearing Orange for the rest of her life.

With Maggie's Detective boyfriend being one of those in charge of the investigation the five snoops will need to tread carefully or everything will go wrong for all of them.

An Interview With A Character

What is your full name?

Suzanne Romano Cavanaugh. I rarely use the Romano – only when I’m eating pasta, or some other tasty Italian dish. (That was a joke, get it?) My best friends are well acquainted with my Italian roots and dramatic side, which is partly why they call me the Diva our group.

What is your Profession?

I’m the top sales associate at Prestige Properties, the go-to realtor for luxury homes in beautiful Plum Harbor, Massachusetts. You’d love our charming, seaside village with it’s quaint Main Street and Victorian homes.

What is your current favorite book or movie?

I loved “A Star Is Born.” Isn’t Lady Gaga amazing? She is the very definition of style, which I so admire. I love fashion and usually set a high bar in our little burg ,but with a full time job, three kids, and a loving but demanding hubby, some days it’s hard to find time to blow out my hair, no less hold up my rep as a local fashion icon. I do my tasteful best.    

What is your go to comfort book or movie?

That’s a no-brainer. “The Notebook,” with Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, before he became Ryan Gosling. When they have that argument, standing in the water and he’s screaming and crying and says,  “I wrote you 365 letters. I wrote you every day for a year.” And she says, “You wrote me? You wrote me?” Sigh…I get goose bumps just thinking of it.

If someone was to play you in a movie who would it be? OR what character you would want to be in a book?

I love that question. You’re probably going to laugh but I’d love to be Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Predjudice. She’s just so sharp and clever, and so on top of her game. Mr. Darcy does not know what hit him. He thinks he’s the hottest thing to hit Longbourn since rum punch and she puts him in his place with a flick of her eyebrow. And I love how they can’t stand each other at first and then fall madly in love. Oh, and I love to those gowns with the corsets. The style definitely extenuates the positive in a girl’s figure.

What is your ideal evening?

Hanging out at home and reading Pride and Predjudice, or watching “The Notebook,”  with some microwave popcorn, or course.  Only kidding. I had you there for a minute, didn’t I? I can do way better than that. Let’s see…my ideal evening is a late, leisurely dinner at gourmet restaurant with fun cocktails and fine wines and entrees that are set on fire by the waiters. Oh, and  there’s a dress code that requires me to buy a new outfit, probably a knockout red dress of some flowy material and super high heels.  There’s candlelight and a breathtaking water view with a full moon glistening over gently lapping waves. And no kids for say….3,000 miles. Hey, I think my ideal evening is happening on a tropical vacation!

Is that really the last question? Gee, this was fun.  If you’re ever in Plum Harbor stop by my office. Better yet, look for the Black Sheep & Company knitting shop on Main Street. You can’t miss it. I’m usually there with my friends, Maggie, Lucy, Dana and Phoebe. We love to hang out and knit, and sometimes, we solve a crime or two.

TOUR PARTICIPANTS

November 8 – A Wytch’s Book Review Blog – REVIEW, CHARACTER INTERVIEW

November 8 – Mystery Thrillers and Romantic Suspense Reviews – GUEST POST

November 9 – Sneaky the Library Cat’s Blog – CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 10 – Mallory Heart’s Cozies – REVIEW

November 11 – Handcrafted Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

November 12 – Books a Plenty Book Reviews – REVIEW, CHARACTER GUEST POST

November 12 – Brooke Blogs – SPOTLIGHT

November 13 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

November 13 – Babs Book Bistro – SPOTLIGHT

November 14 – The Avid Reader – REVIEW

November 15 – The Pulp and Mystery Shelf – AUTHOR INTERVIEW

November 16 – The Montana Bookaholic – SPOTLIGHT

November 17 – Laura’s Interests – REVIEW

November 18 – Moonlight Rendezvous – REVIEW, GUEST POST

November 19 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT

November 20 – Rosepoint Publishing – REVIEW

November 20 – Reading Is My SuperPower – GUEST POST

November 21 – My Reading Journeys – SPOTLIGHT

Knit to Kill (Black Sheep Knitting Mysteries #9) by Anne Canadeo

A relaxing girls’ getaway turns deadly for the Black Sheep Knitters when a pushy killer is on the prowl . . .

As their beloved Black Sheep member Lucy Binger prepares to tie the knot, the closely knit group decide they need a weekend to unwind before the big day. Suzanne Cavanaugh has just the spot—her friend Amy lives in a luxury New England community on Osprey Island, renowned for its famous cliff walk and spectacular ocean views, and she would be happy to host the knitters.

Shortly after their arrival, however, the idyllic setting turns into a crime scene. The body of a prominent resident of Osprey Shores is discovered on the rocky coastline below the cliffs and evidence suggests his fatal misstep was no accident.

The well-known victim was not so well liked, it turns out, with many enemies eager to send him into an early—and permanent—retirement. When the investigation focuses on Amy’s husband, the knitters step in to untangle the clues.

But with this crafty killer on the edge, the Black Sheep must walk a fine line—and look before they leap to any deadly conclusions.

Why has it taken me so long to get back to the Black Sheep Posse? A fantastic addition to an already brilliant series!

Suzanne has a friend (Amy) with a cottage in a luxury community and so with Lucy's wedding coming up the five friends head off for a long weekend of relaxing, laughter, good food and drinks and of course knitting! The first day seems to be going well until they overhear a rather unpleasant argument, that would have been just a blip until one of the men ends up dead at the bottom of a cliff, and apparently he didn't get there by chance or accident.  Now everyone is worried, especially as it turns out the murdered man was NOT the nicest around, the Black Sheep knitters are taking a back seat until Amy's husband, Rob, becomes suspect #1, now Maggie, Phoebe, Dana, Lucy and Suzanne need to help the police unravel the clues before they head back home.