Sally Goldenbaum

Another easy read that keeps the murder from upsetting you, but makes you feel the sorrow in the lives of the characters touched. Goodreads: A mysterious woman arrives in picturesque Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and the Seaside Knitters welcome her into their cozy world of intricate patterns and colorful skeins. Unfortunately, nothing frays a warm introduction like cold-blooded murder . . . With her shy manner and baggy jeans, Rose Chopra becomes an unlikely superhero the night she stumbles into Izzy Perry?s shop and inadvertently saves a shipment of yarn from water damage. When the Seaside Knitters help the enigmatic handywoman settle into town and find work at a popular real estate company, Rose proves she can fix just about anything¥until a potential homebuyer is killed and she becomes entangled in murder . . . The moment controversial entrepreneur Spencer Paxton is found dead in a pricey ocean-side house, accusations fly at the last person on the propertyÂ¥Rose. But the Seaside Knitters have their doubts. After all, Spencer?s political aspirations as well as his company?s plans to pave over Sea Harbor?s historic art district with luxury apartments earned him some very real enemies . . . Now, Izzy, Birdie, Nell, and Cass must swap knitting for sleuthing as they struggle to move the needle on a twisted homicide case causing turmoil across town. As tensions build in the sleepy New England community and Rose?s secret past unravels, the ladies face an unsettling realizationÂ¥true victims aren?t always the ones buried six feet under . . .… (more)

A fun read. KIRKUS REVIEWThe Seaside Knitters go all out to solve another murder.The charming Massachusetts seaside town of Sea Harbor has already had enough homicides for a series (Murder at Lambswool Farm, 2016, etc.). But when kindly old Dolores Cardozo is found dead and a mysterious young mother is implicated, the knitting ladies and the men they love quickly find themselves involved. The Knitters include wealthy octogenarian Birdie Favazza; retired nonprofit director Nell Endicott; her niece, Izzy Perry, proprietor of a yarn shop; and Cass Holloran, who owns the local lobster company. The suspect is waitress Kayla Stewart, whose bike turns up at the scene of Dolores? murder. When Cass discovers her son, Christopher Stewart, at a laundromat, he takes off on his bike, leaving some clothes behind. Kayla herself is found wandering in a daze with a concussion and short-term amnesia. Birdie is shocked when she?s named executor of Dolores? will and even more surprised to learn that Dolores is a wealthy woman who?s been secretly supporting many area nonprofits and people in need. At length, Kayla remembers going to Dolores? house, finding her dead, and getting knocked out by an unseen assailant, but she refuses to say why she went there, and her past is a closed book. Although she?s also in possession of some of the $50 bills Delores kept stashed around her house, the Knitters, after spending time with her and her children, are convinced of her innocence. After all, there are bound to be many suspects where so much money is involved, even when the victim has been so generous. The team of sleuths must use all their local contacts and reasoning skills to get Kayla off the hook and find the real killer.Although Goldenbaum?s cozies are all plotted along very similar lines, this one keeps you guessing a bit longer than usual and features such caring sleuths you can?t help but like them.… (more)

Another enjoyable story.Late summer blooms in beautiful Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and while a harvest thrives, Izzy Chambers Perry and the other Seaside Knitters will need to cast on their sleuthing skills to save a local farm. Unfortunately, finding a killer can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. . . . Seaside Knitter Birdie Favazza has long loved knitting, but lately she?s taken on a new challenge¥making a family farm operational again. With help from friends, Lambswool Farm is now up and running, with thriving crops and grazing sheep. In addition, the farm will host rustic, six-course prix fixe dinners plated by local chefs and served on a gorgeous restored harvest table, decorated to perfection with colorful knitted vegetables crafted by Izzy Chambers Perry, her aunt Nell, and the other Seaside Knitters. But on the night of the first meal, everything spins out of control when one of the guests, Seaside Harbor?s family physician, is found dead on the property. It seems that behind Dr. Alan Hamilton?s friendly bedside manner was a man worth killing. Soon the town is gossiping and pointing fingers at all possible suspectsÂ¥including the women at Lambswool Farm. Now the Seaside Knitters must join together to uncover the truth in Dr. Hamilton?s complicated pastÂ¥and restore peace to town and country alike. (less)… (more)