Murder Most Crafty: 15 All-New Stories of Criminal Handiwork and the Art of Deduction

Maggie Bruce
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There's a pattern to these crimes... Idle hands are the devil's workshop, which is why it's best to keep them busy with everything from knitting, candlemaking, and papermaking to wreathmaking, basketry, and gourd decorating. For some, skill, patience, and creative expression is also lent to darker pursuits--like murder. In this "witty, unique anthology," writers with a knack for crafting great mysteries turn their tale ts toward the most homicidal of handiworks... stories included: "The Collage to Kill For" by Susan Wittig Albert "The Gourd, the Bad, and the Ugly" by Maggie Bruce "Call It Macaroni" by Jan Burke "No Good Deed" by Dorothy Cannell "If You Meet the Buddha" by Susan Dunlap "Strung Out" by Monica Ferris and Denise Williams "Oh, What a Tangled Lanyard We Weave" by Parnell Hall "How to Make a Killing Online" by Victoria Houston "The M Word" by Judith Kelman "Bewreathed" by Margaret Maron "The Deepest Blue" by Sujata Massey "Waxing Moon" by Tim Myers "Light Her Way Home" by Sharan Newman "Ellie's Chair" by Gillian Roberts "Motherwit and Tea Cakes" by Paula L. Woods
Genres: MysteryFictionShort StoriesAnthologiesCozy MysteryCozyCrafts
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