Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496723642
Kensington Publishing
236 Pages
$7.99; $.99 (sale) Amazon
March 31, 2020
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The trees in Arborville, New Jersey, have started sporting sweaters. Part of the trend of public knitting art? Not exactly. An anonymous activist has been wrapping trunks in yarn to cover red X's that mark certain trees for removal by the town so they don't interfere with power lines. When the town's mayor -- who supports cutting down the trees -- is murdered, Pamela wonders if the tree hugger committed homicide to prevent arborcide. A knitter is arrested, but it's one of Knit and Nibble's own -- the harmless Roland DeCamp, who was seen arguing with the mayor. Pamela is sure the police are barking up the wrong tree. With the help of her reporter friend Bettina, she branches off on her own investigation to root out the real killer...
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Pamela Paterson is a widow living in Arborville, New Jersey. She works from home for a craft magazine, and is the creator of the Knit and Nibble group, which are people who go from home to home each week with their knitting projects, and the host feeds the "nibbles." She's wondering who's putting knitted sweaters on trees, but when the mayor is suddenly murdered, the trees take a back seat to her looking into who had motive to kill him, since the person who was arrested is the knitters' own Roland DeCamp, the sole male and quietest of the group. Now Pamela and her best friend Bettina Fraser, who is a newspaper reporter, are on the trail of a killer...
This is the fifth book in the series and I have to say it's the weakest. There were things that bothered me aside from the usual, which is the incessant rattling on of what everyone is eating and wearing. Our protagonist, Pamela, doesn't fall into the "wearing" category because she never wears anything but jeans and cotton tops. How boring. So naturally, she's always mentally commenting on Bettina's scarlet hair (not found in nature) and clothing. Nothing like constantly critiquing your best friend, right?
I've pretty much had it with this series. Besides what I've mentioned above (and in other reviews on other books of this author), Pamela doesn't appear to be as smart as she's made out to be. She's been a widow for seven years, but isn't ready to date again? Does she believe her late husband wants her to be alone the rest of her life? And I don't think much of a man who will give away his pet because his new girlfriend is superstitious. What happens if the relationship doesn't work? Now his beloved pet isn't there, either. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Both of them. My own opinion, people.
I also get tired of the fact that there are no clues leading to the identity of the murderer, but Pamela puts it together like that!...and the conclusion is there. It seems that the author is more concerned with what everyone is eating, wearing, and what dishes they're using to serve on, etc., than the murder or the solving of it. (I also get tired of Nell looking down on people who eat sugar and criticizing them for it. It is none of her business what other people eat).
When my eyes stopped glazing over, I had finished the book. I've read five of these, but I can't say that I will read any more of them.
More on Peggy Ehrhart's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/peggy-ehrhart/
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