Originally posted on my blog Nonstop Reader.
Knits, Knots, and Knives is the third crafter cozy mystery by Emmie Caldwell. Released 6th Dec 2022 by Penguin Random House on their Berkley imprint, it's 288 pages and available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately.
This is an engaging and well written crafter cozy which even includes a lovely ragdoll cat. I enjoyed the characters and the development of the mystery which although a tiny bit predictable and trope-y in places, is also appealingly well written and paced. Much of the action centers around a civil war re-enactment and living history group and the background research and descriptions are complete and full of interesting detail. The author has done her research well and provides good descriptions of the period re-enactments and the behind-the-scenes details. There are a number of suspects for Lia and the knitting group to examine and exonerate, and the denouement and resolution of the mystery are satisfying and well written.
All-around comfortable cozy with an amateur group of knitters. I'm looking forward to future installments. With three books written in the series already, it would be a good choice for a weekend cozy mystery binge read.
Four stars. (Clean language, no sexual content).
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.