Vampires who knit
A troublemaking witch
Who killed Granny — and is she really dead?
At a crossroads between a cringe-worthy past (Todd the Toad) and an uncertain future (she's not exactly homeless, but it's close), Lucy Swift travels to Oxford to visit her grandmother. With Gran's undying love to count on and Cardinal Woolsey's, Gran's knitting shop, to keep her busy, Lucy can catch her breath and figure out what she's going to do.
Except it turns out that Gran is the undying. Or at least, the undead. But there's a death certificate. And a will, leaving the knitting shop to Lucy. And a lot of people going in and out who never use the door—including Gran, who is just as loving as ever, and prone to knitting sweaters at warp speed, late at night. What exactly is going on?
When Lucy discovers that Gran did not die peacefully in her sleep, but was murdered, she has to bring the killer to justice without tipping off the law that there's no body in the grave. Between a hot 600-year-old vampire and a dishy detective inspector, both of whom always seem to be there for her, Lucy finds her life getting more complicated than a triple cable cardigan.
The only one who seems to know what's going on is her cat ... or is it ... her familiar?
Lucy Swift has been having a run of bad luck, she caught her (now ex) boyfriend in flagrante, she is in danger of losing her home, her parents are more interested in digging up the past than what is happening now (although they were good enough to bring her out to the dig to stay for a while!), what she does have is a visit with her beloved Gran to look forward to. When she arrives in Oxford she spots her Gran with another lady but they disappear when Lucy heads towards them, and when she reaches her Gran's shop/flat it is closed!
She heads next door to the cafe, only to be told by one of the owners that her Gran passed away 3 weeks ago! After gaining access to the flat and finding out she is the sole heiress to the shop etc things start to get weird and dangerous, Lucy is not sure who she can trust - but her undead Gran is one person she can, now she needs to solve her Gran's murder and keep herself and her new feline companion safe whilst running a wool shop and keeping away from a VERY persistent estate agent! At least she has a band of beings who can take the night shift.
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