Kelly Flynn is trying to get on with her life after solving
her last mystery, which also involved her boyfriend Steve
walking out of her life. Kelly is fortunate enough to have
the support of her friends, most of whom she knows through
the local yarn store, Lambspun. She's also been busy
traveling to Denver frequently for some of her financial
planning clients.
One of her friends, Jennifer, is a real estate agent who is
trying to close a deal on Fred Turner's mountain property.
As luck would have it, the person making the offer is one of
Kelly's clients. As Jennifer is making the trip up to
Turner's property one weekend, she invites Kelly to
accompany her. However, the two women end up finding
Turner's dead body.
Jayleen, one of Kelly's friends, calls her a few days later,
panicked. Jayleen is close friends with Turner's estranged
wife, who has become a suspect in his murder. She asks
Kelly to look into the case and see what she can find out.
It turns out that Renee Turner has become a suspect because
Jennifer and Kelly saw her leaving Fred's house as they were
pulling up. Nevertheless, Kelly agrees to check into things.
As she has done in the prior Knitting Mysteries, Kelly tends
to investigate mostly by following hunches and relying on
the resources of Burt, a retired police detective who is
another Lambspun friend. The confounder here is that Turner
had a reputation for cheating people in real estate deals,
so there's no shortage of motives or suspects!
Meanwhile, all of Kelly's friends are still learning how to
navigate the post-break-up terrain. They are in the habit
of including both her and Steve in their activities and
conversation and often find themselves figuring out how to
best balance their friendships with both parties. This made
for a really interesting sub-plot, especially since it took
forever for Kelly and Steve to get together. I found myself
conflicted about whether I wanted them to get back together
or whether I wanted Kelly to move on and explore other
opportunities.
Overall, Maggie Sefton writes another great cosy. Knitting
enthusiasts will appreciate the free pattern for a summer
tee, as well as the vivid descriptions of the bright,
luscious yarns residing in Lambspun. At the end, there was
an inaccuracy with the legal proceedings that confused me
(as someone who used to work in a district attorney's
office), but otherwise this was the typical fun, light read
that I've come to expect from Sefton.
The newest yarn from the national bestselling author of
Skein of the Crime. Spring is in the air of Fort Connor,
Colorado-a time of new beginnings for the House of Lambspun
knitters. But for fellow knitter Jennifer's new real estate
client, it is his end. He's been murdered and Kelly Flynn
is left unraveling a tangle of clues. This may prove to be
her most challenging project yet.
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