This is a paperback, mystery novel, whose heroine, Betsy Devonshire, is the proprietress of Crewel World, a needlearts sanctuary for the locals in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The store stocks embroidery, needlepoint and yarns and conducts classes in many forms of handwork.
Betsy has been called upon in her spare time as an amateur sleuth due to her success in solving a half-dozen crimes of murder. In this installment the murder weapon is a 00 sock knitting needle, the victim a wealthy senior named Edyth Hanraty, who has made a will leaving her estate to the females in the direct family line. At this juncture, Lucille Jones from Texas who looks like a regular at the LYS, Jan Henderson, enters Minnesota looking for her birth parents.
On her way to church, Jan finds her Aund Edyth dead in bed. So the story begins to unwind leading the reader through the history of each family member and the incriminating motives of many. The tale narrows down to a handful of suspects but until the last pages you are not sure which one actually did the dastardly deed. I enjoy these lightweight novels for the entertainment value and recommend them for a quick read.
At the end of each volume is a pattern for one of the objects mentioned in the book. This one is a knitted flag pillow containing 49 stars for the United States after Alaska joined but before Hawaii was admitted.
2 stars.
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