After the murder of holiday mysteries, more mysteries, but exploring other personal interests: knitting and history.
Knit to Kill by Anne Canadeo Fun cosy mystery centering on a group of friends who have found each other through a knitting group at their local yarn shop. This is book 9 in the Black Sheep and Co. series, but you don't have to have read the previous eight to enjoy this mystery (I certainly hadn't read the previous eight and I certainly enjoyed it). Lucy's upcoming nuptials inspire the knitters to go on a last fling weekend to a secluded, gated community on an island that resembles Newport, R.I. While Maggie is giving a knitting class, the group witnesses a confrontation between island residents and awaken the next morning to murder. The entire story takes place over a long weekend, and the pace is maintained well. The characters are well developed and likable, the setting sufficiently described to make you feel you were walking along the cliff trail and in danger of falling off, and the story is well written. Excellent fun for a long holiday weekend, recommended.
In the Shadow of Agatha Christie by Leslie S. Klinger Anthology of mystery short stories written by women in the nineteenth century. Although some of the authors, like Anna Katherine Green, may be familiar to devotees of the mystery genre, many will be new discoveries, including Australian authors. Every selection included was excellent, but two were stand outs: The Adventure of the Clothes-Line by Carolyn Wells and Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell, the first for its humor, and the second for the contemporaneity of the crime and aftermath. All were excellently written, and I recommend this anthology heartily to all mystery lovers.
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