Sins and Needles

A Needlecraft Mystery, Book 10

De: Monica Ferris

Narrado por: Connie Crawford

When adoptee Lucille Jones comes to town researching her roots, Betsy Devonshire notices that she bears a remarkable resemblance to local Jan Henderson. Betsy introduces the look-alikes and they quickly hit it off. But then Jan's wealthy great-aunt is found dead, helped to her grave by a stiff metal wire—a double-zero knitting needle, in fact. Just like the kind Jan knits with.

Lucille begs Betsy to help clear her new friend's name. And while going through her aunt's effects, Jan finds an old pillow lined with an embroidered map of Lake Minnetonka. Betsy intends to follow the threads. Who knows—it could just possibly lead to buried treasure. Or, perhaps, to a secret that someone will kill to keep buried.

©2006 Mary Monica Kuhfeld writing as Monica Ferris. All rights reserved. (P)2009 BBC Audio

Just Okay

What did you like best about Sins and Needles? What did you like least?
The storyline of this book had potential, and there were multiple suspects until shortly before the ending, but it could have been brought to life more effectively in the telling. I didn't care for the narrator at all, and the ending seemed rather abrupt. I would have preferred to see the family relationship resolved more fully, including the effect on the inheritance. An epilogue would have been nice. Also, the overly detailed descriptions of items became somewhat tedious.

Who was your favorite character and why?
None of of the characters really stood out or drew me to them.

How did the narrator detract from the book?
Her character voices aren't very enjoyable, and I had to increase the speed just to make listening tolerable. Obviously, this diminished my enjoyment of the book. Plus, the pronunciation of Betsy's last name (Devonshire) has changed back and forth over the last few books. One would think the author would make sure this at least was consistent.

Was Sins and Needles worth the listening time?
Yes, but probably only because I've enjoyed the series in the past and I'm trying to make it through the three books performed by this narrator to get to books once again performed by the original narrator.

Any additional comments?
I think Betsy's character is becoming a bit flat, and her "talent" for solving murders is being stretched a little thin. I have hope that the next book will show more life and personality, although with the same narrator, it could be false hope.

Terrible Narration

This Narrator is terrible! The characters don’t even sound the same. It was painful to listen to.

Good plot but too much filler.

The mystery plot was very good and kept me interested, but there were way too many detailed tangents that went on and on.

Sins and Needles

Actually I started reading books from this author. I was very glad to find that her books were on audio. Her books are light and fun and she keeps you guessing until the end!! I would recommend.

Narrator 😟

Story just doesn’t have the same ‘feeling’ as the past narrator - the previous narrator gave me a happy sort of feeling - this one more angry 😟