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| Died in the Wool: A Knitting Mystery (Knitting Mysteries) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mary Kruger
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 107351
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4 x 1
ISBN: 1416544658
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416544654
ASIN: 1416544658
Publication Date: July 31, 2007
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Product Description
Ariadne Evans is the proud owner of her very own knitting shop. And she's just got herself in a stitch.When Ariadne enters her knitting store one day to find longtime customer Edith Perry strangled to death with homespun yarn, she fears her life is about to come undone -- again, since she's still getting over a divorce. Her worries increase when she's questioned by detective Joshua Pierce, who may or may not have designs on her. While Josh pieces together the details of the crime, clues about Ariadne's ties to Miss Perry come to light...and a bizarre pattern unfolds. Now it's up to Ariadne to do some sleuthing of her own. Can she untangle the investigation without getting snarled up into too much trouble? That depends on whether the killer is as crafty as she is....
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 Fun read not only for knitters September 12, 2005
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
If you like mysteries and you are a knitter, you will especially enjoy this book and the characters therein.
This book is written in an easy and lively way and even though I have read mysteries with more complex plots, this one was not too transparent, and you will not put it aside before you finished it. A little romance was also put in the mix and an older auntie who somehow gets things right without sometimes knowing it.
In summary I recommend this book to everyone who is looking for a light and fun read.
 Excellent Read! November 4, 2005
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
You don't have to be a fan of knitting to enjoy this book, but it helps. Mary Kruger brings to life a great band of characters, an interesting locale, and a satisfactory mystery. Not only that, she does it with good grammar, a quality seldom seen in today's crop of writers. If you enjoy a good cosy, you'll find this book a treat.
fine amateur sleuth cozy July 27, 2005
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
In Freeport, Massachusetts, most if not all locals detest landlady Edith Perry. She makes her opinions on controversial issues known usually taking the most unpopular position; she informs her lease holders that she is raising their rent; finally she is developing property just outside of Freeport over the objections of most townsfolk.
The police are not shocked when someone murders Edith using purple yarn. The obvious prime suspect is divorced mother of one Ariadne Evans, owner of Ariadne's Web yarn store, who found the corpse in her establishment. Ariadne has the motive since Edith's rent increase could shut down her business; she had the means as her store contains all sorts of homespun yarns including the murder weapon; finally she had the opportunity as the homicide occurred when her shop was closed leaving her with no alibi. Though police detective John Pierce likes Ariadne, she knows she remains at the top of the suspect list so she begins to untangle the threads hoping to knit a new pattern that displays the killer's identity.
The author of the "Gilded Age" mysteries, Mary Kruger provides a fine amateur sleuth cozy starring a likable heroine and a fine detective who has just moved into the town. Ariadne, whose first reaction to finding the body is nice yarn around victim's neck, investigates the murder one thread at a time until she decides to become bait. Thus the audience receives a fine who-done-it though like John wonder why Ariadne, whose daughter Megan already suffers nightmares over her mom's involvement, would risk her life as a Nancy Drew imitator.
Harriet Klausner
Knitting is supposed to be relaxing! December 16, 2005
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Usually, it is. Except if you're the owner of a knitting/yarn shop and stumble over a body as you open your store for business. Ariadne's Web is located in a small New England town, where everyone one knows everyone-and their business! Motives abound in the small town, and opportunity doesn't seem to be very far behind, either. And, of course, there's no such thing as a secret, as Ariadne ("Ari" to her friends and family) Evans soon learns, to her dismay. Furthermore, nearly everyone else in town thinks Ari needs a new man in her life.
Along with her aunt Laura, and new-to-town detective Josh Pierce, Ari intends to find out just who strangled Edith Perry with expensive purple homespun yarn, made by her best friend Diane Camacho. Ari's former husband Ted manages to get in the way every time she plans anything he doesn't think she should. Their young daughter Megan is suddenly acting strangely, getting into fights at school-
This is a delightful, well-written slice-of-life type of cozy mystery, with characters so real you feel as though you already know them. Even though Ari really doesn't do stupid things, she still gets caught up in a web not of her own making, before the plot untangles itself.
get caught up in Ariadne's web... July 10, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
WOW! Buy this now!! The only other novel I've read with such intensity that I finished in two days (I'm a slow reader) was Harry Potter #6.
A late-20's divorced single mom (with an adorable kid-and coming from me, that's saying something) finds a dead body of a universally disliked woman in the yarn store she-our heroine, owns. She's the prime suspect and her livelihood is threatened, so she sets out to clear her name and find the real culrpit. There's a tingle of romance in the air between herself and the chief investigating officer (which disappintingly doesn't blossom further BUT that's actually good because #a. it makes the story that much more believable-i.e. no pat Disneyfied ending, and #b. tantalizes the reader into wanting the sequels-nice.)
Now, you know our Ari is going to solve it, but get this; it's totally plausible (much more so than Maggie Sefton's knit books) all of it rings completely true and natural.
Knitting is lovingly mentioned in sprinkles here and there, though not with as much detail as in Maggie's 'Knit one, Kill Two' BUT if you're a knitter, you already know what the rucous is about and if you're not-dude, what are you waiting for?
There's some product placement (remember Minority Report?) which is actually good-it all adds to the realness of it all, and it's written in a lazy daisy meandering style (with heart-racing moments near the end) which fits in perfectly with it's small town setting.
It's very of the times with all the internet refernces; the characters are nicely drawn-you'll like some, you'll loathe some and you'll adore Aunt Laura (I want one!!) and the quest to find out who did it will drive you to read the thing in one sitting (bring snacks). The 's' word is used-but only a couple times.
This is just fab! There are even patterns in the back-for padded coat hangers and 2 fake fur scarves but I like Maggie's patterns better; an Icelandic sweater pattern would've been a much more suitable inclusion here. Also, this could just be me, but I don't get the cover illustration...
But never mind that-DO get this-and not just for knitters, but for anyone who appreciates a good muder-mystery yarn. So curl up in your favorite reading nook and...
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