The set up was good but the denouement was pretty far fetched and detracted from my enjoyment. Won't read more in this series. ( )

Nice. I'll try her next one. ( )

Bartlett's protagonist is not so much a crafter herself as someone who has been dragged into the craft world. It was her late husband who sank their savings into an arts-and-crafts mall in their small upstate New York town. When she stops in one morning on the way to her "real" job in an insurance office to find her business partner dead, she must not only take over running the financially-troubled business, but try to assist the police in solving the crime. Sometimes this type of "cozy" mystery has way too much about the "theme" and not enough mystery, but this is not the case here. There's also some humor and some insightful thoughts about early widowhood and the ambivalence that comes with it when the marriage wasn't perfect. Recommended for a short, enjoyable read. ( )

Fun cozy mystery. Fans of the author's Booktown mystery series (published under Lorna Barrett) will be happy with this one! ( )

This is a wonderful start to a new series. I enjoyed it very much and was held, nose to the pages, right till the end. This was also the third time around reading it. ( )