Crewel World by Monica Ferris

This is book one in the Needlecraft Mystery Series and this series came recommended by one of my fellow scifi book group members.

Betsy left her life in San Diego behind and came to spend some time with her only sister, Margot, in Excelsior, MN. Margot ran a Needlepoint, Yarn and Floss store with a handful of part-time employees and volunteers. Margot, thrilled to see her sister after so many years apart, put her up in the spare bedroom and even gave her a part-time position at the store.

However, when it was Betsy who discovered a break-in at the store after a late night trip to the Cities, it was the police who discovered Margot had been murdered. Now Betsy is left with a cat, a needlepoint store and wondering who could have done her well-liked sister in.

This was another brain-candy, light mystery. I was particularly partial to the Twin Cities setting being from there myself and could follow the streets and highways and places. However, I was a little disappointed in that I figured out "who done it" almost immediately, but since I liked the characters, it wasn't hard to keep turning the pages. Another good beach or vacation book.