Murder Most Crafty

Synopsis

Idle hands are the devil's workshop... ... which is why so many of us like to keep them busy, with everything from knitting to crocheting, embroidering, wreath making, basketry, and gourd decorating. But for some, their skill, patience, and creative expression is lent to darker pursuits—like murder. In this inventive anthology, writers with a gift for sculpting great mysteries turn their talents toward the most homicidal of handiworks... When Susan Wittig Albert's herb shop owner China Bayles finds her paper-making neighbor dead at the bottom of the stairs, it looks like an accident—until the victim's secret penchant for blackmail leads China to search for a killer, in 'The Collage to Kill For"... In "Strung Out", Monica Ferris and Denise Williams spin a knotty yarn as her intrepid needlework maven Betsy Devonshire comes to the aid of a friend whose stitch-slinging son is being blamed for a bag of marijuana seeds that mysteriously appeared in his room... Edgar® and Agatha Award-winning author Margaret Maron weaves an intricate tale in which crime-busting Judge Deborah Knott spends New Year's Eve making celebratory wreaths with her oddball family—and trying to tie together a rash of burglaries that has hit rustic Colleton County in "Bewreathed"... Featuring Susan Wittig Albert Maggie Bruce Jan Burke Dorothy Cannel! Susan Dunlap Monica Ferris an Denise Williams Parnell Hall Victoria Houston Judith Kelman Margaret Maron Sujata Massey Tim Myers Sharan Newman Gillian Roberts Paula L. Woods

Copyright:

2005

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

337 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780425202067

Publisher:

Berkley Prime Crime

Date of Addition:

12/10/24

Copyrighted By:

Wallace Systems Inc.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers

Submitted By:

Deborah Murray

Proofread By:

Tomoko Miles

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Maggie Bruce