Knit One, Die Two

Written by Peggy Ehrhart

Narrated by Callie Beaulieu

When Arborville, New Jersey's snooty theater scene is upstaged by a shocking murder, Pamela Paterson and her Knit and Nibble knitting club must act quickly to stop a killer from making an encore performance . . .

Knit and Nibble's numbers are growing! In addition to a litter of adorable kittens, the knitting club just welcomed their newest member, Caralee Lorimer, who's learning to knit for her upcoming role in A Tale of Two Cities. According to the amateur actress, the behind-the-scenes drama at the theater is getting downright catty, and Caralee wants a reckoning for Arborville's pretentious suburbanites. Her claws are out, and just like her character in the play, Caralee is ready to name names. But before she can finish her snitchy stitches, Caralee is killed in a suspicious theater accident. Someone thinks they've staged a perfect murder, but Pamela and her Knit and Nibblers are ready to pounce on the real killer . . . before it's curtains for anyone else!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Sep 24, 2019
• ISBN: 9781977332646

Reviews for Knit One, Die Two

[aztwinmom · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Knit One, Die Two is the third book in A Knit & Nibble Mystery series, but the first I have read. I’ve now added the first two to my TBR list! Pamela and her best friend Bettina are members of a knitting group that gathers weekly to knit, eat, and talk. One of their newer members is an unpleasant young woman who is an actress in the community theatre. When she is killed in an apparent accident, Pamela and Bettina aren’t convinced it was an accident and begin digging into motives and alibis. I love that Pamela’s college-aged daughter is always worrying about her mom! A great book to pick up and read when taking a break from your latest knitting project.

[joannefm2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Pamela Paterson is a widow who lives in Arborville, New Jersey and does online editing for a craft magazine. She started the Knit and Nibble knitting club, and they have a new member - Caralee Lorimer, an actress who's learning to knit for her role in A Tale of Two Cities. But it's not long before they hear of an accident at the theater, and Caralee is found dead. But both Pamela and her best friend Bettina think it was murder, and set out to find the truth. Unfortunately, it's not going to be easy, and their suspects all have a reason to want the woman dead...This is the third book in the series and I've actually been reading them in order. I guess my main problem with it is I don't understand the author's obsession with dinnerware and food. She needs to describe each plate that is used by each member of the club -- whether it's wedding china or thrift store finds, and then every dish that is made and served is described in innumerable sentences. Honestly, I don't care who serves what on which dish. Unless it's the murder weapon, what does it matter? It's pages of the story that don't need to be there, and takes away from the mystery. That and the fact that we're told every single thing that Bettina wears and all Pamela ever wears is jeans and a cotton top.Pamela isn't quite forty, but she acts much older. She doesn't act like an amateur sleuth, but more like a nosy neighbor. She doesn't have the "sleuthing qualities" that I've come to love in most cozies, and she's just nosy enough to want to know what is going on, including wondering about where her handsome neighbor is, but not enough to find out. Then, she has six kittens to "dispose of." I say that because she obviously knows nothing about kittens or cats. As a lifetime cat owner, you don't dispose of kittens by giving them away to just anyone (for the record, I spay and neuter my cats). Where was the mention of taking them to the vet? Was she planning on giving them their first shots? Did she care if they were immunized? Even if she didn't plan on the kittens, she should have been a responsible pet owner. Make sure the cats will be well cared for and kept indoors. I'd rather read about this than someone's wedding china. Enough of my rant...Back to the story: trying to figure out who killed Caralee. When it's discovered that she left clues behind, both Pamela and Bettina decide to look further for a killer. They come across several suspects, and they try and figure out what it was that Caralee was trying to say. What they did find was that Caralee hated Arborville, and some of the people in it. She wasn't a likeable person at all in my book.When the ending comes and the killer is revealed, I had it figured out before that, but the motive wasn't worth killing for, in my opinion. The author also did what she did in the last book -- left questions unanswered that I would have liked to have known, leaving me feeling as if the food mattered more than resolutions to some of the questionable characters. But ah, well...I don't expect them to be told in the next book, either.

[sheila1957 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable entry in the Knit and Nibble Mystery series. This time an actress in a local production is killed. While the cops rule it an accident, Pamela and Bettina think it was something else. Since Caralee, the actress, was a member of their knitting group, they decide to follow the clues.I figured out the who but not the why. The clues were there but I could not put it all together. I like Pamela and Bettina trying to solve the crime. I also like how they "bribe" some people to get the gossip and story. They do manage to irritate people so I understand Penny's concern for her mother. I also liked how they managed to trip up one suspect and figure out his secret. Very crafty! I look forward to the Christmas book.

[kris_anderson-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Knit One, Die Two is the third book in A Knit & Nibble Mystery series. I do recommend reading the series in order since background information is lacking in Knit One, Die Two. The book is nicely written, but I wish the pace had been livelier. Peggy Ehrhart is a descriptive writer who goes into detail on cooking, baking, feeding the cats, clothing, going to the grocery, etc. An example is “she added a few tablespoons of sugar to the flour mixture, then poured in melted butter and stirred until some of the flour mixture formed buttery lumps”. This is just a portion of the paragraph describing Pamela making cobbler. These types of descriptions are included for all the items cooked. I would have liked more action in the book and less focus on everyday tasks. I like the main characters of Pamela, Bettina, Wilford and the other members of the Knit & Nibble club. They are a friendly bunch of people. I did not understand Pamela’s obsession over when her neighbor would return from his out of town excursion. She likes her new neighbor, Richard Larkin (though she does not want to admit it), but I did not feel it needed to be mentioned so frequently. The mystery is lackluster. Only Pamela believes Caralee has been murdered. Pamela, with Bettina as her sidekick, question various people around town (food is usually involved). The reveal of the killer is not a surprise nor is the murder weapon. I wanted more focus on the mystery and less on food, kittens, grocery shopping, and chatting. The kittens are adorable and add humor to the story. The recipe for Pamela’s peach cobbler is at the end of the book along with a knitting pattern for a sachet. For those readers who prefer laid back cozy mysteries with more cozy than mystery, you will find Knit One, Die Two enjoyable. I just wanted a little more oomph.

[cathyskye · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Peggy Ehrhart's Knit & Nibble cozy series has been very enjoyable up to this point. The mysteries to be solved, the camaraderie of the knitting group, the types of articles Pamela has to edit for her craft magazine, even the cooking... everything combined to make a fun series. But Knit One, Die Two is another story.The mystery is solid, but the repetition is the real killer in this book. Every single one of Bettina's outfits has to be described in detail down to the shoes and jewelry. I lost count of how many times we were told Bettina's dishes were sage green pottery, ditto the description of Pam's favorite mixing bowl, and don't forget both women have napkins they purchased at the craft shop. Then there are the seven cats that are fed multiple times per day. It's not a good sign when I want to start making hash marks on a piece of paper to learn the final totals of how many times the same things were mentioned in the story.Unfortunately, I have to say that Knit One, Die Two has too much Martha Stewart and too little mystery. I do intend to read the next book in the series, but it will be with trepidation.

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

cozy-mystery, friendship, knitting, culinary, amateur-sleuth, kittens, women-s-fiction ***** A nice fluffy cozy guaranteed to mitigate a stressful day! The knitters are hardly the silver haired mavens of suburbia, but caring members of a community in New Jersey. The first death is a young woman who is acting in the local production of A Tale of Two Cities and might have been the victim of an unusual accident before the evening rehearsal. The characters are interesting and the plot twists are interesting, but the red herrings are quite surprising. A good read! I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley.