Needled to Death

Knitting Mystery Series, Book 2

De: Maggie Sefton

Narrado por: Jane Jacobs

Now that she's been knitting up a storm with the help of her new friends at House of Lambspun, Kelly Flynn can't imagine ever leaving Fort Connor, Colorado. But there's trouble in her adopted hometown - and not just with her new sweater project....

When Kelly volunteers to take a troop of tourists to visit Vickie Claymore's alpaca farm, she discovers Fort Connor isn't as sedate as it seems. Instead of a warm welcome, they find Vickie splayed out on her original hand-woven rug, her blood seeping into the design....

The police jump on the case, but Kelly can't resist doing a little investigation work of her own - even if it means taking a break from the sweater she's been knitting in the round. Because a murderer is lurking in Fort Connor - waiting for the right moment to strike again.

©2005 Margaret Aunon (P)2017 Tantor

Story is good, the author needs a thesaurus

I like the plot and the romance well enough. The author uses the same, somewhat jarring, words over and over. A quarter for every time a person "probed" would have paid for the book. I get a real feel for the scene and I like the characters. I found myself cringing when certain words or phrases were reused over and over.

I cannot listen to another book narrated by Jane Jacobs

I’m not happy criticizing anyone’s work. I hear how clearly she speaks, but am finding her narration extremely irritating.

Formulaic

This is an OK cozy mystery. It's short on mystery and long on female bonding. Everything falls into to place without drama or suspense. I'm not sure I'll get the next one.

Like the series

So far I have liked the first 2 books and am enjoying number 3 now. I hope the entire series will be coming to Audible as I see number 9 and 15 were released. I would like to listen to all in order so I may wait awhile to see if more come out on Audible.

Sorry for the Author!

I could not even get through the 2nd chapter of the book due to the awful narration! It sounded like a staccato of words with weird inflection and punctuation.

I feel bad for the author because as far as I can tell, it sounds like a good beginning. I will stay away from anything Jacobs narrates.

Author breaks rules of cozy mysteries in book 7

Got to book seven in the series and the author starts off with a sexual assault of the best friend. Save yourself time and money

Less than satisfying

The characters were often laughing at inappropriate times about things that weren't funny. The main character's sleuthing was not believable. I liked the parts with her dog, Carl and her friend, Steve, but most of the book was not very engaging.