Dead Men Don't Crochet

Crochet Mystery, Book 2

De: Betty Hechtman

Narrado por: Margaret Strom

The Tarzana Hookers are a motley crew of women, all of whom are not afraid to speak their minds. Except Sheila, a timid, anxiety-ridden crocheter in desperate need of money, who sells her beautiful scarves at a local consignment store. When the owner stiffs Sheila, the boisterous ladies rally to her support. Then the shop owner is found dead. Molly Pink ignores the warnings from her homicide-detective boyfriend and sets out with her stitchmates to clear Sheila's name.

©2008 Betty Hechtman (P)2016 Tantor

Better than the first book

This one was more enjoyable than the first one. This one kept you on your toes a bit more which was nice. I actually wanted to crochet while listening this time. A bit predictable since the main suspect was a member of the group again, the murderer was a member of the group again, two people were killed again and Molly ended up duct taped again. But still a decent story line. Hopefully each book in the series keeps getting better. On to book #3.

❤️ LOVE ❤️ LOVE ❤️ LOVE ❤️

I can see the book in my head as it is read aloud.
This series has crochet and a smidgen of knitting through in...its delightful. The characters come to life through wonderful narration.

A cut in profits leads to protests, which lead to

In <strong>Dead Men Don't Crochet</strong> by Betty Hechtman, the Tarzana Hookers, the crochet group that makes items for charity, is finally having another meeting after a long hiatus. Sheila appears unusually upset and finally confides in her friends that money has been very tight. Until now, Sheila has been surviving by selling fancy shawls that she makes on consignment at The Cottage Shop. But Anne, the original owner, died, and her sons, led by Kevin Brooks, have been paying Sheila significantly less than her shawls are worth. The whole group of the Tarzana Hookers goes with Sheila to The Cottage Shop to give their moral support to their friend as she once again confronts Kevin. But Kevin erupts in anger, refusing to give Sheila the balance of the money owed to her.

The next day the group returns to the store to insist on Sheila's being paid, but Kevin keeps claiming to be too busy for her. In a little while, they all hear a loud 7 from one of the store employees, and racing to the office, they find Kevin with his face in his soup, having drowned in it after having been hit on the back of his head with a paperweight. This time, though Detective Heather Gilmore would still dearly like to pin a murder on Molly since Det. Heather has a major crush on Molly's detective boyfriend, Barry, she becomes determined to get a confession from Sheila.

Against all the disapproval of her older son, Peter; Barry; and others in Molly's life, Molly finds herself in the middle of strong expectations of the members of the Tarzana Hookers for her to solve the case for Sheila. Her natural inclination to investigate takes her all over her part of the San Fernando Valley to detect.

<strong>Dead Men Don't Crochet</strong> had a fun plot and relatable characters. It spent more time with investigation than the previous book, <em>Hooked on Murder</em>, giving more suspects and drawing out the clues throughout. The conclusion to the mystery was fun and creative.

I also appreciated the way the characters show more of their real lives and the effect of circumstances on their actions. For fun in particular, Dinah gets stuck with her ex- husband's young twins whom he has with his second wife, who has left him. The ex keeps showing up but then leaving, sticking Dinah with the abominable twins. Ceecee has gotten a popular new television show to host called <em>Making Amends</em>, yet though she is always alert to the presence of paparazzi, she still is down to earth with her friends and eager to crochet to volunteer.

Margaret Strom performs the audiobook of <strong>Dead Men Don't Crochet</strong> and helps this book to build up all the flavor of the characters and yarn work in the plot. Strom uses clever irony and creative expressions as she brings this book to life. I appreciated the excitement with which Strom performs this book.

I enjoyed <strong>Dead Men Don't Crochet</strong> and found it clever and fun with both a creative plot and a bunch of interesting and fun characters. The book made me interested in crocheting and the idea of making items for charity. This time they make shawls for women in a domestic violence shelter, so the women can feel the hug of a friend when they wear the shawls. This book definitely is an improvement on the previous book and I give it five stars!

Love Love LOVE

what a great story Betty has written. cant wait yo listen to the next one!!!

Interesting

Interesting story & characters. Love the crochet! So many of these are knitting only. Looking forward to book 3!

Crochet Mystery

The main character and her band of hookers are the best part. The mystery was a great bonus.

great listen

Loved it,listened while driving grandkids to and from school . also while waiting at appointments.

love it!

absolutely loved it!!! I love this series so much! I cant wait to start reading the next one!

Fun story

it was an interesting story and the reader added more fun to the characters.

I Want to Like the Series, but...

I’m glad to have material dealing with mature women, but I’m finding that “cozy” mysteries are code for implausible, preposterous, brazen confrontations with the killer. Yet, in their day-to-day lives Molly and Dina are most often unable to stand up for themselves or define boundaries.

I’d expect Molly to get sharper in protecting herself with each case, but she doesn’t seem to learn—thus I find myself yelling at the narrator.

I think the heroines of Lisa Gardner, Kendra Elliot and Nora Roberts’s stories are smarter, and while they take risks, they’re measured and reasonable. Also, the killers are more of a surprise.

I think I’ll skip to the last just to see how things turn out.