A Knit Before Dying

In Sadie Hartwell's A Knit Before Dying, the second installment in the Tangled Web Cozy Mystery series, this newest cozy would leave you tied up in knots at the end. When Josie Blair had settled into her new business and home in Dorset Falls, she had met her newest tenant, Lyndon Bailey, who owned the antique shop next there. After she had heard an argument between the owner of the general store with someone else, it had piqued her interest. But later when she wanted to discuss the matter of the new lease agreement, she had discovered Lyndon's dead body. Now it was up to figure out and solve this mystery, when his business partner Harry had arrived on the scene and later arrested for his murder. But while she had run-ins with her arch-nemesis, she had a blog to update, a business to run in the yarn shop, and tried to figure out how to deal with her great-uncle Eben Lloyd.  If that wasn't enough, she had dealt with Lyndon's niece Taylor and the reality show to shoot in the vicinity along the way. Besides all that, she discovered a couple of doilies with one of them that intrigued her.  That small town had a cold case of a disappearance of Bea Ryder, who once owned one of the shops. While she tried to pick up the pieces to piece it together, she had thought she had it all figured out, until one of her friends goes missing. And that leaves Josie to find her and then later straighten out the facts to fight for her life.

This was another great cozy mystery set in the small town of Dorset Falls. I continued to care for Josie and how she multi-tasked her personal and private life. She's becoming her own person and taking care of business. I also adored her friends like Evelyn and Helen and Lorna, though I've found Taylor a nuisance and found Mitch quite charming. I do love how Dorset Falls comes to life with vivid imagery for the locations around the small town and the scenic settings. This would make you want to learn a stitch of two with a skein of yarn and to bond together with friends and fellow knitters. This has drama, non-stop action, intrigue and a spark of suspense from start to finish.

Will you pick up a copy of A Knit Before Dying tonight?

Yarned and Dangerous

In Sadie Hartwell's Yarned and Dangerous, the first installment in the Tangled Web mystery crafty  cozy series, we were introduced to the small cozy town of Dorset Falls, Connecticut. For fashion designer Josie Blair, she helped take care of her great-uncle Eben and close her great-aunt's shop after she passed away. From there, she ran into some mean-spirited people like her ex-boyfriend and his mother from hell. At first, while she took care of the inventory, she discovered a dead body in her yarn shop and became tangled and unraveled into a scheme to sell the lot. She befriended her great-uncle's foe's grandson Mitch Woodruff and sparks flew between them. For Josie and her new friends, it was up to put together the mystery on whodunit and why, because they were next to go.

This was a charming and delightful crafty cozy series debut. I thought the town of Dorset Falls was magnificent and sweet with a cast of eclectic and intriguing characters. It was picturesque and ideal for the locations and the town for this cozy series. I cared for Josie, Eben and her great-aunt's friends. I didn't like the Humphries clan one bit, either. This would sweep you off your feet and be charmed as well with some yarning patterns to do a home. This has mystery, intrigue, drama and plenty of action for a quick read this holiday season.

Don't get tangled up into a ball, when you check out Yarned and Dangerous today!