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    Knit One, Kill Two

    Written by Maggie Sefton

    Narrated by Jane Jacobs

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    About this audiobook

    Despite the fact that her aunt was an expert knitter, Kelly Flynn never picked up a pair of knitting needles she liked-until she strolled into House of Lambspun. Now, in the first in a brand-new series, she learns how to knit one, purl two, and untangle the mystery behind her aunt's murder...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 2, 2010
    ISBN9781101432358
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    Reviews for Knit One, Kill Two

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    • 2/5
      Kelly Flynn returns to Colorado from her job in Washington, D.C., to handle the estate of her Aunt Helen, who was killed during a burglary gone wrong. The problem is that Kelly doesn't believe it was a burglary at all. The person in custody for the murder had no reason to kill her aunt; and there's questions unanswered.Who took the heirloom quilt that has been hanging on the wall for as long as Kelly remembers? Where is the $20,000 that Helen supposedly had borrowed, but none of the money was found? These, and more are questions that the police either don't know the answers to or don't care, but Kelly and her newfound friends - the ladies that her aunt had been knitting with - are sure that there's something else afoot, and they're willing to do whatever it takes to help her find the truth...While this book had an interesting premise and I wanted to read it for that reason, it never really seemed to grab my attention and keep it for any length of time. Perhaps it was the fact that I felt overwhelmed by all the descriptions of yarn and knitting which seemed to be a constant throughout the book and pretty much took first place over the murder.At any rate, every time I was interested in something related to the murder, here comes something else about knitting. While I enjoy "themed" cozies, I just couldn't stick with this one; maybe the characters weren't interesting enough; none of them seemed "real" to me - and I never felt that Kelly was someone you could 'cozy up to' at all; she seemed rather standoffish throughout the entire book. Perhaps it was because she didn't seem to have a sense of humor about anything? The fact that she worried about every little thing that happened? That she never seemed to warm up to Steve (no chemistry); and that detracted quite a bit for me; it made the 'knitting lessons' a little less interesting because I didn't find the characters to be so.I also thought that there were an awful lot of characters for an initial book; and I really wondered if any of them did anything else with their time than knit. I even began to wonder if they actually had full time jobs or were just temps somewhere. I also wondered why they would be so willing to do all they did for Kelly not having known her (and since she visited her aunt, why didn't anyone know her? Did she never leave the house?). They were all so willing to go to the ends of the earth for a virtual stranger - but maybe that's because they had no social life outside the knitting group and thought this is what people do.I also know that Kelly said she spent a lot of money on her father's illness, but it had been three years since he passed, so shouldn't she have been able to save something? After all, she worked for a high-powered CPA firm and admitted that she had no social life, so unless she was heading to Atlantic City and blowing her money, she should have had something in the bank yet she cried poor. It didn't ring true. It was also odd that her aunt sold the barn, sold land for a golf course, etc.; yet didn't have any savings of her own, either. You'd think with the property she sold she would be sitting pretty. What did she do with her profits?At any rate, while it was written well and the plot decent, I still felt that this could have been better. However, since it is the first in the series and I see that it has progressed along, I would hope that it has improved quite a bit, and Kelly finally has a personality to recommend her.
    • 4/5
      I'm finding this series very enjoyable. It took me most of the book to really warm up to the main characters, but that's not a negative for me. I am a knitter and I understand how irresistible it is to feel all the different yarns, but it's getting a little tiresome hearing it so many times in each book. I find myself skimming through those pages. I do like how these seem to be real mysteries. Many of these types of series are pretty light on the mystery side (which is okay because that's not the only reason I'm drawn to the genre). But these books have pretty good mysteries.
    • 4/5
      I was a little disappointed at the end. I guess I expected another page or two to wrap things up.
    • 4/5
      In this genre cozy mystery, the main theme is knitting, in particular an amazing little knitting shop located right by the protagonist's aunt's house. Kelly Flynn has inherited her beloved Aunt Helen's home, and is immediately swept out of her stressful city life and into the relaxing, loving small town life she remembers from her childhood. She makes friends, and even begins to knit, but her aunt's murder continues to haunt her. Kelly believes her aunt wasn't killed by an interrupted intruder, but a cold-blooded killer.With the help of her new friends, and a possible love interest, Kelly sets out to bring her aunt's killer to justice.I love cozy mysteries, and this was an especially enjoyable one. The knitting scenes, particularly the descriptions of the yarns, made me want to become a knitter. The characters are all well-developed, and the mystery has a lot of good red herrings and twists. The only thing really that was at all a negative was that Kelly's initial strong dislike of her now-possible love interest seemed really out of left field, and didn't make a lot of sense.
    • 3/5
      Meh. Fast read, totally mindless. The only believable thing about the book is the enjoyment found in the yarnshop. Touching and squeezing skeins of yarn is exactly that sensual!The copy-editing was pretty poor, and the editorial staff should not take any bows for the amateur overwriting. The book designer could have helped with time transitions with a few judicious graphic elements. This book is the first in the series, so I will assume the subsequent books are a bit more polished.
    • 3/5
      Kelley goes to Colardo to settle her aunt's affairs and believes that she was murdered. She begins looking into the murder herself when her questions go unanswered by the sheriff. Kelley makes new friends at the knitting shop that her aunt frequented and they help her by teaching her how to knit while talking about her aunt's life. When a second woman is murder, who turned out to be cousin, Kelley is positive it's murder.
    • 4/5
      Synopsis: Kelly Flynn, a corporate CPA from Washington, DC, returns to a small town in Colorado to bury her beloved aunt. Aunt Helen, an avid knitter has been murdered. Nothing about the investigation feels right to Kelly, so along with her new-found friends at the knit shop, begins to unravel the clues leading to the real murder.Review: This is not as cozy a mystery as it first appears. The character development is good, as is the plot. There is very little use of 'leaps of faith' to uncover the killer.
    • 3/5
      A fun and quick read where a young woman looking into her aunt's death finds friend, knitting and a new community. Perhaps goes a little overboard into the knitting but otherwise an enjoyable escape.
    • 2/5
      Slow going at first. Kelly has a dull life in Washington D.C. when she comes back to Colorado for her aunt's funeral she discovers questions concerning her Aunt Helen's death and vows to find the answers.
    • 3/5
      Kelly Flynn works at a CPA firm in D.C. and she is good at it. But when she gets news of her aunt’s murder, she drops everything to go back to the small town where she spent so many happy days with her aunt and uncle. The police think it was just a burglary gone wrong, but Kelly has other ideas. She is sure the cops have the wrong guy in custody. It takes some digging into her aunt’s past to find the answers she seeks. In the meantime, Kelly has made some new friends and is actually finding out that she may have inherited some of her aunt’s talent at needlework. The first in the series, this tale definitely leaves you wanting to know more about the characters. It’s a good start, an interesting concept in cozy mysteries, and the hope is that all these likeable characters will return in book two with a new murder to solve.
    • 4/5
      Very good cozy mystery. I enjoyed how the knitting shop was involved with solving the murder. I hope to see Kelly and Steve get closer in the rest of the series.
    • 3/5
      Maybe not the best writing around, but this is a thoroughly charming series.
    • 4/5
      Another one that would have called for half-stars if I'd had them at my disposal. This one was a quick, breezy read. The dog seems superficial and is only really important at one point in the story. I believe this is the first of the series, but I don't know if the characters carry over from one to the other. Character development seems incomplete; the storyline seemed contrived, but it never promised to be anything else. As a knitter & spinner, I did very much enjoy the descriptions of the yarns & crafts, although I was ready to scream if another knitting project was described as a "creation." I would suggest increasing the vocabulary, particularly as far as adjectives are concerned. Overall, the whole book seemed a little simplistic. Nevertheless, I have hopes for the rest of the series.
    • 3/5
      I really love knitting. When I saw the cover of this book, I was excited to read a book that incorporated knitting in the plot and characters. Yes, the story features a knitting shop and knitters. Unfortunately, very little of it rang true to me. There was a lot of description of novelty yarns that a serious knitting would never buy.The main story is a murder mystery. That part was pleasant reading - it did not take long to predict the outcome (correctly). I like a "beach book" and I have no problem with an easy read. My biggest complaint about this book, however, is that the author never met an adjective she didn't like. As a result the sentences were clumsy and overly long. Her editor should have done the author a favour and sent the manuscript back to back to have her tighten up the writing.The cover promises a knitting pattern and a recipe. The pattern was a very basic, super chunky knit for absolute beginners.Why the 2 1/2 stars? The Cinnamon Rolls that I made from the recipe included were delicious!
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable for the characters, the knitting, and the mystery! A true who dunnit, my favorite kind!
    • 4/5
      After her aunt is murdered, Kelly Flynn goes to her home in Colorado to settle her affairs. Kelly discovers that her aunt had uncharacteristically taken out a loan on her cottage for 20,000 and just received the money the day that she was killed. The police believe that a vagrant who has been in trouble with the law before committed the crime because he was seen nearby soon afterwards, but Kelly finds several things that just don't add up. She gets permission from her company to work from Colorado for awhile and she gets connected with a group of women who knit at the knitting store that is right across the street from her aunt's cottage. They also teach her to knit and get her started on her first sweater. This book made me want to get my knitting out. The descriptions of yarn and the knitting shop were excellent. I also loved all the knitting group characters. The mystery was well-constructed, if somewhat a stretch in believability in the end. I already have the next one in the series ready to go.
    • 5/5
      This book is a charming cozy mystery that centers around an awesome knitting and yarn shop in a Colorado town. The town is a fantastic setting - beautifully described - and just small enough to keep the warm feel of small town life without stifling the story. The lead character comes back to the town where her aunt lived after the aunt's tragic murder. The police say that it was a drunk that came in and robbed the house while the aunt was home, however the lead character feels like there is something more to the story. With plenty of twists to keep you guessing, and delicious details about knitting, crafting and yarn, this book will appeal to knitting lovers and cozy mystery readers alike. The true draw for me for this story was the fact that the main character falls into a regular group of friends that meet to knit and discuss life. Belonging to a Stitch n Bitch group myself (whom I love dearly), this aspect of the story really appealed to me. :)
    • 4/5
      Fun cozy mystery. Made me want to start knitting!
    • 5/5
      A wonderful beginning to a fun set of books. You don't have to be a knitter to enjoy the mysteries about Kelly Flynn and her friends. This book introduces you to Kelly and the people she meets through the House of Lambspun which is in her aunt's farmhouse where she had grown up. Kelly comes to Colorado to take care of her aunt's funeral and few possessions when she discovers that the wrong person had been arrested in her aunt's murder. While doing an investigation of her own, she learns that her aunt not had mysteriously borrowed $20,000 right before her death, but that she also had another aunt nearby that she never knew about. If you're looking for a blood and gore murder mystery, you won't find it in Maggie Sefton's books. But it you are looking for a good mystery with wonderful characters that you wish you knew, look no further than Maggie Sefton's knitting mysteries!
    • 4/5
      I really liked this book, and I must say it has been a while since reading a mystery. I thought that the characters were interesting, the plot just plausible enough, and the tiny paperback size of the book perfect for stowing away in my purse to read whenever I had a chance. Definitely excited about reading all the other books in this series.
    • 4/5
      For me, this was a pleasant little cozy mystery that I could carry around in my purse and pick up whenever I had a few minutes to read. It wasn't rocket science, but it was interesting and entertaining in the manner of most cozy mysteries.Kelly Flynn is called back to Fort Connor, CO to settle the estate of her Aunt Helen who was murdered in what the police say was a robbery gone bad, but too many little things don't add up to that scenario for Kelly and she convinces her aunt's friends to help her resolve those discrepancies. IMHO, the clues were well-spread out and the characters were interesting. I hope to see in future installments further character development for all the different personalities - some you wanted to laugh with, others you wanted to hug.
    • 2/5
      I picked up this book to read at the airport as my flight was delayed/canceled/rescheduled/etc. It was good enough to fill some time, but had I not been in the airport, I probably wouldn't have finished. The plot was rather predictable, with Kelly returning to her hometown to deal with the death of her murdered aunt. Kelly takes it upon herself to track down the real killer, with the help of a rather flat cast of knitters at the yarn store next door. It was cutesy and not very suspenseful as a murder mystery. The writing was rather distracting; the author over-used her thesaurus and I was preoccupied with paying attention to how many different ways the author could write "said".
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed "Knit one, kill two". It was the enjoyable easy read I thought it would be (perfect reading for when I was recuperating from a stomach bug last week). It follows Kelly, who has returned to the area after her aunt has been murdered, and who tracks down the killer with the help of some friends she makes at the local yarn shop. Of course, there are the coincidences and bits that don't quite seem real (how come everyone has SO much free time to spend drinking coffee in the yarn shop?!) but it is reasonably convincing as a murder mystery. Plus the descriptions of yarn and knitting are amazing. You can almost imagine being in the shop...
    • 1/5
      The first in Maggie Sefton's knitting mysteries series, this one follows Kelly Flynn as she discovers what caused her aunt Helen's death. It's a very well-told mystery, nice amounts of detail without going overboard. The ending's a little rushed, but I think that's the sort of thing the author will work out with practice. More importantly, this is definitely "knitting porn". It's full of passionate descriptions of wools, yarns, and finished projects. It's just awesome if you're a knitter -- I'm not normally a fan of mysteries, and I really enjoyed this one. I'll definitely be reading more in this series!
    • 3/5
      After her aunt's murder, Kelly Flynn returns to Fort Connor, Colorado, where she spent part of her childhood, to take care of her aunt's estate. The police arrested a vagrant near the scene of the murder, but when Kelly discovers items missing from her aunt's house, she begins to suspect that the police have the wrong person in custody. After a second murder, she is convinced that someone else is responsible for both deaths. With the help of her new friends from the knitting shop across the street, Kelly solves both murders.The mystery was slow to develop, taking a back seat to character introduction and development. The conversations between Kelly and the knitters were at times awkward and repetitive. I think both flaws would be easy to improve upon in future series entries. The author should become more comfortable with the characters over time, and presumably she will not need to spend as much time introducing the characters to each other (and to the reader) in subsequent books in the series.
    • 3/5
      Kelly learns to knit while she investigates her aunt's murder. This is a cozy little mystery -- I'm not sure that a non-knitter would enjoy it so much -- there are many long passages about knitting and probably even more passages about touching yarns. I understand all this well, but I feel like it was forced a little too much here. Also -- I don't think that some of the descriptions of knitting are accurate - you would not learn to knit following the same instructions that Kelly was given.This is the first in a series of books, and I can see where the author's going. I think she will reach a wider audience if she lightens up a little about the knitting -- it's nice to have it included in the story, but it doesn't need to be so insistent.A nice bonus is the inclusion of a couple of knitting patterns and a recipe for cinnamon buns!
    • 3/5
      I usually wait to judge a new series until I read the second book; I often find the first book of a series weak, but the author develops assurance as they continue. Or they crash and burn. Ellis Peter's Brother Cadfael became one of my favorite series, but I thought that the first book, A Morbid Taste for Bones, was decidedly mediocre, especially for an experienced writer. One thing that impressed me about the book was Sefton's description of the sensory overload that some of us go into when we get into a yarn shop. I also prefer amateur detectives who have a little sense when it comes to dealing with clearly dangerous people, and so I am very happy that Sefton doesn't have her heroine going off alone to confront the killer. I would have preferred that Sefton had not fallen into the cliched trap of trying to set up a bickering relationship with the obvious potential love interest. It didn't work too well, and I find bickering a poor substitute for plot. Since the story involves things that happened decades before, I am glad that Sefton chose the more realistic plot of the characters having gotten on with their lives, generally successfully, and not becoming fixated on the past. I don't like stories, especially series, where the characters continue to have the same problems with the same people with no resolution. (Except for running into an inordinate number of murders, of course.) The characters need more development and the book certainly needed better editing. The editing is probably hopeless, but the character development wasn't so dreadful as to ruin the book for me and can certainly be improved in further installments. While Kelly's ability to switch to being an off-site employee may or may not be unrealistic in her industry, but it seems more plausible for an accountant than most jobs. I will definitely be checking out the next book, and I hope this will prove to be a successful series. Those interested in the needlework aspects may enjoy Monica Ferris' Betsy Devonshire mystery series, which begins with Crewel World or Debbie Macomber also has an interesting novel called The Shop on Blossom Street, both of which center around knitting/needlework shops.
    • 4/5
      This is the first 'Cozy' mystery I have read, & I have to say I really enjoyed it. I liked the characters, a good plot & it's inspired me to Knit!! Looking forward to more Cozy mysteries.
    • 4/5
      I finished this book on vacation, and it was a perfect beach read. This is the first in a series, followed by [Needled to Death] and [A Deadly Yarn]. As a knitter, I loved the author's descriptions of yarn, knitting projects and all things knitting-related. However, I think the author did a good job of not overdoing it with the knitting references. Even non-knitters who like mysteries such as those by Carolyn Hart (Death on Demand) will also like this book. As in the knitting novels by Debbie Macomber, this one has a simple pattern included. The author also includes a receipe for cinnamon buns mentioned in the book that sound wonderful.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoyed this book, loved the way the yarns in the store and what Kelly was knitting was described. It was all so real that it has made me want to go out and get some yarn and learn to knit too!The story was good, but in my opinion there were too many characters. Maybe once we get into the next book in the series we will see more development with those characters and see what happens with the relationship of Kelly and Steve. I'm assuming that Kelly stays in the town, and I wonder what will happen with the Shop. Looking forward to the next mystery :)