Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; [Audio Book]; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9780425221259; [9781515905219]
Berkley Prime Crime Publishing; [Tantor Audio]
273 Pages
$7.52; [$31.95]; $7.99 Amazon
May 6, 2008
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Molly Pink is about to discover the joys of crochet. It's a relaxing escape from her hectic life as a bookstore event coordinator...and from the stress of being the latest murder suspect in Tarzana, California.
For Molly, the weekly crochet group at Shedd & Royal Books and More was just another event to manage. Then she stumbled across the body of group leader Ellen Sheridan. Molly's complicated past with Ellen has made her a prime suspect, and after being cuffed and questioned, she could use a diversion. Never mind that she doesn't know how to crochet. Granny squares don't look that hard to make...
But while Molly's fending off a detective with a grudge and navigating crochet-group politics, the real killer is at large. And it's up to Molly to catch the culprit -- before she winds up in a tight knot...
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Molly Pink is a widow who works at a bookstore managing events, and is delivering a package to Ellen Sheridan. But when she arrives at Ellen's home, the woman's dead. Then a policeman enters the home, she's put in handcuffs, and now she's a suspect in the murder. So Molly does the only thing she can do -- try to find a killer who wants to make her the next victim.
This is the first book in the Crochet Mysteries and I really wanted to like it. Partly because there are so many knitting mysteries out there but very few ones centered on crochet. Unfortunately, it took a turn almost from the beginning that made me realize this is not going to be put on my 'favorites' list any time soon.
The detective heading the case -- Detective Heather Gilmore is interested in Molly's boyfriend, Detective Barry Greenberg, even though Greenberg only has eyes for Molly. So now we have the 'evil nemesis' in the form of Heather. I absolutely detest the 'evil nemesis' in books. It's not necessary to tell the story; it's not essential to have someone who hates the protagonist and wants to do them harm. And, I'm going to add: if Detective Greenberg removed himself from the case because he's Molly's boyfriend (which is patently ridiculous because the neighbor who called the police called them because they saw her enter the home, so they know what time she arrived -- which was far too late to have killed Ellen, so she would be eliminated immediately and he could stay on the case); then Heather should have removed herself because she hates Molly. End of discussion.
Then, I rather skimmed the rest of the book because of what I mentioned above, and discovered my other pet peeve: we're looking at a possible love triangle. If there's anything I hate more than the evil nemesis, it's the dreaded love triangle. Let's face it: if it were a man and he was waffling between two women, you'd think he was a dog, so why is it okay for a woman to waffle between two men? Um, no. I'm not interested in this.
So, saying everything I've said, I will be fair and take a look at the second in the series, but if we still have Heather mooning over Barry, and the love triangle hanging around, I will be done with this series. Pity. I do love crochet.
https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-Murder-Crochet-Mystery-Hechtman/dp/0425221253/ref
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3241577601
More on Betty Hechtman's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/betty-hechtman/
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