This was a very good book. The book focuses around a group of women in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, who call themselves the Seaside Knitters. Birdie Favazza finds out she has a granddaughter that she never knew about. Nell Endicott is enjoying semi-retirement with her husband, Ben. Izzy Perry, Nell's neice, is a newlywed. Cass Halloran owns and operates a lobster company. The town is after Finnegan,a cantankerous old man who lives in the town. He owns a piece of waterfront property that has become overgrown with trash and weeds and he fights any attempt to make him clean up his property. The only person he has any ties to is Cass Halloran who takes him food and makes sure he is cared for. When he is found dead, his estranged daughter steps up to claim his property but is stunned to find out that he has left everything he owns to Cass. When his death is ruled a murder, the knitters band together to find out who killed the man so that Cass can use her newfound prosperity for the good of the town. The book has a good storyline as well as some unique characters. I really liked it. Never try to rush through Goldenbaum's books. The characters are so lovely, you would miss a lot of the idyllic charm of the setting if you rushed. And don't peek in the back of the books to see whodunit because you will ruin the slow process of detecting. The knitting ladies don't jump to conclusions. They build their cases slowly, take a wrong turn occasionally but finally find the culprit who you probably didn't suspect (although all the signs were there). Ms. Goldenbaum deftly handles a whole town of characters and is not above turning someone who was liked in more than one book into a murderer. I recommend the entire series to anyone who likes cozy mysteries that don't have ditzy best friends or out-of-control mothers or mathers-in-law.
What do You think about A Fatal Fleece (2012)?
The author keeps you guessing until the very end with the mystery. I really enjoy her books.
—Gina
I just absolutely love her writing, her characters, and her setting.
—Kyle
