Knitted & Knifed is a delightful story of a high school counselor (Tessa) who takes a break from work to help her grandfather, Harry, run his late wife's yarn shop in a small tourist-town on the coast of New Zealand. Along with the yarn shop come Nana Dee-Dee's two too-smart cats. When a non-local businessman is murdered, Tessa, her coddled younger brother - and the cats - find the body. Tessa's brother becomes a suspect in the murder, so Tessa gets involved in solving it, using her skills as a counselor to get people talking. Along the way she befriends the Detective Sergeant working on the case and the owner of the local pub, both of whom look like promising romantic interests in future books in the series.

This was a great mystery for knitters and cat lovers, because there are just enough references to the yarn shop (called Unraveled) and the joys of knitting to make you feel like you wish you could be knitting while you read the book. The cats are also great - their presence is definitely felt throughout the story.

Tessa, the MC, is easy to like because she accepts her imperfections but moves forward with confidence anyway. All of the characters were well developed, and the ones I considered suspects had interesting reasons they might or might not be involved in the murder.

This story made for a really nice light read to just sit back, relax, and enjoy. I definitely got a good feeling from the ending. (And I'm very happy knowing that there are four more books available in the series!)

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