Although I did love the means of murder (a knitting needle), the characters werren’t very engaging. By the end of the novel, I still wasn’t sure who was whom. Not my favorite knitting mystery series! ( )

I like this series and the characters, unfortunately there's only two books. This time Ari is at knitting and yarn fair when the publisher of a knitting magazine stumbles into her and dies from a knitting needle stabbed into her back. Ari wants to play it safe and not be involved but she has knowledge that the police don't have and agrees to help with the investigation while starting a relationship with the detective, Josh and juggling her ex-husband's, friends and mother's questions about her private life. ( )

Enjoyable cozy mystery set around knitters and yarn crafters. Felicia Barr, owner of Knit It Up! Magazine, is murdered at a yarn fair. She stumbles into Ariadne as she dies. Ariadne can talk to the yarn people in a way the police cannot. She is warned not to get involved but who has more experience with these crafters?

I enjoyed this book. I liked the characters. The mystery was believable. I figured out the motive but not the who. I was surprised when it came out. I liked that Ariadne was plain spoken and that Josh may now begin to romance her.

A fun quick read ( )

It's OK as far as a mystery goes and the author does know her knitting so that helps. ( )

I enjoyed the first book in this series when I read it several years ago (even though I figured out who the murderer was before the end of the book), and was really looking forward to reading this one. Unfortunately, part of the appeal of the last book was that it was set in the knitting shop owned by Ari, the main character. This book was set at a knitting festival and it just didn't pull me in. I got tired of Ari's partner, Diane, sniping at Ari. Then a major event happened about three-quarters of the way through the book, but it wasn't mentioned again for awhile because the next chapter focused on the relationship between Josh, the policeman, and Ari. I think this book lost a star just because of this exchange: "Where's Barn C?" "Between Barn B and Barn D." Duh!

There are (so far) only two books in the series. Maybe that's because at the end of this book, Ari promises Josh "no more murders." ( )