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Barbara Emodi

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Barbara Emodi has written sewing how-to books and now writes cozy mysteries set in Nova Scotia, Canada. Gasper’s Cove doesn’t really exist but it will seem awfully familiar to anyone who lives where she does. The community is based all she believes matters in life - extended family, companion animals, good food, and more sewing, crafting, quilting, and knitting projects than any reasonable person would take on.

Barbara writes what she likes to read - whimsical, witty, warm books that reflect her belief that there is nothing ordinary about ordinary people. She also likes clever surprises, important in mysteries, and promises one at the end of each book. To visit Gasper’s Cove yourself you can read Barbara’s novels in her Gasper’s Cove Myster ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 660 ratings · 185 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Crafting for Murder (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #1) 3.94 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting Deception (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #2) 3.90 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SEW... The Garment-Making Book of Knowledge: Real-Life Lessons from a Serial Sewist 4.48 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting with Slander (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #3) 4.35 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting an Alibi (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #5) 4.55 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting a Cold Case (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #6) 4.64 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2025 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting a Getaway (Gasper's Cove Mysteries #4) 4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jingle Bell Shock 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stress-Free Sewing Solutions: A No-Fail Guide to Garments for the Modern Sewist 4.61 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memo to Murder: An unintentional sleuth mystery 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How many of you owe it all to a library?

I grew up in a small town in the Canadian prairies, Brandon, Manitoba, "the wheat city". It wasn't a particularly exotic place to be a child but it had the most wonderful library. Downtown in an old bank building on the route of the number 10 bus. Children were allowed to travel by themselves in those days and every Saturday morning I did.

That library had the most wonderful collection, heavily sub Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 28, 2025 21:13 • Tags: libraries, public-libraries

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Gasper's Cove Mysteries (7 books)
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Gasper's Cove Quick Cozies (1 book)
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Best book I’ve read in years. A topic, living with mental illness, I usually do not connect with, but Martha’s voice was so true, her experience so complete and authentic. Not one false note. Yes a book full of sorrow but as much bliss. I found it ha ...more
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“I don’t need to meditate. I just look at the ocean.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Getaway

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“The legislature ran on the same rules as Grade 6. The leader of the opposition was the mean girl who lived to embarrass the nerdy kids with snide questions that would make the other mean girls laugh.”
― Barbara Emodi, Memo to Murder

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“The Hector was Nova Scotia's version of the Mayflower and had arrived in Pictou County from Scotland in 1773 with only 200 passengers, half of them small children.”
― Barbara Emodi, Crafting a Knockoff

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