As full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire has become skilled at weaving suspicious threads. But when one of her regulars unwittingly becomes involved in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities, Betsy fears something is seriously warped.In this b...
Being a dedicated Wiccan in small-town Minnesota is no picnic, as local restauranteur and beer brewer Leona learns when someone who threatens her turns up dead, with no discernable cause. Leona asks Betsy Devonshire, owner of the local needlepoint shop and long-time amateur detective, to solve th...
This was another good addition to the series. Betsy and Jill solve a 50 year old murder. I like that the murder is an old one. It becomes too unrealistic if Betsy is constantly solving murders of her friends. They would all be picked off to quickly.I would have liked more of the store and Godwin....
I thought this Monica Ferris book in the series wasn't quite up to par with the rest of them--or maybe it's because I didn't really like the different way she wrote it. I was not fond of the ending where she just had the person who committed the crime sign a confession in the police station. I al...
I really enjoy all the needlework mysteries by Monica Ferris. Since I enjoy mysteries and needlework, it is a perfect combination. Crewel World sounds like a pretty neat store and Godwin cracks me up. What is different about this series is that Betsy works with the police. Most of the time in ...
Betsy Devonshire runs Crewel World needlework shop in Excelsior, Minnesota, with the invaluable help of her store manager Godwin. Godwin's relationship with John, the lawyer with whom he lives, has always been volatile, but this time it seems he's thrown Godwin out for good. The inconsolable Godw...
I'll start by saying that I really loved the idea behind this book. Betsy wasn't like some people. She didn't set out to solve mysteries. She didn't have this natural nosiness about what other people are doing. Each time she's come across a mystery, it's been a matter of stumbling into them a...
It started off well-enough but ended weakly, I thought. This is an excellent cozy series and I highly recommend it, but I thought this was not as strong as other entries. I was attracted to this particular volume for two reasons; one, I like the character of Godwin and had the impression that he ...