The
Renaissance Faire is coming to Tallulah Falls, Oregon. All
the merchants are looking forward to having booths at the
RenFaire and gaining more business and exposure. That is all
of them except Marcy Singer, who has the booth next to her
nemesis Nellie Davis and her sister Clara. These sisters are
determined to put Marcy's shop The Seven Year Stitch out of
business. Clara has even rented to shop next to Marcy and
is selling the same type of supplies that Marcy sells. Clara
has even duplicated Marcy's store layout. She stole Marcy's
new customer by giving her the items for free.
Marcy takes her mom's advice and heads to the fair grounds
to see how Nellie and Clara have set up their booths. This
way she will make her booth even better when she sets up in
the morning. Strange, neither Nellie nor Clara are around.
Angus, her dog, pulls Marcy through the curtains into Clara's
booth where she sees an overturned rocking chair and what
looks like Clara's body on the ground. Marcy calls her boyfriend
Police Detective Ted Nash to come. He tells her not to move
or touch anything. Marcy thinks Clara might be dead. The EMT's
and Ted arrive and determine that Clara is dead. Possibly
strangled with the scarf she is knitting. Nellie gets Ted
pulled off the case so he and Marcy will have to solve this
murder on the down low. Marcy had better be careful because
she knows how much trouble a dropped stitch can be.
Things to ponder: Why does Nellie hate Marcy? Who will get
custody of Chloe? Why wasn't Nellie at the fair ground? What
did the sisters argue about? Will Angus get a pet of his very
own?
Like a fine wine, this series gets better with each new book.
The book does not disappoint. The plotting is exceptional
and this soon became a page turner of a read for me. Cozy
mystery readers will enjoy spending time with Marcy and the
gang solving this crime. The next book in this delightful
series will be out in November 2015. Be on the lookout for:
The Stitching Hour. So, if you enjoy a mystery with
lots of interesting threads, then you should be reading Wicked
Stitch.
Reviews of other titles in this series
Thread
Reckoning #3
Long
Stitch Good Night #4
Thread
on Arrival #5
Cross
Stitch Before Dying #6
Wicked
Stitch #8
The
Stitching Hour #9
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