Brenda H. (booksinvt) -
Death of a Knit Wit is the eighth installment in the A Knit & Knibble Mystery series set in small town Arborville, New Jersey and featuring best friends and neighbors, Pamela Paterson and Bettina Fraser. Fiber Craft magazine is sponsoring a workshop for fiber arts and crafts enthusiasts on the grounds of the Wendelstaff College campus.
Keynote speaker Dr. Robert Greer-Gordon Critter has finished up his talk and has entered the question and answer portion when a rowdy woman stands up and begins questioning his facts and also accuses him of stealing her ideas. The woman turns out to be his ex-wife Yvonne. Leaving the presentation Pamela overhears Dr. RGGC in another heated discussion - this time with a completely different woman who is accusing him of breaking her heart.
As an associate editor at the Fiber Craft, Pamela's contribution is hosting a knitting bee at Sufficiency House, a building on the campus preserved as a museum. As the crafters sit working and talking, sipping coffee and having cookies, who should appear at the door other than Dr. RGGC who has come to discuss his research. A few sips into his coffee and the man keels over suffering from either a heart attack or an allergic reaction, but hours later he's pronounced dead - of poisoning.
Pamela's nosiness and Bettina's journalistic instincts kick in and the ladies set out against the warnings of Detective Lucas Clayborn to find a killer. When another member of the college community ends up dead, the ladies can't help but think the murders are related, but who is ties them together? An angry or disgruntled ex, a fellow professor or a student?
A fun afternoon read with just a little too much attention to what people are eating and what type of plates on which the food is being served. This is the first book I've read in the series and while I enjoyed it for the most part, I must say if I had someone barging into my house all times of the day and night wanting coffee, etc. I might consider moving. For me, the book read just fine as a stand alone, but it might be fun to go back and learn back stories about other members of the knitting club.
Keynote speaker Dr. Robert Greer-Gordon Critter has finished up his talk and has entered the question and answer portion when a rowdy woman stands up and begins questioning his facts and also accuses him of stealing her ideas. The woman turns out to be his ex-wife Yvonne. Leaving the presentation Pamela overhears Dr. RGGC in another heated discussion - this time with a completely different woman who is accusing him of breaking her heart.
As an associate editor at the Fiber Craft, Pamela's contribution is hosting a knitting bee at Sufficiency House, a building on the campus preserved as a museum. As the crafters sit working and talking, sipping coffee and having cookies, who should appear at the door other than Dr. RGGC who has come to discuss his research. A few sips into his coffee and the man keels over suffering from either a heart attack or an allergic reaction, but hours later he's pronounced dead - of poisoning.
Pamela's nosiness and Bettina's journalistic instincts kick in and the ladies set out against the warnings of Detective Lucas Clayborn to find a killer. When another member of the college community ends up dead, the ladies can't help but think the murders are related, but who is ties them together? An angry or disgruntled ex, a fellow professor or a student?
A fun afternoon read with just a little too much attention to what people are eating and what type of plates on which the food is being served. This is the first book I've read in the series and while I enjoyed it for the most part, I must say if I had someone barging into my house all times of the day and night wanting coffee, etc. I might consider moving. For me, the book read just fine as a stand alone, but it might be fun to go back and learn back stories about other members of the knitting club.
