Hooked on Murder

Author(s): Betty Hechtman
Publisher: Berkley
Date : 2008

This book (the first in a seiries by Betty Hechtman) ia about Molly Pink, a 40ish widow who is starting to put her life back together. She works at a bookstore as an events planner. She has 2 grown and out of the house sons and a beau who is serious about her, but she's not quite ready for that step. A good life, but nothing you would think would lead to a murder mystery.
As it happens, there is a group of crocheters that meet at the bookstore. The leader of the group leaves her bag of hooks at the bookstore. Molly decides to take it to her house. That's where the problems begin.
Molly walks into a house where the front foor wasn't closed. She looks for Ellen Sheridan, the Tarzana Hookers' leader. And Molly finds her - on the floor, dead. Of course, at that point, the cops show up. How do you explain to a cop that you were just returning somebody's crochet hooks and happened upon the body? Especially if you had a not very pleasant history with the now dead person?
There are twists and turns in the story as Molly tries to figure out who actually committed the murder since she's the prime suspect - thanks to a cop who is interested in Molly's beau. Along the way, Molly learns how to crochet and joins the Tarzana Hookers. You get to see her develop as a crocheter. And of course, the rest of the Tarzana Hookers secrets come spilling out like yarn overstuffed in a closet.
M's Hechtman writes a charming fast paced book. It's almost as if a friend came over for a cup of tea and was relating part of her history to you. I'd recommend this book highly to amateur sleuth mystery lovers, especially fans of the Diane Mott Davidson's seiries. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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