Billed as a “Crumpets and Crochet” mystery, I picked it up as I like crumpets and I like crochet. Death Among the Stitches is a feel-good mystery, combined with a fish-out-of-water tale. Annie Sara Hart from LA, used to life surrounded by celebrities, flies out to a small Indiana town where she’s been left an old yarn shop by an Uncle she didn’t know. Used to assisting her Talent Agent father with catering to the every whim of his clients, Annie Sara is now fending for herself and enjoying the independence.
Back in LA, she had been charged with looking after Gray Hanover, daughter of two celebrities, who is expected to live up to her mother’s expectations and follow her into the industry. How will a spoiled nepo-baby survive out in the Mid-West?
The yarn store’s previous owner died in seemingly mysterious circumstances, and Annie Sara is curious as to what happened, but no one wants to elaborate. The townsfolk are keen to see the incident pinned on outsiders, not wanting to look any closer to home Many residents have their own motives for wanting to see the yarn shop owner dead, but will the secrets come to light?
I enjoyed the story, but felt the mystery took a backseat to the city girls transplanting to small town America, and more could have been made of it but it was fun seeing Annie Sara and Gray adjust to their new surroundings.
Death Among the Stitches is published on 7 January.
Thanks to Severn Books and NetGalley for an advanced copy of this book
Kindle version: https://amzn.to/4j26M54
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