Death by Cashmere

In Sally Goldenbaum's Death by Cashmere, the first installment in the Seaside Knitters crafty cozy series, this debut's mystery will have you tangled up in knots by the climax's end. When former lawyer Izzy Chambers opened up her knitting studio in the picturesque town of Seaside Harbor, Massachusetts, she didn't expect to get caught up in a mystery of her own. It all started when she rented her apartment above the studio to Angelina Archer, a wild child with wild red hair as her first tenant. But when she was discovered death in Izzy's borrowed cashmere sweater, trapped by lobster traps in the ocean, it had stunned Izzy and her friends in the knitting studio to talk about her murder in this sleepy peaceful town. As the police had ruled it out as an accident, Izzy's Aunt Nell didn't believe so and called it suspicious. They dug deeper into her private and personal life and questioned their own neighbors. The closer they had gotten to the truth, another suspect had fallen to his untimely death. Now they had to look harder into her belongings on what caused her death and who would do bodily harm to her. And when someone close to them who was harmless ended up hospitalized, they beg to differ than someone would make sure they would be silenced for knowing the truth.

This was a fantastic crafty cozy debut that informs you about knitting and the different yarns like the others. I liked the town of Seaside Harbor and how it painted a picture ocean town by the beach. It had rich and crisp scenic location to picture how a small-knit town comes together in tragedy and to solve a mystery. I've cared for Izzy and could see how she might be smitten by Sam. I loved how Nell is a strong woman who would throw no punches, and how Birdie is tenacious like her nickname.  This would compell you to keep guessing at every page and shake your head a few times with a grumble and groan from time to time. It has enrichening drama, non-stop action, intrigue and plenty of mystery to give you give goosebumps right to the end. 

Will you be enticed to read Death by Cashmere today?