Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris

Book 4 in the Crewel World mysteries featuring Betsy Devonshire.

Betsy is still reeling from her 'bout with arsenic poisoning back in December and her staff and friends are telling her she needs to get away on a vacation. Her wish for a cattle drive is out - it's only March - but her friend Jill suggests a 'stitch-in' up the North Shore at the beautiful Naniboujou Lodge. She reluctantly agrees and instead of a relaxing weekend, she is faced with the mysterious disappearance of the guest instructor, of which she is the only person at the lodge to have seen her alive.

Positive points - it's set on the North Shore and I've been to Naniboujou several times. Lovely place! Ferris describes it pretty well: meals are fantastic, the solarium is beautiful, and words really cannot describe the amazing dining hall.

Negative points - to be picky, I do know that the lodge is not open in the winter time. I found Betsy to be a bit of a whiner in this book. I "think" it was the authors intent to portray Betsy as being worn down, but there were inconsistencies - she starts out by having awful nightmares, but halfway through that seems to be a moot point and by the end of the book, non-existent. There is supposed to be a guided "stitch-in" happening, but yet the main instructor is laid up in a hospital in Duluth and the guest instructor is missing. Why wasn't anyone complaining that half of their fees for the weekend be reimbursed?

Still, like I've said previously, if you like fluffy, fun, brain-candy mysteries with a needlepoint/knitting/cross-stitch theme set in Minnsota, you might like these.