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Isabel Chambers left the high-stress world of a Boston law firm to return to the one place where she had always been happy, the quaint tourist village of Sea Harbor. She put her savings into an abandoned bait shop with a magnificent view of the harbor and after months of hard work and determination it was reborn as the Seaside Knitting Studio. She also put her past and her bruised heart behind her. Rather than living there herself, Isabel rents out an apartment above the knitting studio to a young woman who grew up in Sea Harbor had left who needs a place to rent. Though Angie's music was loud and she wasn't exactly quiet, Isabel loved her lively nature and charming personality. When Angie's body is recovered by the old seawall Isabel can't believe that the young woman was drunk enough or careless enough to fall into the water. When the death is ruled as accidental, Isabel and her regulars at the knit shop don't agree. True to the cozy script, the ladies think the police have taken the easy way out and so they are determined to learn the truth. The staff and the regulars at the knit shop are an eclectic group of women from all age groups and walks of life. They routinely meet once a week at the shop after it closes, bringing their knitting, their dinner, and their cares and concerns. Over good food and their various knitting projects they talk and try to set their world to rights. It is this element that drew me to the book and why I enjoyed it so much because I know the comfort afforded to a group of women working on their knitting and crocheting and discussing life in general and their problems in particular. Of course there is the appearance of an old boy friend and people who want to push Isabel and Sam together. While Isabel is very independent she is not immune to Sam's charming ways. The rather large cast of characters is all well defined and the book is well written and plotted. There is a cantankerous old man, a snobbish matron, cosmopolitan couples and other interesting types. The author is a teacher, an editor and a knitter. This is obviously the beginning of a series which should be well received by knitters and non-knitters alike.
Reviewed by Lorraine Gelly, November 2008
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