The first in the Seaside Knitters mystery series introduces four women who have taught me lots about knitting, about friendship, and about life in a small seaside village on Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Nell, Izzy, Cass, and Birdie range in age from early 30s to around 80, but their friendship knows no boundaries, especially those of age. “Fiddlesticks,” Birdie would say.

Nell Endicott's niece, Izzy Chambers, raises some eyebrows when she rents the apartment above her knitting shop to Angie Archer, whose reputation for loose behavior and a quick temper has made her unpopular with many locals. But could any of them have wanted her dead? Angie’s body is discovered drowned in the harbor, her long red hair tangled like seaweed in a lobster trap.

An official investigation rules the death an accident. There are speculations of too many whiskey sours, a slippery wharf, a dark night… But Izzy and the Seaside Knitters smell something fishy. When several strange incidents occur above the shop, the women decide to take matters into their own hands. But before long, their small-town sense of security is frayed, and the threat of more violence hangs over this tightly knit community.