Death of a Knit Wit

Here’s another cozy mystery that turned out to be a cute one. Although, I do think reading the previous novels in the A Knit and Nibble Mystery series would provide more context to references from the past that are within this book. Death of a Knit Wit has amateur sleuth, Pamela with her journalist best friend and neighbour, Bettina trying to solve the case of a much despised, womanizing professor at the local university who is accused of stealing his ex-wife’s research and ends up murdered. The victim unfortunately dies at the very event that Pamela hosted with her employer. Overall, the mystery was good and I did like how Bettina was with Pamela pretty much every step of the way because Pamela was more of a listen rather than ask sleuth. But a lot of times that won’t get you anywhere to crack a case and extroverted Bettina helped propel the story along. I do have to say there was quite an emphasis on what the characters were eating. Although the food sounded delicious, it was a bit too much detail that could have been cut back. I also wasn’t a fan of how the romance aspect played out in this particular story, but I am curious to find out what happens next. Thank you Kensington Books for the arc. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

cozy-mystery, neighbors, friendship, knitting, law-enforcement, murder, murder-investigation, small-town, New Jersey, poisons, romance, recipes, pattern***** Am I the only one who finds the endlessly repeated references to *wedding china* annoying? Is that a New Jersey thing? It clangs oddly to my Wisconsin ears. Which is diametrically opposed to how I feel about the story and the fiber/knitting/colorways/characters/sleuthing as a whole. The food references were delicious, the red herrings sneaky, the suspects multiplying, and the plot just a mite twisty. Basically, I loved it. I requested and received a free ebook from Kensington Books (soon to incorporate Kensington Cozies) via NetGalley. Thank you!