Yarned and Dangerous (A Tangled Web Mystery) (edition 2015)

by Sadie Hartwell (Author)

Series: A Tangled Web Mystery (1)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML: "A tale of murder and intrigue that will ensnare knitters and non-knitters alike. I couldn't put it down."�??Barbara Ross, author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries Time has not been kind to sleepy Dorset Falls, Connecticut, where an erstwhile resident is hoping to bring a tattered yarn shop back to life�??but with a murderer on the loose, the whole town is in knots... Josie Blair left Dorset Falls twelve years ago in hopes of making it big in New York City. But after earning an overpriced master's degree and getting fired by a temperamental designer, she finds herself heading back to her hometown. Her great-uncle was injured in a car accident, and newly unemployed Josie is the only person available to take care of him. Uncle Eb's wife didn't survive the crash, so Josie is also tasked with selling the contents of her Aunt Cora's yarn shop. But the needling ladies of the Charity Knitters Association pose a far bigger challenge than a shop full of scattered skeins . . . Miss Marple Knits is one of the few businesses still open in the dreary downtown. Josie can't imagine how it stayed open for so long, yet something about the cozy, resilient little shop appeals to her. But when one of the town's most persnickety knitters turns up dead in a pile of cashmere yarn, Josie realizes there's something truly twisted lurking beneath the town's decaying façade . . . INCLUDES ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS! "[An] appealing crafting cozy."�??Publishers Week… (more)

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cfulton20 | Nov 13, 2023 |

A good cozy mystery has to have an interesting cast of characters, and this meets the requirement. Josie returns to the small town where she lived for a time growing up to care for her cranky Uncle Eb. Josie ends up trying to solve a murder and perhaps an earlier on e that left her uncle a widower. There's a possibility of romance, and josie ends up deciding to stay and run the yharn shop her aunt had opened. (

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DrApple | Feb 4, 2022 |

This is a nice little cozy mystery, and the first in a proposed series. Given how empty the downtown area of Dorset Falls is, it is hard for me to believe that a yarn shop could make it there. But apparently there are a lot of knitters in the area. The main character, Josie, is very likable and her relationship with possible love interest, Mitch, is sweet. The story is a little predictable, but I think all cozy mysteries are. I liked that this featured a yarn shop, because crafters of any type always interest me. I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series. (

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readingover50 | Jun 11, 2019 |

Josie Blair is living in New York working for a design house trying to make it big. When her mother needs her to go and take care of her Great-Uncle who has been in a car accident, she tries to say no but her mother who is going on a cruise convinces her it is her duty. Josie quits her job, as she is tired of being hit on by the owner, and heads to Dorset Falls Connecticut. It is almost a ghost town. Her Uncle Eb is a cantankerous old man who insists he does not need her help, even though he has a broken leg and cannot drive. His wife Cora, was killed in the accident so, Josie is also tasked with closing up her Aunt Cora's Yarn shop, Miss Marple Knits, one of the last businesses remaining on main street. When one of the members of the Charity Knitters Association ends up dead, strangled, in the backroom of Miss Marple's Knits, the mystery begins. Who killed her, why did she die, what are the other two members of the group, Helen and Evelyn, sneaking around across the street for? Add a handsome, single farmer into the mix and you have a romantic cozy mystery. There were some twists, a lot of interesting characters, an old boyfriend, his nasty mother and wife as well and some other nice townspeople and a smalltown feeling that Sophie falls in love with. I am looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Carlathelibrarian | Feb 5, 2019 |

After the car accident that broke her Great Uncle's leg and killed his wife, Josie leaves NYC for small town CT to help around the farm and with closing her Great Uncle's wife's local yarn store. This cozy mystery has some unique small town characters, a fairly decent mystery, plenty of yarn porn for knitters and crocheters, and bonus knitting patterns.

[I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.] (

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tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |

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Sometimes I follow directions exactly as written. And sometimes I knit what the yarn tells me to. Either way, a pattern forms.
—From The History of Needlework by Cora Lloyd

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To all the yarn goddesses and gods out there: May your yarn never tangle, and may you always have more than enough to finish.

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"Don't ask me to do this. Please."

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"When a person knits, they put love into every stitch. Knitting is optional, you know."

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:

"A tale of murder and intrigue that will ensnare knitters and non-knitters alike. I couldn't put it down."�??Barbara Ross, author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries

Time has not been kind to sleepy Dorset Falls, Connecticut, where an erstwhile resident is hoping to bring a tattered yarn shop back to life�??but with a murderer on the loose, the whole town is in knots...

Josie Blair left Dorset Falls twelve years ago in hopes of making it big in New York City. But after earning an overpriced master's degree and getting fired by a temperamental designer, she finds herself heading back to her hometown. Her great-uncle was injured in a car accident, and newly unemployed Josie is the only person available to take care of him. Uncle Eb's wife didn't survive the crash, so Josie is also tasked with selling the contents of her Aunt Cora's yarn shop. But the needling ladies of the Charity Knitters Association pose a far bigger challenge than a shop full of scattered skeins . . .

Miss Marple Knits is one of the few businesses still open in the dreary downtown. Josie can't imagine how it stayed open for so long, yet something about the cozy, resilient little shop appeals to her. But when one of the town's most persnickety knitters turns up dead in a pile of cashmere yarn, Josie realizes there's something truly twisted lurking beneath the town's decaying façade . . .

INCLUDES ORIGINAL KNITTING PATTERNS!

"[An] appealing crafting cozy."�??Publishers Week

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