Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496733894
Kensington Publishing
288 Pages
$8.99; $7.69 Amazon
March 30, 2021
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Most times of the year, the tight-knit community gardens in quaint Arborville, New Jersey, overflow with seasonal vegetables and herbs. But who planted the dead body? Farm-to-table enthusiast Jenny Miller had a cookbook in the works when she was suddenly found strangled by a circular knitting needle in her own plot. Now, the pressure is on Pamela and her neighbor Bettina as they weave together clues in search of the person who kept Jenny's renowned heirloom plants -- and budding career -- from growing. With suspects and victims cropping up like weeds, it'll take a whole lot more than green thumbs and creative minds this spring to entangle the crafty culprit...
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Pamela Paterson lives in Arborville, New Jersey and works for a crafts magazine doing online editing of articles. Her daughter Penny is finishing college in Massachusetts, but has returned home on break. Pamela also has two cats, Catrina and Ginger, that keep her company when Penny's gone.
She also started the Knit & Nibble group, where a group of knitters meet once a week at rotating homes to work on their projects and enjoy a dessert made by the host. But the talk this week centers on the death of gardener -- and hopeful cookbook writer -- Jenny Miller, who was strangled with a circular knitting needle. Even though everyone wants Pamela and her best friend Bettina to stay out of the investigation, Bettina, who is a reporter for the weekly newspaper, can't do so, and Pamela, as her best friend, has an innate curiosity that always gets her involved in these things.
At first they have no idea who would want the woman dead, but when they speak to other members of the community garden where she had her plot, it seems she wasn't well-liked. Even though any one of them could have done the deed, Bettina and Pamela have no proof and no idea. Without help from the local police, they're determined to discover who wanted Jenny permanently planted underground...
This is the seventh book in the series, and I have to say that in ways it might have been the best. There was less mention of everyone's dinnerware sets, and since we really don't care about what everyone is using to eat on, it actually helped in the book. Unfortunately, there were still pages upon pages of every single item Pamela cooked and how long it took her to cook and assemble. I really don't care, and just skimmed over every single recipe instruction.
However, the mystery itself was interesting in the fact of the murder weapon was different. I did enjoy the addition of the other cat, poor thing; and that Pamela is finally moving forward in her life. It added to the story line. We still have the other characters who are regulars, and Penny, who startles her mother into making a decision (read the book and you will see what it is!).
Aside from this, I liked this installment to the story, and since it has morphed into something truly delightful, I will continue to read it. When the ending comes and the killer is revealed, it's rather sad what drove this person to commit murder, but with an unhinged mind one can't reason. I enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.
More on Peggy Ehrhart's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/peggy-ehrhart/
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