Itâs beginning to feel a lot like tourist season in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, and beachside shopkeepers are getting ready for the annual wave of visitors. But even before the season starts, the heat is on to find a killer...
The Yarn Studioâs Seaside Knitters have their hands full designing new classes for vacationers, as well as testing each otherâs originality by creating a single blanket together. Birdieâs teenage granddaughter is also visiting for the season and soon has plans with her friend Daisy to start a dog-walking business. Meanwhile, the Lazy Lobster and Soup CafÊâs local fare is gaining newfound attention with the addition of a well-known Boston chef. Itâs sure to be another beautiful, busy time in their tight-knit town...
Until Birdie spots a huge blaze from her balcony one evening, frighteningly close to knitter Cassâs lobster business. But the morning brings news that it was a house in small Fishermanâs Cove, and a familiar fisherman is found dead inside. Not only did the young women walk his beloved sheepdog, Squid, they may have been the last people to see him alive.
When questions surface about the actual timing of the manâs death, it turns out something is more than fishy. As suspicion rocks usually placid Sea Harbor, knitters Izzy, Birdie, Cass, and Nell must pick apart tangled secrets and wrap up false accusationsâbefore the killer hooks another victim...