Where do I even begin ? This is a series I love to hate. First of all if you took out the fire reports and Kelly sitting around drinking coffee and eating pesto pizza, the actual murder plot in the book would only have been about five pages. I tried to keep myself entertained by counting how many times Kelly drank coffee but after ten times even that got boring so I ended up skimming over the last few chapters. I wish the forest fire would have spread and burned down the knitting shop so that hopefully this series could come to an end. I can't remember the last Sefton book I read in the series, I think Unraveled, but I know it has been a few years since I read a Knitting Mystery book. When I saw this one at my library, I thought I would give it a try to see if maybe the series had improved. Unfortunately it didn't. While helping move alpacas away from the dangerous forest fire, Kelly and her friends witness a fight between Connie, an employee at Lambspun, and rancher Andrea. Andrea had started dating Connie's ex-husband, and Connie wasn't happy about it. A few days later, while the canyon was being evacuated, Andrea's body was found with a broken neck. First Connie was made a suspect then Andrea's ex-husband. Kelly is convinced neither is the killer, so its up to her to figure out who did it.I'm actually amazed Kelly figured out who the killer was. There really wasn't much story past knitting, going over the the cafe for iced coffee, some work, more iced coffee, and chatting with the other characters about the progression of the fires or the murder case. Did I mention the iced coffee? I'm pretty sure it was a complete fluke Kelly was able to figure out the killer, and even then her involvement was more giving her information to Burt who passed it along to his old police buddy who was working on the case. By the end everything was wrapped up in a neat little bow, perfect timing to get together with the gang for celebratory BBQ.I know cozy mysteries tend to be a little soft on the crime solving side, but usually the story revolves more around the mystery and less about everything else happening. It seemed like the author wanted to write the story with the fires as a backdrop, and couldn't really come up with a mystery that would fill the book.
Do You like book Yarn Over Murder (2014)?
I felt like the fire took more importance than that of the murder. Interesting read.
—lovesinging
Another enjoyable cozy set in and around the Colorado mountains
—Christian
Not my favorite in the series by a long shot:(
—ttran01
