You Better Knot Die (Crochet Mystery, #5) by Betty Hechtman

You Better Knot Die (Crochet Mystery, #5) Reviews

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  Linda

  I really enjoyed this one. The mystery kept changing and I loved the mystery author event, it just added to the overall suspense in the book. I was surprised at all the outcomes and really enjoyed the ride to the conclusion.
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  Micky Cox

  The bookstore owners have decided to open a yarn department with Molly running that end of things, but she still has her full line of event duties including setting up for the biggest event they have ever had! They have landed the coup of the first ever author signing by a reclusive author that is so reclusive that no one knows who the author is and even the workers at the bookstore won't find out until he reveals himself at midnight! In the midst of things, Molly's neighbor is missing presumed dead and so is half the town's savings, including the bookstore owner's savings so once again Molly is pressed into snooping on the store's behalf. Great characters have been developed fully so that you become invested in their outcomes, even Adele who you want to kill half the time. I really can't wait to see what happens in the next book!
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  Laura

  Since I'd already read the first four books in the series, the next time I went to the library, I picked up the next three books.
  
  Book 4 was my favorite in the series. This book wasn't so much a let down (my expectations aren't really high) as much as I'm getting exasperated by Molly and her love life. Barry is a jerk. Mason is a nice guy who wants to get laid but he also genuinely likes Molly. If a woman is having that much of a problem settling between two guys, then she doesn't really want either of them.
  
  A third guy needs to enter the series, a man whom she can really get into.
  
  
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  Barb Martin

  Like the Tarzana Police Department, I left it up to Molly Pink to figure out who murdered Bradley Perkins, her neighbor and the apparent mastermind behind a ponzi scheme.
  
  Honestly, Betty Hechtman left readers with plenty of subtle clues . . . if we were paying attention . . . as to who did the deed. (Un)fortunately, I was enjoying the story so much that I didn't put enough significance on those clues.
  
  I also failed to discern who the mystery author behind a popular crocheting vampire book series would turn out to be.
  
  Gosh. I'm a terrible amateur sleuth.
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  Jennifer

  It was almost cute, but oh so poorly written.
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  Kathy

  
  
  Decent story line. A bit slow and the crochet thing is dull. She needs a better editor who knows grammar. "Me and my friends solved the crime.". Really?
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  Mayda

  The staff at the bookstore are all in a dither, awaiting a big reveal with the unveiling of a mystery author at a book signing. One of the owners is also anxious because it’s almost certain that a large amount of money that she invested with a now dead, local businessman has been lost. But Molly is not so sure all is lost yet, because a suicide with no body seems suspicious to her. There’s a lot action, including chase scenes, secret messages, and more, in this entertaining Christmas cozy, filled with likable, if somewhat bizarre, characters.
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  Kristina Wilson

  Molly Pink finds herself trying to solve another mystery, this time involving her deceased neighbor involved in a financial scheme. For some added levity,, the bookstore where she works is hosting the mysterious author of a hit new vampire series featuring a crocheting vampire! This one is set around Christmas and was full of action. I liked the addition of the dual mystery in trying to guess the author's identity.
  
  This series is wacky, but always fun and this was a great one for the holidays!
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  Kathi

  I've crocheted most of my life. I can do lots of things while crocheting: watch tv, hold a conversation, ride the bus to work. But I cannot hold and read a book at the same time (unless it's audio). The two activities are pretty much mutually exclusive. So why on earth would an established bookstore add on a yarn department?
  
  Other than that, this was a tidy little mystery with enough red herrings to make the ending (both endings -- murder and author) a surprise.
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  Joy Gerbode

  This one was a bit slow getting started but by the end I couldn't put it down.
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  Ames

  This one was so good! The two mysteries happening at once made it so interesting
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  Beverly

  I love to crochet. So when I first discovered this series that featured crocheting I was ecstatic. It's a pretty darn good mystery series as well. And I'm pleased to see that the series has broken into hardback fairly quickly. Of course since this is a series I collect, that means my book expenses have gone up, but that's OK.
  
  
  Book Summary:
  
  
  Her crochet group, The Tarzana Hookers, is working overtime for the holidays-but Molly Pink is having trouble finding time to crochet so much as a snowflake. The bookstore where she works is adding a yarn department, and planning a huge launch party where the mysterious author of a popular series will reveal his or her true identity.
  
  But before the author appears, another person disappears. The husband of Molly's neighbor is missing. When a suicide note arrives, it appears the husband has jumped off the Catalina Ferry- but Molly smells something fishy. Despite the protestations of her detective boyfriend, Molly's soon hooked on unraveling another mystery. She better watch out-or her sleuthing may get her on someone's naughty list...
  
  
  I find Pink to be a fairly grounded character considering all the crazy things that happen to her. She's caught between two love interests. Her two adult sons treat her with a great deal of condescension. Craziest of all is that she has to put up with Adelle, a knitting hating, over confident co-worker who horns in on everything. (I guess we all have an Adelle in our lives and that's just one of the aspects of this series that makes it easy for the reader to connect.)
  
  
  In this latest installment, Hechtman taps into the vampire craze by featuring a secretive author who writes books about a vampire who controls his blood lust by crocheting. I'm not sure you would find a real series about a crocheting vampire, but it makes this book a fun read. Hechtman has even included a crochet pattern for a "vampire" scarf.
  
  
  There were a few twists and turns in this installment that makes this my favorite of the series so far. If you enjoy cozy mysteries with a dash of comedy, this is a series for you.
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  Alice

  This is a cute, fun, cozy mystery with likable characters and a fun Christmas setting. Unfortunately, there are some technical problems that are relatively easy to overlook in a quick Holiday read, but could be troublesome to longtime readers of this series. I have never read anything by this author and don't know if repeated sentences and continuity problems are habitual. Overall, a cute, fun Christmas mystery, but not great writing. I enjoy the characters, but not the mistakes.
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  Rachel

  I read the ninth novel in this series first, and now, I'm going through the series from the beginning. This fifth novel of the series was just as interesting and entertaining as the other books of the series I've read. As was also the case with the other novels in the series, I found the writing style to be good, and the plot was fun. I really enjoyed the novel and am looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
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  Jenn

  This book reminded me too much of the Joanne Fluke food mysteries except it was about crocheting instead of cooking. Too many similarities between the books.
  
  I do enjoy reading craft fiction books and it was nice to read one about crochet.
  
  A decent read but nothing to really write home about.
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  JoAnne McMaster (Any Good Book)

  Molly Pink is a widow who works at a local bookstore as an events coordinator. She's trying to put together an event nearing Christmas that involves a local author -- one who's identity thus far is unknown. His vampire books are best sellers, and everyone is chomping at the bit to discover who he is. None more than Molly's coworker Adele, who's convinced it's her boyfriend, William, a childrens' author.
  
  But when Molly's next-door neighbor disappears leaving a suicide note, his wife Emily is devastated. But then it's discovered that the man was running what appears to be a Ponzi scheme, taking money from others; some of those being Molly's friends and involving someone even closer to her. While her boyfriend, homicide detective Barry Greenberg, tells her to stay out of the investigation, she knows she won't, and she and her best friend Dinah decide to do a little sleuthing on their own. Now if they can just get the store event up and running on time, and catch a killer, then maybe their lives will go back to normal -- or not...
  
  This is the fifth book in the series, and I think they've pretty much "evened out." That is to say, Molly has found her niche, and there's not so much a love triangle, which I absolutely abhor. The other thing that always grates on my nerves is the 'evil nemesis,' and I think (hope) Adele has come to her senses and will stop hounding Molly all the time.
  
  The mystery was pretty decent, and kept us wondering throughout the book who the murderer was (because we know eventually there will be a murder). It kept Molly and Dinah hopping, and even though Barry thought they were off the mark, there was another unexpected clue that kept them on the trail.
  
  When the ending comes and we finally find out who the killer is, it does come as a bit of a surprise, which is actually a good thing. It's also pretty much a surprise to find out who the author of the popular books is, and that's another good thing. Still, the ending left a bit to be desired, urging us to read the next in the series (and I hate cliffhangers).
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  Anna Hanson

  The holidays are approaching and the bookstore is gearing up for a full season, including a special event - the revelation of the author of a series of extremely popular vampire books. Molly’s hands are full, but even more is heaped on her plate when her boss asks her to see if she can find out what happened to the investor she’d sunk her savings with, who had disappeared. When a suicide note turns up a few days later, it seems a bit too convenient; Molly’s inquisitive mind is busy thinking up scenarios, especially when the wife is acting a bit squirrelly. Could he be alive somewhere, and does the wife know where?
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  Justine Bojarsky

  This was my favorite mystery in the series so far. I liked how much investigating Molly had to do.
  
  Not into the all the men/boyfriends in the book. They’re all possessive assholes that “won’t allow their woman” to just BE PEOPLE. And the end proposal? BARF! Molly has way more fun and support from Mason and I still have no idea why the hell molly would be interested in Berry’s “alpha male” personality anyways. There’s nothing good about him except for the sex (I guess), the rest of the time he’s an intrusive piece of shit who does nothing but complain.
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  chrisa

  It was pretty good. Maybe my favorite so far in the series and since I usually find the characters pretty irritating, that's saying something. Maybe I was feeling less annoyed than usual because it was a Christmas cozy mystery (and I love Christmas cozy mysteries), but it was pretty good. I will say that the end felt a little rushed - there were a lot of loose ends to wrap up and I felt like Hechtman told us more than showed us how everything was resolved.
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  Rebecca

  This is one of those books where for me, I'm rating it at a 4, but I can definitely see how others might rate lower. It's a cute cozy mystery where the main character crochets and works in a bookstore, which is really what I want, and this one had some extra Christmas coziness thrown in. It's not always the most masterfully written, and there are some interesting character choices made, but I always enjoy reading these and finish feeling really inspired to get crocheting again.
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  Christine (KizzieReads)

  This one was a bit over the top. I'm really not a fan of Adele. She just annoys me. Mason was also getting irritating.
  
  The story line was a bit too out there for me. That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it at all. I did, just not as much as other ones. Both mysteries in this kept me guessing until the reveal which was great.
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  Lena

  This book was really fun because along with the main mystery of the missing neighbor, there was the mystery of who is A. J. Kowalski, the writer of a hot new vampire series. The question of who could be the same person for both mysteries! I've grown to like this series more and more, though I do get kind of irritated with the love triangle.
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  Mary Drummond

  This was the first book that I read in the series and I thought it was a cute mystery, started and finished it the same day. It kept my attention. Since I love to crochet as well, this was right up my alley.
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  EDLundy-Veo

  Different twist at the end, but I won’t be a spoiler.
  
  Once again our heroine is responsible for solving a murder mystery. All’s well that ends well. Join the Tarzana Hookers for another Crochet Mystery.
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  Leslie

  A clever storyline: Crocheting being the main underlying theme. An easy read, but the mystery only comes to light in the last few pages. Anyone who likes the British show "Rosemary & Thyme" is likely to enjoy this book!
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  Mary

  As mysteries go, this was not exciting. The solution was pretty obvious early in the book. The Barry/Mason show is getting a little old. The only saving grace was the guessing game of who would be revealed to be the author of the series of crocheting vampire books.
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  Denise Kulesa

  Another amazing book in the series. Molly just can't help herself from solving murders. This series is so good and can be read out of order !!! Betty Hechtman is an amazing author and I recommend her books.