Fleece Navidad

October 15, 2008
Sefton's knitting-themed mystery series ("Dyer Consequences; A Killer Stitch") makes its hardcover debut for the holidays. Kelly Flynn and her knitting group decide their holiday project will be helping the town librarian run a knitting program for children. Unfortunately, the librarian meets an untimely end, and it's up to the knitting crew to sleuth out the suspect. Includes holiday recipes and knitting patterns; for most mystery collections, especially where the series has done well.

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October 15, 2008
This is Seftons sixth entry in her enjoyable mystery series featuring CPA, caffeine addict, and beginning knitter Kelly Flynn. Christmas is approaching, and the knitters who hang out at House of Lambspun in Fort Connor, Colorado, are working on various holiday projects. Even neophyte knitter Kelly is inspired to help in a project teaching children how to knit. The venture is headed by the quiet town librarian, Juliet, well known for her beautiful hand-knitted Christmas capes. Everyone at House of Lambspun loves the unassuming librarian and is horrified to learn of her death in a hit-and-run accident. Some of the members of the knitting group think that the unidentified hit-and-run driver may be Claudia, a newcomer to the group. Kelly resists getting involved as an amateur sleuth but finally decides she has to do something to solve the murder and end the dissension in the normally close-knit group of friends. One of the most rewarding things about this series is that the circle of friends includes young and old, male and female, all of whom possess a variety of interests beyond knitting.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)