Blog Tour, Review, & Giveaway for Knot of This World by Mary Marks

Knot of This World

 (A Quilting Mystery)  

by Mary Marks

About Knot of the World

 

Knot of This World (A Quilting Mystery)  

Cozy Mystery 8th in Series  

Publisher: Kensington (July 28, 2020)  

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages 

ISBN-10: 1496720512  

ISBN-13: 978-1496720511 

Digital ASIN: B07ZPJ5BLM 

Quilter Martha Rose must patch together the clues to solve the murder of a cult leader in the California mountains . . .

 

Has Martha’s fellow quilter and dear friend Birdie Watson become unraveled? Birdie and her new husband have decided to join the Mystical Feather Society, a spiritist group living on a commune in the mountains of Ojai, California. Before her free-spirited friend makes a huge mistake, Martha organizes a surprise visit to check out the commune. While white-robed members conduct a seancé in a glass yurt, their leader—Royal St. Germain—is nowhere to be found . . . until, that is, Martha and her friends discover him shot in their Winnebago. Now Martha must track down the killer and debunk the cult—before it's bye bye Birdie . . .

REVIEW

*I received a free copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to write an honest review for. 

A nice twist to a fun cozy. We catch back up with Martha and her friends. Birdie is back home after spending the winter in Arizona. She is happy to be back home but quickly announced her intentions to sell everything she owns and join what is pretty much a cult. Hubby is going along with it as well. Martha was skeptical from the get go but the more she learns the worse it gets. Then they plan a surprise visit to the compound only for things to go wrong once they get their. The owner is found dead in the RV they traveled in making for an interesting investigation. What follows is a quilters dream full of clues and surprise just to keep you guessing. Makes for a well written cozy full of great characters, clues, and mystery all topped off with quilting tidbits sprinkled throughout. Made for a pleasant afternoon reading adventure perfect for fans of the genre. I really liked it so I give it 4/5 stars.

About Mary Marks

 

Born and raised in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, Mary Marks earned a B.A. in Anthropology from UCLA and an M.A. in Public Administration from the American Jewish University in Los Angeles. In 2004 she enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writers Program. Her first novel, Forget Me Knot, was a finalist in a national writing competition in 2011. She is currently a reviewer of cozy mysteries for The New York Journal of Books at www.nyjournalofbooks.com.  

Author Links  
Kensington: https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9781496720511/knot-of-this-world/  
Website: https://marymarksmysteries.com/  
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmarks2013  

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Blog Tour, Review, & Giveaway for Assault and Beadery by Mollie Cox Bryan

Assault and Beadery 

(A Cora Crafts Mystery)  

by Mollie Cox Bryan

About the Book

Assault and Beadery (A Cora Crafts Mystery)  

Cozy Mystery 4th in Series  

Kensington (September 25, 2018) 

Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages  

ISBN-10: 1496716442 

ISBN-13: 978-1496716446 

Digital ASIN: B078QM4V66

 

All of Cora Chevalier’s dreams are coming true. Since moving to Indigo Gap, North Carolina, the busy crafting maven has been blessed with a great boyfriend, a lovely home, and a booming craft retreat business. But on the eve of her first Crafty Mom’s Escape Weekend, tragedy strikes again in Indigo Gap. This time, it’s curtains for Stan Herald, the disagreeable director of the local theater group, who’s murdered on the opening night of their new production. Worse, Cora’s friend Zee is accused of the crime.

Cora is determined to prove her friend’s innocence, but Zee’s mysterious past is making that difficult. And with a list of suspects longer than a double spool of satin cording, getting a bead on the real culprit won’t be easy. With her friends Jane and Ruby at her side, Cora must string together the clues and solve Stan’s murder before the killer gives an encore performance.

Includes crafting tips!

About the Author

Mollie Cox Bryan is the author of the Cumberland Creek Scrapbooking mystery series and the Cora Crafts mystery series. She is also author of two cookbooks, the regional bestseller Mrs. Rowe’s Little Book of Southern Pies and Mrs. Rowe’s Restaurant Cookbook: A Lifetime of Recipes from the Shenandoah Valley. An award-winning journalist and poet, she currently blogs, cooks, and scrapbooks in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia with her husband and two daughters. Scrapbook of Secrets was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Visit her on the web at molliecoxbryan.com.

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 REVIEW

*I received a free copy of this book which I voluntarily chose to write an honest review for.

I just love this series!  Cora is just so sweet that it seems against her nature to get involved in a murder yet she does so time and time again with success and danger. It's great. Her friends are a nice compliment to the story that just work great with all of the crafting. Makes me wish I had any artistic ability at all though I know that I do not. If you are looking for an extremely well written cozy mystery with a craft theme to pass the time then you have to read this book/series. I loved it so I give it 5/5 stars.

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Thread the Halls by Lea Wait

*I received a free copy of this book from Netgalley which I voluntarily chose to write an honest review for.

Book six in the Mainely Needlepoint series. Welcome to the Christmas season in Maine which seems rather festive I must admit. In the week before the holiday Angie thinks she is busy enough but when Skye decides to come home for the holidays and bring her film cast with her things really heat up as they try to get everything done in time while still keeping the famous people happy. As if the extra tasks are not bad enough Angie stumbles across the dead body of the main male actor in the film. This adds just the right extra touch of drama to the events already going on to make for an excellent holiday cozy mystery book. I really enjoy Lea's writing and this book held up to the reputation of the series. I highly recommend it to fans of crafty cozy mystery novels. I really enjoyed it so it gets 4/5 stars.