Based in a small town in South Carolina, you have to laugh at times at the antics and nosiness of some of the characters. By the same token there are times that you would gladly kill the whole bunch. The books are cozies and they are not my favorite mystery genre… but occasionally they will fit…you guessed it…a challenge. Don’t expect anything intense or “on the edge of your seat” excitement in these mysteries. On the other hand they won’t give you nightmares either. They are among some of the best of this genre that I have read. If you just want something light to read…these just might be fit the bill.. ( )

Tori Sinclair, local librarian, attends a birthday party for the daughter of one of her sewing circle friends and meets a really obnoxious Pageant mother who thinks that no one can measure up to her little girl. She is rude and cruel to everyone so when she turns up murdered, all the party going parents are a suspects. As Tori tries to figure out who was responsible she's also dealing with he return of her boyfriend's old flame.

Love the characters and the sewing references - mystery was fun. ( )

This was my first introduction to the Southern Sewing Circle ladies of Sweet Briar. Librarian Tori Sinclair seems to have attracted her share of murder since her tenure began at the local library. In this tale, a pageant type mom winds up dead and all of Tori friends are suspects. If that isn't enough, Tori also has to worry about the reappearance of her boyfriend Milo's college sweetheart Beth. I liked the interplay between the characters in the book, many of them have great idiosyncrasies that make these cozies so fun. ( )