One for the Hooks: A Crochet Mystery (Crochet Mystery, #14)

by Betty Hechtman

Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers must unwind a fiendish skein in national bestselling author Betty Hechtman's fourteenth Crochet mystery.

These are the dog days of August, but you won't catch the Tarzana Hookers crochet club napping. While Molly Pink knits together an idea for a new project, Miami Wilson busily converts a house she inherited into a rental property. But Miami is left shorthanded when Sloan Renner, the woman helping her clean out the house ends up dead under a pile of smelly seafood.

A large drone had flown over the property discarding mollusk shells all over the backyard. Was it an accident? An ill-fated prank by neighbors up in arms about a rental house in their cul-de-sac? Witnesses clam up when Molly's ex, homicide detective Barry Greenberg, tries to get information, but he thinks Molly may be able to get them to open up to her.

When Molly learns about Sloan's seafood allergy, she suspects that the woman's death was no accident. Can she bait the hook to catch the culprit, or will the killer keep raising shell?

• ISBN10: 1643857320
• ISBN13: 9781643857329
• Publish Date: 10 August 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Crooked Lane Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 320
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781643857329

Reviews

[pagesbycyndy]

This is the first book that I have read by Betty Hechtman and anyone who knows me knows that I love books, animals, and a great Cozy Mystery series! How I have missed reading this author is beyond me. I quickly became immersed in this story and the main character Molly's life and romance issues. The plotline was very original, death by a Drone dumping a pile of smelly seafood on the victim? Molly just happens to be present at this crime scene and her former love interest Detective Barry Greenberg just happens to arrive on the scene.

Molly has a complicated life at the present, her son Peter and pregnant girlfriend have moved in and taken over her house, Peter did not endear himself to me at all. Molly has a wonderful new love interest Mason but he may be too perfect and Detective Barry keeps finding ways to make himself relevant in Molly's life.

I enjoyed the plot, characters, and setting of the book. I found the antics of the Tarzana Hookers hilarious! The villain in the book took me by surprise and Molly Pink is one clever and funny sleuth. I find myself wanting to read more of this series. There is a bit of a cliffhanger at the end so I look forward to the next installment. In the meantime, I will go back and read the series from the beginning.