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Readers can't help but get entangled in this USA Today bestselling series.
Izzy Chambers is about to get married, but much remains to be done. Then the wedding plans get complicated when the wedding party's hair stylist begins missing appointments. When she's found dead, things really begin to unravel. Rumors circulate about the stylist's past and her connection to an unsolved murder years ago.
All the Seaside Knitters really know is they must rally to find some answers, so Izzy can don the wedding shawl they're surprising her with- and replace the whispers about town with wedding bells.
Author Notes
Sally Goldenbaum was born in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. She received an undergraduate degree from Fontbonne College in St. Louis and a graduate degree in philosophy from Indiana University in Bloomington. She was a Catholic nun for several years before attending graduate school. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked in public television in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, taught philosophy, and was an editor for both a bioethics journal and a publishing house. She met Adrienne Staff in a park in Kansas City and they soon started writing novels together. She is the author of the Seaside Knitters Mystery series and three books in the Queen Bee Quilters Mysteries.
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Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
The convincing interplay among the members of the Sea Harbor, Mass., knitting group offsets the run-of-the-mill detecting in Goldenbaum's fifth Seaside Knitters mystery (after 2010's A Holiday Yarn). One night at the local bookstore, mystery author Danny Brandley joins Izzy Chambers and friends, who convene every third Tuesday to knit and discuss mystery novels, to talk about writing. Brandley, after revealing that he draws his plots from real life, provides an example that hits close to home. Fifteen years earlier, the community was rattled by the death of high school graduate Harmony Farrow, who drowned in a quarry under circumstances that suggested foul play. An accidental eavesdropper directly connected to the Farrow case overhears the conversation. After another murder-that of hair stylist Tiffany Ciccolo-the cold case heats up. Once the culprit is identified, the characters rebound from the shock improbably quickly, even for a cozy. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
The Seaside Knitters are joyously preparing for the wedding of one of their own, but first they have to solve a murder.The family and friends of knitting shop owner Izzy Chambers are busy making ready for her marriage to Sam Perry. Izzy's beloved aunt Nell has even hired gardener Claire Russell to make her backyard perfect for the ceremony. Long divorced from her ultra-strict husband, Claire has returned to Sea Harbor, Mass., to face the past. Soon after a book-shop discussion of cold cases focusing on the death of Claire's daughter, beautiful local teen Harmony Farrow, Harmony's BFF Tiffany Ciccolo is found dead in the basement of the beauty salon where she worked. Tiffany had a crush on Andy Risso, member of a popular local band. Since Andy was formerly Harmony's high-school flame, the police have him high on the suspect list. Nell and her friends realize they have to solve both murders before they can present Izzy with her beautiful wedding shawl and provide a perfect wedding day.The latest outing for these dexterous amateur sleuths (A Holiday Yarn, 2010, etc.) is a very pleasant read that evokes summers by the sea and features a mystery that will keep you guessing and instructions for making a wedding shawl and a lobster dinner.]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
The Seaside Knitters series continues with knit-shop owner Izzy about to get married at the lovely home of her aunt, Nell. Along with several other shop regulars, Nell is knitting Izzy a gorgeous lace wedding shawl (pattern included). But stitches fall by the wayside when a murder mars the upcoming nuptials. This might be Goldenbaum's best so far: the cast is contained, the murder has real relevance to the community, and the culprit is not quite as apparent as in some cozies. Even those who have never picked up a knitting needle will find plenty to enjoy here.--Cooper, Ilen. Copyright 2010 Booklist
