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A Deadly Yarn (A Knitting Mystery #3)
Kelly and Megan could not be happier for their friend Allison Dubois—a young, talented, up-and-coming artist. Invited by a designer to join her New York studio, Allison is about to embark on a new life. But when Kelly and Megan arrive at Allison’s apartment to drive her to the airport, they find her dead on the floor, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills. The poli...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
August 1st 2006
by Berkley
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This is the third book in the series. I didn't read #2 because I found these at a thrift store and they only had 1 and 3. So there is this group of friends who hang out and knit together and solve murders. It reminds me of the whole Murder, She Wrote joke that you wouldn't want to be Jessica Fletcher's friend 'cause you're probably going to get killed. Same here. Kelly has been hanging out in Colorado for 6 months and this is her third murdered friend/associate. Not good odds. Aside from this gl...more
This is the third book in the Kelly Flynn knitting, cozy mystery series. It is slightly better than the first two, but not much. Kelly comes across to me as an incompetent CPA and a bumbling, lucky-to-be-alive amateur sleuth. Her crime solving ability is highly over-rated, and if her friends were really true friends, they'd go to any lengths possible to keep her from bulldozing her way through yet another crime solving caper. So much of the mystery solving part of this series is contrived, and n...more
I wasn't sure what to expect from this serial novelist, given that they are murder mysteries and knitting themed. I have read a few other knitting related serial novels, a cross-stitch mystery, and a bunch of other serial mystery novels. The majority of them are poorly written and do not have a plot or characters that hold my attention or keep me guessing.
While I did figure out "who did it" early on, I enjoyed reading this book. The characters are around my age and for once the writing about kn...more
While I did figure out "who did it" early on, I enjoyed reading this book. The characters are around my age and for once the writing about kn...more
Pretty much as soon as finished the last page on book #2 in the series, I started this book. In this book, Kelly and her friends have travelled to New Mexico to see their (previously unheard of) friend Allison's wearable art exhibit before she (Allison) goes to New York to work for a big-name artist.
A few days later, when Kelly and another friend go to Allison's house to pick her up and take her to the airport, they find Allison's dead body.
Kelly goes into sleuthing mode, and finds plenty of sus...more
A few days later, when Kelly and another friend go to Allison's house to pick her up and take her to the airport, they find Allison's dead body.
Kelly goes into sleuthing mode, and finds plenty of sus...more
Book three in this author’s knitting mystery series and it is a VAST improvement over the last one. Our heroine is no longer indulging in page after page of yarn fondling, the plot moves briskly, the side characters are trying less often to take over the plot and run it off the rails and the mystery is even a good one. The conceit of a cozy series, in that the heroine seems to always find bodies of friends and those who are close to her best friends and family is a flawed one by its very nature—...more
Although I've been enjoying these as quick, light and fun reads, certain things are starting to annoy me. (view spoiler)...more
A cozy for the airplane. Would have been better, when writing a knitting-based plot, to have actually known something about knitting.
The copy editor was asleep during the editing of this one, though. That got really annoying. Not enough love interest in this one, either.
Other than that, I am totally hooked on all the knitting and coffee drinking. I love the gossip and chatter at the knitting shop and want to find a place like that around here.
It is a light easy read, just like the 2nd one. The characters are not 'deep' or anything, but I am so tired at night, that sometimes these books are just what the doctor ordered.
I do no...more
Other than that, I am totally hooked on all the knitting and coffee drinking. I love the gossip and chatter at the knitting shop and want to find a place like that around here.
It is a light easy read, just like the 2nd one. The characters are not 'deep' or anything, but I am so tired at night, that sometimes these books are just what the doctor ordered.
I do no...more
My dad bought this for me, because it has yarn in the title. I don't expect great things of it, but I'll give it a try.
Boring. Bland. Couldn't care about the characters, and there was no mystery whatsoever. Will not be reading any of the other books. Can't believe she managed to get NINE published. She is in serious need of a thesaurus. One reviewer, who gave this book 4 stars, said it was a vast improvement over the first two. I shudder to think there are worse than this that got published. It...more
Boring. Bland. Couldn't care about the characters, and there was no mystery whatsoever. Will not be reading any of the other books. Can't believe she managed to get NINE published. She is in serious need of a thesaurus. One reviewer, who gave this book 4 stars, said it was a vast improvement over the first two. I shudder to think there are worse than this that got published. It...more
I really like these knitting mystery books by Maggie Sefton when I am in the right mood. The main character, Kelly is easy to warm up to and all of the yarn shop talk is always inviting to me. Not much makes me happier than to picture a group of women sharing life around balls of yarn, cups of tea and loads of laughter. There's just enough mystery in each book to give interest without being overbearing when a heavy mystery is not what I am looking for. All in all they are a light, feel good, coz...more
This is the third installment in the Knitting Mystery Series by Maggie Sefton. The first is Knit One, Kill Two, and the second is Needled to Death. The series is centered around Kelly Flynn and a group of ladies who spend a great deal of time together at the local knitting shop.
Kelly returned to Fort Connor to wrap up her aunt’s estate in Knit One, Kill Two and hasn’t quite made it back home to D.C. She is slowly building a life in Fort Connor but hasn’t actually acknowledged the fact. This inst...more
Kelly returned to Fort Connor to wrap up her aunt’s estate in Knit One, Kill Two and hasn’t quite made it back home to D.C. She is slowly building a life in Fort Connor but hasn’t actually acknowledged the fact. This inst...more
Kelly Flynn is still in Colorado, working remotely for her job back east and still drinking way too much coffee and sticking her nose into murder investigations. Her friend is killed just before moving to New York to join a prestigious design firm and, of course, Kelly is the only one who can figure out who done it.
It's a fast read with some likeable characters. The mystery is fairly easy to figure out--which is okay with a cozy. Some reviewers have called Kelly annoying, but for me it's more so...more
It's a fast read with some likeable characters. The mystery is fairly easy to figure out--which is okay with a cozy. Some reviewers have called Kelly annoying, but for me it's more so...more
Book #3 in the Knitting Series. Seftons characters are settling into place now. There are still way to many gals in the knitting shop, but they began to take smaller roles in this book. I still don’t know how in the matter of a couple of months all these people manage to knit complete shawls and sweaters (remember - this series started in April) but each time a new book starts they are on a different project. Except Kelly. She’s still plugging away on her first sweater. And I still have a beef w...more
I enjoy these cozy mysteries because of the characters and the setting. And I secretly have knitting envy. I cannot knit, have never knitted and have no idea how to even begin to start. But I really want to! So I can live vicariously through the characters in the series and enjoy their camaraderie over their shared love of the craft. The solutions to the mysteries in this series always seem to come a little too soon, though, so I wouldn't classify the Knitting Mysteries among the best of the coz...more
While not my favorite of this series, I still enjoyed it. This one focuses on some "wearable art" artists, and includes a few colorful new characters. I'm not really a knitter, but this series revolves around a "real" yarn/knitting store in Colorado that I have visited, which certainly adds to the experience for me. The mystery in this one was not too compelling, but I did enjoy the character interactions. If you knit, and like cozy mysteries, then this series is worth a try.
Oh my. These just get worse. I picked up the first three of these at the used book store because they sounded cute and light. Well, they're definitely light. This author just isn't very good at writing. Her characters are flat and weird. She has them all laughing until tears are streaming down their faces from a comment that a normal person might give a (very) small smile at. When they talk, they tend to narrate the things that are happening around them. And they're all incredibly annoying. The...more
I think this series is definitely getting better. It took a little bit longer to figure this one out than the first three. The writing is a bit better and there's more character development. Sefton does take her time with the character development that's for sure, at least for the main characters, the supporting cast is pretty well fleshed-out. Motivations for Kelly are taking a much longer time to unravel. (ha, "unravel," knitting mysteries, I'm hilarious)
Well in all fairness, I jumped into the third novel in the series first. So all the character development that I might have been hoping for, might be in those books. I found myself skimming through a lot of it because it wasn't holding my interest very well. But I have been very stressed lately, so it could just be me.
I have another one of her books out of the library, I'll give it a go and see if I like it and just didn't like this particular book that much.
I have another one of her books out of the library, I'll give it a go and see if I like it and just didn't like this particular book that much.
The third book about Kelly who moves back to CO from DC after the death of her aunt. This time a friend, Allison dies on the verge of getting everything she wants. Allison is murdered or is it suicide the night before flying out to NYC as a designer. Who did the jealous boyfriend, jealous other designers? This is a good mystery. Kelly's personal life also moves forward albeit quite slowly. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
While these kind of mysteries are formulaic, and therefore sometimes boring, I have a soft spot for these cozy mysteries. I find that if I like the theme of these themed novels (this one being knitting) that I will like the series. There are many characters in this series of novels, and some of them are easy to love. I believe that the main character is a little bit too cookie cutter and predictable for me, but the supporting cast more than makes up for it.
This book was a simple read. To me, it was obvious all along who committed the crime. Throughout the whole novel, there were many typos. These got annoying at times, but there seemed to be fewer as the book moved forward. Also, the main character talks about her "lobe" a lot, whether a caffeine or "sleuthing" lobe, which I found odd. Overall, it was an easy read. I read the first two as well, and they seem to be getting better.
A charming cozy murder mystery with a sharp and inqusitive CPA cum alpaca and sheep rancher for its heroine. This is the 3rd book of a series of knitting mysteries and is as delightful as its predecessors. The alpine views of a Colorado fall are beautifully rendered in all their glorious colors just as the rich hues of freshly spun and dyed yarns are vividly described. Not a book easily put down.
This is the third book in this series that I have read. It is unbeliveable how one girl can find so many people killed. Kelly Flynn moved to Fort Connor Colorado when her aunt Helen died unexpectedly. Now she is in Colorado for good. I see a romance coming in the next book, which I will start when I finish the Thirteenth Tale which I started yesterday. It seems interesting so far.
3 1/2 Stars
Read~April 20, 2010
Once again, another good read in the Knitting mystery saga. Kelly and Co. keep growing as characters and its always fun to see what they are up to!
My ONLY complaint about this one was that towards the end, it became painfully obvious WHO had done it(it was like she got tired of writing this story and just let it go at the end) and so the end fell a little flat for me. But all-in-all, a good fun read. I cannot wait to see what they are up to next.
This was a fun little mystery. Kelly lives in Fort Connor, Colorado (a fictional town which sounds remarkably similar to Fort Collins, CO) where she has a group of friends that meet at the yarn shop next to her house to knit and drink coffee. When one of the group is about to leave for New York for her dream job, she is discovered dead in her apartment. The death is officially ruled a suicide, but Kelly doesn't believe it. She uses her amateur sleuth skills to find out what really happened to he...more
Nov 13, 2009
*Babs*
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Recommends it for:
Anyone who likes Mysteries
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I love Kelly and all her friends in Colorado. Kelly always finds herself investigating some type of murder around her. The series is funny as well as a mystery. We get to see more and more of her friends and her soon to be boyfriend Steve. A good book to curl up with hot cocoa and read.
On the par with first 2 mysteries. Kelly's story develops; author is inside her head at times so there's some psychology. Who-dunit plot allows for manners emphasis. We know the end from beginning but how it comes together... I like the setting (Colorado, yarn shop) and characters. Not brilliant writing but nice. On to book 4!
Enjoyed it - not the best, but I will definitely continue the series. I love to sit down & read this series with a nice cup of cocoa, and just relax for a while. It's perfect "mindless" reading, and it's pretty enjoyable.
I read this book because I was in the mood for a cozy mystery. The story also put me in the mood to do some knitting of my own. Just before the author revealed it I figured out for sure who had killed Allison. This author writes an enjoyable cozy mystery. I enjoyed the time spent with this book.
Hard to read. Couldn't get in to it. Was able to skip parts and still get the idea. I was hoping it was going to be really good, because these theme mysteries can be a really enjoyable read. This was not one of them.
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From author website:
"First, a little biographical information as introduction: Born in Richmond, VA, I grew up in Northern Virginia in Arlington, close to Washington, D.C. I attended university and received a Bachelor's degree in English Literature & Journalism, married, and started my family there. All four of my daughters are grown and established in careers of their own...more
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