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    Gone with the Wool
    Gone with the Wool
    Gone with the Wool
    Audiobook8 hours

    Gone with the Wool

    Written by Betty Hechtman

    Narrated by Margaret Strom

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    About this audiobook

    Every October, thousands of monarch butterflies flock to California's Monterey Peninsula to spend the winter there. To welcome their colorful guests, Cadbury by the Sea holds a weeklong festival complete with a butterfly queen and her court.

    Eager to show some town spirit, Casey Feldstein finds herself fluttering back and forth between setting up a yarn retreat, baking and helping out at the festival. But when a former butterfly queen is found dead with a knife in her back after a Bless the Butterflies service, Casey must set her loom aside to hook a killer with a score to settle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 5, 2017
    ISBN9781541473416
    Gone with the Wool
    Author

    Betty Hechtman

    Betty Hechtman is the author of several beloved cozy mystery series. Her own love of mysteries started with Nancy Drew and blossomed when she began to read Agatha Christie's books. She has been doing handicrafts since she was a child, and it is a dream come true to be able to mix mystery and yarn craft in her books. Born in Chicago, she currently lives with her family in Los Angeles.

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    • 4/5
      Great continuation of characters but could be a stand alone book. You have a murder and trying to figure out who did it with interesting characters. As usual you won't guess who did it till the end. Looking forward to the next book.
    • 5/5
      Enjoyed listening to it will I worded easy listening
    • 4/5
      It’s time for the monarch butterflies return to Cadbury by the Sea, and it’s a big deal for the folks who live there. They hold a week long festival, complete with all the trappings they can cram into it. But in the midst of all the fun, there is a murder, and Dane’s sister is the prime person of interest. Since he can’t investigate, he implores Casey to use her special detecting skills to solve the case. To complicate matters, Dr. Sammy’s parents make a surprise visit, and he pretends that he and Casey are living together, practically married, so they won’t badger him to return to Chicago. And, oh, yes, Casey is running a yarn retreat. It’s a fast-paced cozy and never a dull moment. The joy of this series lies in the characters, though the mystery is entertaining, too. And there is an ongoing storyline that still isn’t resolved in this installment. Fans will eagerly reach for the next mystery.
    • 4/5
      Fellow fans of this series will like knowing that a secret from the previous book is dealt with here in Gone With the Wool, and the reaction Casey gets isn't exactly what she expected. How's the mystery? First rate, because Hechtman's red herrings led me in the opposite direction from the villain-- a bit like Julius the cat's "stink fish" would make me head away from the kitchen pronto.If there's any weakness in this book for me, it's the fact that Casey spent 97% of her time sleuthing and dodging irritating parents. You see, her friend Sammy's parents are in town, and they still think Casey is going to marry their darling boy. (Definitely not happening.) The reason that Casey had so much time to play detective is that her "early bird" friends who attend each of her yarn retreats are now so well-trained that they can do the work themselves. (You're not paying them, Casey, shame on you.) One of the reasons why I enjoy this series so much is that I love the participation in the retreats and the interaction with all the crafters. For me, yarn is as big an addiction as reading, so I need my fiber fix as much as my mystery fix. If you're in the mood for a book (and a series) with a strong cast of characters, a good setting, intriguing mysteries, and a few balls of yarn thrown in for good measure, I suggest you sign up for one of Betty Hechtman's Yarn Retreats.
    • 4/5
      Gone with the Wool by Betty Hechtman is the fourth book in A Yarn Retreat Mystery series. Casey Feldstein is getting ready for her latest retreat. The group will be learning how to use knitting looms (which are wonderful and easy to use) and for the first time retreaters will also be participating in activities going on in town. Cadbury by the Sea is getting ready for Butterfly Week! Monarch butterflies spend their winter on Monterey Peninsula in California (thousands of them are flying into the town). The town capitalizes on it by having a week of activities including a Butterfly Queen. Rosalie Hardcastle is in charge of the Butterfly Queen committee (she is pushy and took it over). The retreat group is attending the Blessing of the Butterflies. It is where the Princess Court is introduced and there is a play. At the end of the play, Rosalie is dead with a knife in her back. Casey ends up on the suspect list because of a small disagreement with Rosalie. Every year before the homecoming game the football players are treated to a chili dinner made by Rosalie Hardcastle. Two key players ended up sick and Rosalie blamed it on the corn muffins Casey baked (Casey bakes muffins and cakes for several places in town in addition to hosting retreats). Because of this insinuation, Casey’s baking business declines severely. To get herself off the suspect list (and stop the destruction of her baking business), Casey explores other suspects (the list is quite long). To top it off Sammy Glickner (former boyfriend) needs Casey’s help. His parents have come into town unexpectedly. Sammy told his parents that his was living with Casey (they broke up a while ago). Sammy is asking Casey to play along while the parents are in town and not mention his new job as a magician (Sammy is a urologist). It is going to be a busy week for Casey with the festival, retreat, Sammy and his busybody parents, that worrisome manila envelope, and, of course, Rosalie’s murder. Will Casey be able to wrap up the investigation in time to enjoy the festivities and her retreat? Gone with the Wool has a lot going on (there is more than what I mentioned above). It is a charming story with a knotty mystery. I give Gone with the Wool 4 out of 5 stars (I liked it). Gone with the Wool can be read if you have not enjoyed the previous books in the series (the author brings the reader up to date). You might just be a little confused by all the characters. I loved that the author used looms in the book (there is a pattern at the end of the novel). Gone with the Wool is easy to read with a decent pace and an attractive setting. I would like to see more growth in Casey in the next book. I would like to see her better prepared for her retreats. Her lack of planning was extremely evident in this book (tote bags not big enough for looms, lack of class planning, she did not even know how to use the looms). I would also like to see her grow as a person and start getting over her insecurities/issues. I will definitely be reading the next book in A Yarn Retreat Mystery series.I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest and fair review.