Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 1/2/2010 + 334 more book reviews

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The second of the needlecraft mysteries finds Betsy Devonshire invited by her cop friend Jill to watch the raising from the lake of an old barge that will be turned into a trolley. It becomes the scene of a crime when a skeleton is found in the wreckage showing the marks of murder. The corpse turns out to be that of Trudie, a waitress who had disappeared in 1948 and long suspected to have run off with Carl Winters, who also disappeared at the same time. His wife Martha is arrested for the murder, and her friends all implore Betsy to investigate and prove her innocence. Ferris's second needlecraft mystery is as finely wrought as the first, though if you can actually remember details unlike me, there are enough clues for the reader to solve the murder. And as with the first, I really wish they'd put pictures or illustrations as the description of bobbin lace sounds fascinating!

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