A Murderous Yarn

A Needlecraft Mystery

By: Monica Ferris

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Publisher's summary

Heavens to Betsy Devonshire! She never intended to get so caught up in this year's antique car race. But as sponsor of one of the entrants, she can't help but keep a close eye on the outcome - and it's not pretty. One of the drivers never makes it to the finish line. His car is found exploded in flames. Now Betsy and her crafty friends must determine if it was an accident or the work of a jealous competitor. The answer may be in a piece of needlework, but pinning down a suspect won't be easy....

©2002 Monica Kuhfeld. All rights reserved. (P)2012 AudioGo

knowledge of needle work

i likes this and the others in the needle work murders . its easy listening to and there is always a murder. but the characters themselves are great

Car Research

The characters are developing more with each topic. I enjoyed the description of period costumes as they complemented the antique autos. i could visualize the vehicles and their passengers. figured who done it early but was glad to see how it panned out.

Antique cars = boring for me

This is my fifth book in this series and my least favorite.
With 2 hours to go I’m not sure I’ll finish it. All this classic car talk is completely boring, my mind keeps drifting off……

Thoroughly enjoyable novel

Love Monica Ferris' novels. Great characters, good plots and the narration was excellent.

Can't wait to get another book in this series.

A great light reading with enjoyable story line!

What made the experience of listening to A Murderous Yarn the most enjoyable?

The narrator is great and easy to listen to. She does a great job in making the story come to life with wonderful narration.

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

The plot is wonderful and light, the mystery is something that makes one think. Trying to figure out what the clues are is fun and the characters are wonderful.

Any additional comments?

A great story and the intertwining of the antique cars with needle arts is so refreshing.

Old Cars and Murder Travel Together!

Would you listen to A Murderous Yarn again? Why?

I will probably listen to this book again and I will also recommend it to friends. I have already bought her next book.

What other book might you compare A Murderous Yarn to and why?

I don't really know what would be a good comparison except maybe a murder show on TV that is completed within the 45 minutes. It is simple and straight-forward rather than intricate like Agatha Christie or Arthur Conan Doyle.

Which scene was your favorite?

The car run through Litchfield, MN. The descriptions of the cars, costumes and action were well-written.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The characters are well-written. You can thing of them as friends very quickly.

Any additional comments?

There were a couple things about this audiobook that bothered me. Foremost, that Susan Boyce did not know how to pronounce the names of Minnesota towns. Every time she erred, it took my mind from the story. The second thing, that I could figure out the murderer too soon.

Loved the classic cars, but missed the mystery.

If you're into needlecraft & ever wanted to know more about classic cars, this is a mystery for you.
I love that the author wanted to expand Betsy's hobbies & classic cars are gorgeous. Unfortunately it felt more like the mystery existed just so the author could write about classic cars. The mystery was very haphazardly tossed together & Betsy barely did an snooping. The answers practically popped out at you. There was barely any mystery to this cozy mystery, but lots of classic cars & some character development.
As usual the narrator did an excellent job portraying the various characters.

Dot

Did think the wife was part of the plot but then again who would with all the suspects.

Antique Cars, Stitching and Fiery Death

Betsy Devonshire, owner of Crewel World is sponsoring Lars Larsen in his Stanley Steamer on the Antique Car run. When one of the car and its driver, Bill Birmingham doesn't make it back, it is discovered that his car was found burned to a crisp along the drive back. His car was having some difficulties and he was working on it intermittently all during the race, so it was thought that it was an accident, at first. But soon it was determined that he was shot prior to the fiery explosion. Now Betsy, successful amateur sleuth is on the job again, along with her police woman friend, Jill. This is a fun addition to the series, with all the normal characters included. Great story and resolution to the murder.

A murderous yarn

I learned more about antique cars than I ever dreamed. I listened to the audio book version.