While I've read the other reviews and I know others loved it, I did not. It was too slow, I had to force myself in places to keep plowing through it. It seemed to take forever for it to get to the mystery part and while I misdirection was there, I didn't fall for it and had it figured out well before the end. All in all though, I have enjoyed this series enough that I will keep at it but I hope the next one doesn't drag quite so much.

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I really enjoyed this third book in Casey's Southern Sewing Circle series. In fact, all the books in this series have been fun to read.

In this one, town librarian Tori tries to find the murderer of a cranky old lady. Lots of sewing, gossip, and a little romance, in addition to finding the murderer.

One of the things I really like about this series is that there is no profanity. Nice to read a book without a bunch of swearing.

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Third in this series and I really liked it a lot. Some of it I figured out, some I guessed wrong, but generally the characters are so likable that I really enjoyed the book. Looking forward to the next one in the series.

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Pinned for Murder by Elizabeth Lynn Casey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Pinned for Murder is the third book in the Southern Sewing Circle mystery series. As with this series, it is well-written, stepped in Southern tradition and lore, and enjoyable to the end.

The story begins with the town having been hit by a tropical storm, something that is not all that common, but then again not uncommon in the southern states. The library has minimal damage, mostly the bottom shelf of books, but it fairs better than alot of the older homes in town.

In this story, we visit our favorites from the Sewing Circle, with Rose being our focus, as her house has been damaged. She is depending on the help of a young man that she befriend long ago when she was a teacher, a gentle spirit that is a little on the slow side, some might say. We find him helping Rose, but at the same time being accused of stealing money from Rose's neighbor, Martha Jane when he tries to help her out, at the request of Rose, only for Tori to walk in and find that they money was never stolen, just that Martha Jane had switched her socks and money to the left hand drawer from the right hand draw and didn't remember! Of course, everything would be over if Martha Jane would have apologized or if she had been so spitting mad at everyone in general. But that is not Martha Jane, and she turns up dead the next day.

Poor Kenny Murdock, he is almost tried and convicted without anyone even taking a second look, but the problem is that the money is actually stolen this time, and well Kenny never did learn money in school. He could never understand the difference between a one dollar bill and a ten dollar bill! So why would he steal the money. That is all that was needed, that and the fact that poor Rose i so heartbroken over the whole thing, Tori is investigating again!

This one twists and turns, brings other people into town, and we learn more and more about each of our other characters, and right up to the very end, when we think we know who did it, we find out we didn't! Amazing!

I have really enjoyed this series and the characters, the southern charm and the warmth that just comes from the books when you think of the Sewing Circle sitting around making things right one piece at a time. It just takes me back to a simpler time in the world that I want to hold onto. It's refreshing!

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Tori comes to Rose's aid in proving her former student did not murder the meanest woman in town. Sewing, books, gossip and murder in small town South Carolina. 3.5 stars

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If you read the first of this series, and like it, you will want to keep going. I am up to having finished this, the 3rd one so far. I enjoyed it. As soon as the book starts you feel as if you are very involved in the story line, as well as have known this crew forever. Maybe that results from a book in a charming small town, with the library and a sewing group the focus. Two of my favorite things, so I am hooked. But really, the mystery flows nicely, the characters are interesting, and it is the true definition of all that makes up a good cozy.

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Too many characters to keep track of.

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