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When a body is discovered at Sea Harbor's opening reception for the autumn art series, the Seaside Knitters must take a break from stitching baby gear to unravel a series of secrets in Sally Goldenbaum's 15th Seaside Knitters Society mystery.

A Murderous Tangle
(2019)

Birdie, Nell, Cass, and Izzy are prepping their coziest handiwork for a holiday gathering in Sea Harbor, Massachusetts. But as murder makes waves in their tightly knit coastal village, can the Seaside Knitters prevent a deadly trend from catching on?

How to Knit a Murder
(2018)

A mysterious woman arrives in picturesque Sea Harbor, and the Seaside Knitters welcome her helping her find a job fixing up houses.

But when someone is murdered in one of those houses, the seaside knitters jump into the fray to help their new friend.

Murder Wears Mittens
(2017)

When Cass encounters a young boy rushing out the door of a laundromat, leaving behind his school uniform, she recruits her friends to help her find him.

But that good deed leads the knitters directly into a missing mother—and the murder of a reclusive millionaire.

Murder at Lambswool Farm
May 2016, #11)

The seaside knitters celebrate a new challenge in Birdie Favazza's life—turning her family's Lambswool Farm into a farm to table restaurant, the dinners hosted by famous chefs. But when Birdie invites friends to a 'trial dinner' and a guests collapses, things begin to spin out of control.

Trimmed with Murder
(Nov. 2015, #10)

Sea Harbor holidays include knitting ornaments for a tree-trimming contest. But when Izzy’s brother estranged arrives with a hitchhiker—and soon after, a body is found beneath the trimmed trees, the focus instead turns to uncovering family secrets—and a surprising murderer.

A Finely Knit Murder
(May 2015, #9)

Shortly after Nell and Birdie join the board of granddaughter Gabby's school, Blythe, a wealthy board member, creates tension when she attempts to discredit the respected director. When Blythe's body is found near the school boat house, the Seaside Knitters must unravel layers of her complicated life to uncover a murder in their midst.
ISBN 10: 045145361
ISBN 13: 978-0451415363
Penguin Books/NAL

Murder in Merino
(May 2014, #8)

New to Sea Harbor, vivacious Julia Ainsle soon becomes a familiar figure jogging through town and knitting in Izzy’s shop. But things turn when Jules develops a friendship with Cass's boyfriend. And flipflop further when a body is found in her backyard and she becomes a suspect, pulling the knitters into a complicated crime.

ISBN 10: 045145361
ISBN 13: 978-0451415363
Penguin Books/NAL

Angora Alibi
(May 2013, #7)

It's a peaceful summer, until the day a very pregnant Izzy finds an abandoned infant carrier on her walking beach, unsettling her. When a young man who works in her doctor's office is killed near that beach, baby showers are put on hold until the knitters rid their friends of suspicion and bring peace and safety back town.

ISBN 10: 045141534
ISBN 13: 9780451415349
Penguin Books/NAL

A Fatal Fleece
(May 2012, #6)

When Cass Halloran stumbles upon the body of a reclusive fisherman, summer takes an unexpected turn. Compounding the unrest, Birdie is shocked to discover she's a grandmother—and Gabby is moving in for the summer. Caring for a preteen while exploring a murder adds unexpected--and dangerous--surprises to their summer days.

ISBN-10: 0451236750
ISBN-13: 978-0451236753
NAL/Obsidian

The Wedding Shawl
(May 2011, #5)

Izzy and Sam are getting married! But wedding plans become complicated when the wedding party's hair stylist is found dead. Rumors circulate about the stylist's past and her connection to an old unsolved murder in a town quarry. Secrets sizzle in the summer sun, and the Seaside Knitters rally to find answers to replace the whispers and accusations with wedding bells.

ISBN-10: 045123670X
ISBN-13: 978-0451236708
NAL/Obsidian

A Holiday Yarn
(Nov. 2010, #4)

The seaside knitters agree to knit throws for their friend Mary Pisano's new Bed and Breakfast. But when Mary's cousin, controversial fashion editor Pamela Pisano, turns up dead on the snowy back porch, the holiday atmosphere turns dire. And when Mary's painter falls off a ladder, the seaside knitters tap old memories to bring the two mysteries to an unexpected conclusion.

ISBN-10: 0451232879 ISBN-13: 978-0451232878 NAL/Obsidian

Moon Spinners
(May. 2010, #3)

Under the light of a full moon, a local scuba dive club witness an astonishing sight: a red Ferrari flying off a cliff. Sophia Santos, returning home from a party, is behind the wheel, but it isn't the mojitos that send her car off the cliff. Gossip builds and the Seaside Knitters begin to stitch together the clues, uncovering dark secrets, as they work to uncover a killer’s strange pattern.

ISBN-10: 0451232879 ISBN-13: 978-0451232878 NAL/Obsidian

Patterns in the Sand
(May 2009, #2)

When a young fiber artist wakes up in Izzy's yarn studio window, she explains to Izzy that she'd invited her months ago to speak to her customers. But Willow has another reason for the unexpected visit, and when a town artist is killed, she becomes a suspect. Soon Nell, Birdie, Izzy, and Cass are involved in two murders in the art colony as they work to clear Willow's name.

ISBN 10: 0451228316
ISBN 13: 978-045122702-4 NAL/Obsidian

Death by Cashmere
(May 2008, #1)

Ben and Nell Endicott are delighted that their niece, Izzy Chambers, has given up a law career and opened a yarn shop in Sea Harbor. Soon a Thursday-night knitting group emerges, one that includes Nell; Cass Halloran, a lobster fisherwoman; Birdie Favazza, a wise and energetic octogenarian; and Izzy herself. When Angie Archer, Izzy's tenant in the shop apartment, dies under mysterious circumstances, the seaside knitters turn their attention to solving the crime.   Soon suspicions and rumors lead them to long-held family secrets that someone in the town may be willing to kill to keep hidden.

ISBN 10: 0451225538
ISBN 13: 978-0451225535 NAL/Obsidian