Knitmare on Beech Street (A Knit & Nibble Mystery #10) by Peggy Ehrhart #bookreview #mystery

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Title: Knitmare on Beech Street

Author: Peggy Ehrhart

Publisher: Kensington Cozies

Publication Date: November 28, 2023

Page Count:  280

My rating: 3 1/2 stars

About the book:

Knit and Nibble member Pamela Paterson, and her best friend, Bettina, stumble on a body in a once grand Victorian house when they join a group welcoming new residents to Arborville—and must figure out if old secrets killed the new neighbor . . .

When Pamela, Bettina, and their friends show up at the Voorhees House to greet its new owner, they’re met with a most unwelcome sight: a dead body on the kitchen floor. Tassie Hunt just inherited the old Victorian, which had been occupied by a reclusive widow for many years and had a reputation for being haunted. But Tassie would have been unlikely to be spooked since her career involved debunking such paranormal phenomena.
 
Her demise sets off a new flurry of gossip and ghostly speculation in the New Jersey town, of course—and it’s tempting to think spirits were indeed involved considering there’s zero evidence so far of foul play. A nosy neighbor reports strange lights and sounds, and a man obsessed with the Victorian era starts photographing the place from the street. But it won’t take long before Pamela and Bettina are moving in on a killer . . .

Knitmare on Beech Street by Peggy Ehrhart is the tenth book in the cozy A Knit & Nibble Mystery series. Each book of the series contains it’s own mystery that will be solved so they can be read as a standalone or in any order one chooses. However, those that follow from the beginning will see the full character development that carries over from book to book.

The main character of the Knit & Nibble series is Pamela Paterson who is on the older side for a cozy protagonist. Pamela found herself with an empty nest when her daughter headed off to college so she joined the Knit and Nibble knitting group. The group not only spends time together crafting their favorite projects but also cooks up some yummy treats as the name suggests.

Pamela and her best friend and fellow knitter, Bettina, first became involved in what has become a habit for them in solving murders when a body was found at Pamela’s home. This time around Pamela and her fellow knitters have signed up with a group to join in on welcoming new residents to their town, Arborville, NJ. However, when the group arrives at the mansion known as Voorhees House in town they are in for quite the scare when they find a dead body in the kitchen.

The cozy A Knit & Nibble Mystery series is one that I have followed from the beginning and will continue to return to simply because I adore the characters in this series! Pamela and Bettina certainly get up to some comical hijinx which makes each read fun to follow. The only thing that keeps my rating lower each time is the same I have mentioned before, the author has a tendency to ramble on when the characters are cooking or knitting which feels like page filler making them fall at three and a half stars insead of the four of five they would be otherwise.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

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About the author:

Peggy Ehrhart is a former English professor who writes mysteries and plays blues guitar. She holds a doctorate in Medieval Literature, and her publications include a prize-winning book dealing with classical mythology in the Middle Ages. Her Maxx Maxwell mysteries, Sweet Man Is Gone (2008) and Got No Friend Anyhow (2011), feature a blues-singer sleuth.

Peggy is currently writing the Knit & Nibble mystery series for Kensington Books. Set in the charming (fictional) town of Arborville, New Jersey, it features amateur sleuth Pamela Paterson, founder and mainstay of the town’s knitting club.

Peggy is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

Visit Peggy online at http://www.PeggyEhrhart.com