Emmie Caldwell, das Pseudonym von Mary Ellen Hughes, ist bekannt für ihre gemütlichen Krimiserien. Ihre Erzählungen entfalten sich in charmanten Gemeinschaften, in denen dilettantische Detektive Morde inmitten ihres Alltags aufdecken. Caldwell verbindet gekonnt fesselnde Handlungsstränge mit einer warmen, einladenden Atmosphäre und zieht die Leser in Welten, in denen Stricken und Häkeln ebenso zentral für die Geschichte sind wie die Rätsel selbst.
In a small town, the Crandalsburg Craft Fair faces a scandal as a murder disrupts its fragile reputation. A group of amateur sleuths, the Ninth Street Knitters, bands together to unravel the mystery and identify the killer. As they weave through clues and confront secrets, their knitting skills become essential in stitching together the truth behind the crime.
It will take the Ninth Street Knitters all the sleuthing skills they have to untangle the threads of a dyed-in-the-wool killer. For once things seem to be running smoothly for knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger. Her daughter is living on her own and happy with her new job on the alpaca farm. Plus, Lia and her Ninth Street Knitters have been knitting for the Civil War reenactment being held on the grounds next to the Crandalsburg Craft Fair. It’s all fun and battle games until one of the “injured soldiers” turns out to be the very real victim of a murder, and Lia’s friend and neighbor falls under deep suspicion. Suddenly, the good folks of Crandalsburg are spinning all kinds of yarns and pointing fingers at one another. Lucky for Lia, she has the combined wits of the Ninth Street Knitters to help her ply the truth from this crafty killer.
A killer may craft the perfect crime, but as every knitter worth her yarn knows--murder wool out.Mother's Day should be a cinch for the good folks of the Crandalsburg Craft Fair, and knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger has a good feeling about this year's yield. But things quickly get knotty when Lia's daughter announces she's quit her job and Lia finds herself tangled up in the murder of her best friend's ex-husband. While Belinda's alibi quickly gets her off the hook, nasty rumors spread throughout Crandalsburg that shroud the entire fair in suspicion.Could the vendors be responsible for the murder of a man hell-bent on unraveling the fair just days before his death? Lia and her crafty group of Ninth Street Knitters must put down their needles to gather clues and save the crafting community they've grown to love.