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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
My only rant on this one is about the reviews given by various American readers, moaning that there was too much about Jill and her children. Given the location of the body, the children had to come into it to a large extent - how do you cope with a not-quite four-year-old and a skeleton on the premises at the same time? Also, it is interesting to see Jill in the role of mother, rather than copper.
If this causes Ms Ferris to to keep Jill's family out of future books, then I would ask her to consider Charles' Dickens purported advice to Hans Christian Anderson - "have the same view of critics that lamp-posts have about dogs"
If this causes Ms Ferris to to keep Jill's family out of future books, then I would ask her to consider Charles' Dickens purported advice to Hans Christian Anderson - "have the same view of critics that lamp-posts have about dogs"
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Again another good story from Monica Ferris.
I enjoyed reading the story, I love reading for pleasure and a story I can pick up and put down when needed was a bonus. A nice change to be away from the 'store' and a good ending, I had no idea 'who did it'.
This was one of the first books I bought through Amazon and it arrived within the alloted time and was in better condition than the seller stated.
I enjoyed reading the story, I love reading for pleasure and a story I can pick up and put down when needed was a bonus. A nice change to be away from the 'store' and a good ending, I had no idea 'who did it'.
This was one of the first books I bought through Amazon and it arrived within the alloted time and was in better condition than the seller stated.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Only because I love the series...and Betsy.
19 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
This is perhaps the weakest entry in the series. I usually don't even try to solve the mysteries as I am reading, but I had this one figured out within pages of them discovering the skeleton. I love the series, so I am giving the book three stars...but if this was the first book I read of Monica Ferris', I doubt I would bother to read any others.
Too much of Jill's children (cute as they are supposed to be, their presence really did nothing for the story) and Betsy's man troubles, and not enough of Crewel World, Godwin, or The Monday Bunch.
The book felt rushed and incomplete to me.
Too much of Jill's children (cute as they are supposed to be, their presence really did nothing for the story) and Betsy's man troubles, and not enough of Crewel World, Godwin, or The Monday Bunch.
The book felt rushed and incomplete to me.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
hypnotic mystery
11 Dec 2010
Format:Hardcover
In Excelsior, Minnesota Betsy Devonshire, owner of Crewel World needlework shop, was instrumental in getting Lars and his wife Jill a the fixer upper log cabin with six acres of land attached to it. The property is in a state park and part of the property is on the shore. While ripping up a floor and linoleum, they find a trap door that leads to a concealed basement. There they see the bones of a skeleton in the shape of a human are found. Whoever it was did not die a natural death.
Jill has a need to know who the victim and the killer are. Betsy joins her on the investigation. They soon learn a former WWII German POW camp was nearby and one person successfully escaped never to be seen again. Twentyish Dieter Keitel had a cold crown on his tooth just like the corpse appears to have. To affirm they found Deiter's bones, the daughter of Betsy's friend does reconstructive forensic modeling from six pictures of him. The results stun Betsy and the audience
There is no blood, or gore just bones in Buttons and Bones yet Monica Ferris once again (see Blackwork) knits together a hypnotic mystery due to the directions the investigations takes her. The murder happened over a half a century ago, but Betsy treats the killing as if it happened yesterday as she takes it as an affront in a believable manner as some of those involved back in WWII still live. This is a terrific 1940s whodunit investigated in the twenty-first century by an amateur sleuth who would have been a great police detective.
Harriet Klausner
Jill has a need to know who the victim and the killer are. Betsy joins her on the investigation. They soon learn a former WWII German POW camp was nearby and one person successfully escaped never to be seen again. Twentyish Dieter Keitel had a cold crown on his tooth just like the corpse appears to have. To affirm they found Deiter's bones, the daughter of Betsy's friend does reconstructive forensic modeling from six pictures of him. The results stun Betsy and the audience
There is no blood, or gore just bones in Buttons and Bones yet Monica Ferris once again (see Blackwork) knits together a hypnotic mystery due to the directions the investigations takes her. The murder happened over a half a century ago, but Betsy treats the killing as if it happened yesterday as she takes it as an affront in a believable manner as some of those involved back in WWII still live. This is a terrific 1940s whodunit investigated in the twenty-first century by an amateur sleuth who would have been a great police detective.
Harriet Klausner
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Disappointing addition to a favorite series
16 Dec 2010
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Much too much pointless hypothesizing and discussion about how and why the murder may have been committed. Such sections did not further the story, since they were no more than long and involved guesses based on very little information when they appeared. Worse yet, I identified the murderer half-way through the book. I rarely do this, and I wasn't trying.
I am usually sorry when I finish a "Crewel World" book, but I lost interest in this one once I identified the killer. The pace was slow, and the usual ensemble of characters were largely absent.
I am usually sorry when I finish a "Crewel World" book, but I lost interest in this one once I identified the killer. The pace was slow, and the usual ensemble of characters were largely absent.
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