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AND THEN YOU DYE by Monica Ferris

"Crafts Can Be Hazardous to your Health"

By: Monica Ferris

Genres: Mystery Cozy

Posted: January 25, 2013

Betsy Devonshire is the owner of Crewel World craft store. She asked Hailey Brent to do a demonstration of dying yarns for her customers. The presentation went well but a few days later Hailey is found dead in her basement where she had been dying some yarns. Marge Schultz is Hailey's neighbor and the owner of Green Gaia Gardens nursery. At once the police question Marge and she is afraid they will try and pin Hailey's murder on her. So, she asks Betsy to look into it and help clear her name. The more she learns about Hailey the more suspects she has and calls on her boyfriend Conner, her assisstant Godwin and her friend Jill to help her sort through everything she learns in order to find the culprit.

AND THEN YOU DYE is a good cozy mystery. This is one of several books in a series of Needlecraft Mysteries. There is no problem reading this book as a stand alone, although after reading it I will be finding more in the series to read. Ms. Ferris has a talent for telling a story with just the right amount of suspense and humor. The characters are delightful and the plot flows seamlessly from start to finish. It's an easy read that could be finished in an afternoon. Cozy mytery lovers will want to read this excellent book.

Book Summary

Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, has hooked more than a few crooks in the USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries. Now Betsy learns the hard way that a murder is still murder, any way you color it…

Betsy is a natural-born yarnsmith—so it’s only fitting that some of her favorite items to stock come from the dye-works of Hailey Brent. Hailey makes hand-dyed knitting wool, silk, soy, and corn yarns. She uses only natural vegetable dyes, creating soft and beautiful colors. Which means her yarns are expensive, but well worth it.

Unfortunately, someone thinks they’re worth killing for.

When Hailey’s body is discovered shot dead in her workshop, Betsy discovers that there was a lot about Hailey she would have never guessed. Like her penchant for stealing other’s property for her own use. Her use of dangerous additives to create her so-called all-natural fibers. And a scheming mind that had made her more than one enemy.

Now, Betsy must wring the truth from a bevy of colorful suspects. Because the truth just might mean the difference between living—and dyeing…

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And Then You Dye by Monica Ferris

And Then You Dye

by: Monica Ferris

Needlecraft Mystery #16

Berkley
December 1, 2012
On Sale: December 4, 2012
Featuring: Betsy Devonshire
304 pages
ISBN: 0425252817
EAN: 9780425252819
Kindle: B008JHXNY6
Hardcover / e-Book

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