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41) Purls and poison
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a fellow Black Sheep Knitter is suspected of poisoning her coworker, the group puts down their needles and takes up their friend's defense . . . Suzanne Cavanaugh has just about had it with her office rival at Prestige Properties. It's bad enough that Liza Devereaux is constantly needling her at work, but when she shows up at one of Suzanne's open houses to poach potential buyers, it's the last straw. No one in the office fails to hear the two...
Author
Series
Summer Island volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Grace Lindstrom has followed her fiancé across three continents, starry-eyed and full of dreams. But when he dies in a plane crash, Grace discovers that their life together was the cruelest kind of lie-and swears to never lose herself to that kind of love again. Until one night, when a chance encounter leads her to the kind of man she's always dreamed of-and the deep family ties she's never known. Noah McKay knows he can't offer Grace any kind of...
Author
Series
Yarn retreat mysteries volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
The yarn retreat group visiting scenic Vista Del Mar has already planned their own activities, so part-time dessert maker and retreat host Casey Feldstein is looking forward to a stress-free weekend. But the rustic locale is also playing host to a mindfulness retreat for Silicon Valley start-up entrepreneurs along with a flock of bird-watchers, and soon everyone at the resort is getting wound up. And when Casey discovers the dead body of one of the...
44) A tangled yarn
Author
Series
Yarn retreat mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Casey Feldstein has her hands full with preparations at the Vista Del Mar hotel on the scenic Monterey Peninsula as another yarn retreat begins. The retreaters will be thrown for a loop this time, learning the trendy art of arm knitting and finger crocheting. But not everyone is enthusiastic about trying something new, and Casey is forced to come up with an alternative craft for her less adventurous pupils. Things go from worst to worsted when a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the seventh installment in the "entertaining" (Kirkus Reviews) Black Sheep Knitting Mystery series, the knitters see the darker side of Hollywood when Maggie's shop is used as a set for a big budget, star-studded movie. When the cast and crew of a Hollywood movie arrive to film on location in quiet Plum Harbor, the village is aflutter at the A-list actresses. The Knitters are dazzled by the glamour and since Maggie's shop is an important set,...
46) Spinning forward
Author
Series
Cedar Key novels (Terri DuLong) volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Sydney Webster's comforable New England life comes crashing down when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her penniless and evicted with no idea about his huge gambling debts. She takes shelter at a college friend's B&B in Cedar Key, Florida, and a plan begins to take shape about her future.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Shop owner Josie Blair is finally settling into the pace of living in Dorset Falls, Connecticut. Between running Miss Marple Knits, jumpstarting a blog, and handcrafting items with the help of her knitting pals, Josie's too preoccupied to worry about her past in New York. And thanks to Lyndon and Harry, the owners of the brand-new antique shop next door, she has another project in her midst--repurposing a box of vintage crocheted doilies adorned with...
48) Died in the wool
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Pamela is ready to kick back and relax after a busy day selling stuffed aardvarks to benefit Arborville High School's sports program at the annual town festival. But just as she's packing up, she makes a terrible discovery--someone's stashed a body under the Knit and Nibble's table. The victim is Randall Jefferson, a decidedly unpopular history teacher after his recent op-ed criticizing the school's sports program. But the primary suspect has an...
Author
Publisher
Carina Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Poppy Adams doesn't have a perfect life, and she wasn't ready for the positive test. An unexpected baby--Poppy's unexpected baby--won't exactly have her family doing cartwheels. But she's making the right choice. Right? Poppy's totally got this. She just needs a little encouragement, and a knitting group is the perfect place to start. Baby blankets, booties, tiny little hats--small steps toward her new life. But she feels like she's already dropped...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"As spring comes to Collinstown, the village launches a food festival to draw a new group of tourists. Libby, proud owner of Y.A.R.N., has planned a yarn event to provide an alternative option to a foodie weekend. Artisan fiber dyer Julie Wilson-known for her work with animal-friendly, plant-based knitting fibers such as bamboo and hemp as well as her brilliant use of color-will hopefully draw a crowd with a special dyeing workshop. The festival begins,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When Arborville, New Jersey's snooty theater scene is upstaged by a shocking murder, Pamela Paterson and her Knit and Nibble knitting club must act quickly to stop a killer from making an encore performance . . .Knit and Nibble's numbers are growing! In addition to a litter of adorable kittens, the knitting club just welcomed their newest member, Caralee Lorimer, who's learning to knit for her upcoming role in A Tale of Two Cities. According to the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When murder silences the Christmas cheer in charming Arborville, New Jersey, Pamela and her Knit and Nibble pals must unravel the most bone-chilling mystery this side of the North Pole . . . Pamela has been in merry spirits since her artsy daughter Penny returned home from college for the holidays. But their mother-daughter bonding time gets cut short when a terrified Penny stumbles upon the dumped body of Millicent Farthingale, a wealthy craft shop...
Author
Series
Knit & Nibble mysteries volume 10
Knit and Nibble mysteries volume 10
Knit and Nibble mystery volume 10
Knit and Nibble mysteries volume 10
Knit and Nibble mystery volume 10
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Pamela, Bettina, and their friends show up at the Voorhees House to greet its new owner, they're met with a most unwelcome sight: a dead body on the kitchen floor. Tassie Hunt just inherited the old Victorian, which had been occupied by a reclusive widow for many years and had a reputation for being haunted. But Tassie would have been unlikely to be spooked since her career involved debunking such paranormal phenomena. Her demise sets off a...
54) Knot again
Author
Series
Real men knit volume 2
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Each day is rinse and repeat for fireman Lucas Strong until a fateful run-in at his local laundromat. Hoping to attract more customers to his family's knitting shop, Lucas Strong participated in an FDNY charity calendar and accidentally became a local celebrity. The only place he can find solace is Scrubs-a 24/7 laundromat where he can disappear for a couple of hours. But Lucas's soapy sanctuary is shaken by an inquisitive little girl with a late-night...
55) Real men knit
Author
Series
Real men knit volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When their foster-turned-adoptive mother suddenly dies, four brothers struggle to keep open the doors of her beloved Harlem knitting shop. Jesse Strong is known for two things: his devotion to his adoptive mom, Mama Joy, and his reputation for breaking hearts. When Mama Joy unexpectedly passes away, he and his brothers have different plans on what to do with Strong Knits, their neighborhood knitting store. Jesse wants to keep the store open. His...
Author
Series
Cypress Hollow yarn volume 2
Publisher
Kennebec Large Print
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Lucy Harrison has always been fearless. When it comes to risking her heart, however, she realizes she's absolutely terrified. Then Lucy and bad-boy, ex-cop Owen Bancroft are thrown together by the discovery of the lost work of local legend, knitting guru Eliza Carpenter. Now Owen, adrift and struggling to redefine himself as a civilian without a badge, will have to learn how to open himself up to life's new possibilities, while Lucy decides just how...
57) Extra yarn
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Libby Beckett has come home to Collinstown, Maryland, to fulfill a dream and start over. Last year's messy divorce from her devious pharmaceutical executive husband has given her enough money to finally open her own yarn shop along the Chester River. Opening Y.A.R.N. has taken creativity, funds, and nerve--and Libby finally has enough of all three. To Libby, Y.A.R.N. stands for "You're Absolutely Ready Now," but the acronym changes whenever it needs...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As one of the Black Sheep Knitters prepares to become a mother, a new member becomes a suspected killer... Spring has reached Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, and the weather isn't the only thing that's changing. Eight months pregnant, Lucy prepares to enter an exciting phase in life while weaving together loose threads from her past. It feels like fate when she reconnects with college friend Rebecca Hurley, whose eclectic Happy Hands Cafe is the perfect...
Author
Series
Black sheep & company mysteries volume 4
Black sheep knitting mystery volume 4
Black sheep and company mysteries volume 4
Black sheep knitting mystery volume 4
Black sheep and company mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Phoebe Myers, Black Sheep Knitting Shop's assistant manager, finally comes out from behind the counter to sell her own creations--Socks by Phoebe--at the Plum Harbor Farmers' and Crafts Market, a lively, colorful venue that draws shoppers from miles around. But her excitement cools when she learns the previous tenant of her booth, farmer Jimmy Hooper, committed suicide. She's barely raised her Grand Opening banner when Hooper's death is upgraded to...
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