Book Review: Knit One, Kill Two

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

Knit One, Kill Two     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Maggie Sefton
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth
Series: Knitting Mysteries (Sefton) # 1
Berkley, Jun 2005

CPA Kelly Flynn feels alone when she learns the stunning news that her
beloved Aunt Helen, who raised her, was murdered in her home in what the
police declared a “burglary gone bad. Kelly accompanied by her dog Carl
heads home to Fort Connor, Colorado for the funeral and to deal with the
estate. Her aunt’s lawyer Mr. Chambers shocks her with the fact that frugal
Helen borrowed $20,000 against her home, but has no idea what she did with
the money or why she needed it since it never went to Kelly. The accountant
also sees other discrepancies with the official books on the case as she
knows her feisty aunt would have put up a fight if it was a robbery; since
she did not she knew her killer.

In town, her aunt’s friends adopt Kelly and make her feel at home. They
needle her into joining their knitting circle, which meets at Mimi Shafer’s
shop, the former barn of Kelly’s aunt. As the circle converts her into a
dye-in-the-wool scarf knitter, she investigates what happened to her aunt
because the bottom line fails to add up correctly.

This is first stitch in a new needlepoint amateur sleuth tale starring a
likable accountant and a host of eccentric townsfolk. The story line neatly
knits together a murder pattern that the police failed to see. Amateur
sleuth fans who appreciate Monica Ferris’s Betsy Devonshire tales will want
to read this Rocky Mountains’ cleverly crafted who-done-it.

Harriet Klausner

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