Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair has been the talk of the tiny town. But she’s been so busy at work, winning over the sewing circle, and trying to forget her cheating ex that she hasn’t even had time to baste together a pillow, let alone mind local gossip. Then she finds the hometown sweetheart dead at her back door… Everyone believes the … believes the police investigator, who’s just fixin’ to link Tori to the murder in a love triangle gone bad. To clear her name, Tori will have to rely on her new sewing sisters and stitch together the truth- or be darned.
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Sew Deadly is the first book in Elizabeth Lynn Casey’s ( Laura Bradford ) Southern Sewing Circle mysteries series. I love anything about sewing and the enticing covers caught my attention quickly. I’m a fan of the Author and enjoy reading not only her latest releases but everything written by her in the past also. I wasn’t able to guess who the real murderer was and love that I was surprised by the ending.
Tori Sinclair wanted a fresh start at a new job at Sweet Briar , deep in the Southern states. Being from Chicago she stuck out like a sore thumb. That wasn’t the only reason some people didn’t except her. Unknown to Tori was the fact that she had been hired on as Sweet Briar’s head librarian to replace Dixie Dunn, who had been forced into retirement against her will by the library board members. To say that Tori was made to feel welcome by the town’s citizens would be anything but the truth.
It seemed as though everything went against Torie as far as the town’s people where concerned. Not born in the South they seemed standoffish and to this reader just down right rude. She did get invited to be a guest of non other than the town’s mayor, Georgina Hayes, to a sewing circle made up of the town’s leading citizens. Even there she wasn’t really excepted since the former and now retired head librarian was a member and made it known that she held it against Tori for taking away her job from her. Then came that afternoon when Tori went to the garbage dumpster, to throw away some old moldy books, that she discovered the dead body of Tiffany Anne Gilbert, the town’s beauty queen. Then things went from bad to worse when the police investigator suspected Tori of being guilty of the murder for no other reason except that she was new in town. Oh yes and also it was rumored around Sweet Briar that Tori flirted with Milo Wentworth, Tiffany’s heart throb. Surely this was motive enough for Tori to have killed the young beauty queen. She must now slueth to find the real murderer and clear her name, because the investigator had a one track mind dead set on proving that the new librarian was guilty!z
This is definitely a great read for all lovers of cozy mysteries. I highly recommend it for you reading pleasure.
I purchased a Kindle copy of Sew Deadly from Amazon. A favorable review was not requested. All opinions expressed here are my own.
Tori has moved from Chicago, IL (the North) to Sweet Briar, SC (the South) and it hasn’t been easy. The vernacular is different, the previous librarian, Dixie, does not like her, and most of all she is the number one murder suspect. Can Tori overcome all these difficulties and make a home and friends in Sweet Briar?
An entertaining read, especially if you are a fan of sewing. This book made me constantly think of my Mamaw who loves to sew and create beautiful work. I wish I enjoyed sewing, Tori made it seem like the perfect relaxation technique.
I am already a fan of Tori and her library. I lost track of how many times I wanted to jump into the book and straight into the Children’s room and grab a copy of Little House on the Prairie and lose myself for hours.
I was a tad disappointed on the cozy mystery murder aspect of the book. Several times I thought I had missed pages as it jumped in and out of the murder mystery with little or no details I am used to reading in cozy mysteries. The big reveal of the murderer never really happened. No big scene between Tori and her murderer. Now, we do need to realize this was a very early work of the author. Her current mystery series (An Amish Mystery series) is one of the best out there. If you haven’t already guessed the author’s other known name is Laura Bradford.
I have already marked this as a series I am continuing and finishing in 2019. I cannot wait to see what Tori does with the library. Who knows, maybe I will take up a sewing project will reading this series.