A Crafty Christmas
Mollie Cox Bryan
Kensington, Oct 7 2014, $7.99
ISBN: 9780758293565
After winning a design contest, Sheila Rogers accompanied by her Cumberland
Creek Scrapbook Crop BFFs (Vera with her boyfriend Eric and Paige with her son
Randy) enjoy a ten-day Caribbean cruise though instead of sun a storm batters
the area. While doing her daily run, Sheila
stumbles over an apparent drunk lying in her path. A crew member arrives and checks the body
before pronouncing the person dead.
Shelia faints.
After the doctor sees that she is okay Sheila asks for her glasses
as the ones she has on her is not hers; the deceased was wearing hers. Ahoy Security Matthew Kirtley says a murder
occurred and no one not even the killer can leave “town”. As Kirtley investigates the homicide, Sheila’s
family and the Cumberland Creek Scrapbook Crop at sea and on land (in
Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley) worry the intended victim was Sheila who thus
remains in harm’s way. Not waiting for
another murder especially of one of them, the two groups coordinate an inquiry
into those on board.
The latest Cumberland Creek Mystery (see Scrappy Summer and Death
Of An Irish Diva) is a super cozy that adroitly rotates the amateur sleuthing
between on the ship and Virginia in a precise coordinated effort that our
military would envy. The storyline
entertains subgenre fans who will appreciate the multigenerational Croppers,
families and friends coming together to protect one of them while making their unofficial
inquiry.
Harriet Klausner
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