Sure to delight fans of Betty Hechtman and Maggie Sefton, A Crafter Hooks a Killer is the second installment in Holly Quinnโs Handcrafted mysteries.
Community Craft proprietor Sammy Kane suspects that a tantalizing thread links the deaths of her best friend and a bestselling author. But can she weave together the clues?
Samantha โSammyโ Kane is settling into her new life in idyllic Heartsford, Wisconsin, running her late friend Kate Allenโs craft shop, Community Craft when one early June day, bestselling crochet author Jane Johnson visits Heartsford. Captivated by Community Craft, Jane devotes a chapter in her new book, Behind the Seams, to the store. Sammy is honored, though satisfaction quickly turns to shock when she finds Jane strangled to death?her cold hands clutching a copy of her most recently published book, with the words โTHE ENDโ raggedly scratched into the cover.
Heavens to Etsy! Not only must Sammy contend with the authorโs inauspicious demise, she has to untie some knotty details from her own past. It turns out Kateโs death was not what it seemed, and instead somehow hooked to Jane Johnsonโs demise. Handsome Detective Liam Nash is on the โskeinโ, more than happy to see the shop owner again, if less than enamored by her sleuthing interventions. But this was Sammyโs best friend?she has to know.
Fortunately, Sammy has a โlaceโ in the hole. As a child, she formed the S.H.E. detective team with her cousin, Heidi, and her sister, Ellie. Having already reconstituted their partnership, the S.H.E. team searches for a pattern behind the latest death. As the case starts to unravel, will Sammy and team be able to sidestep Liam quick enough to stitch together the clues?
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller