Who was the last person to see Gloria alive on that quiet summer night? Two empty wine glasses suggest she wasn't home alone knitting the entire evening. The vivacious, fiftysomething cougar had her French manicured tips in more than a few pots, and the threads of some inside deals stashed in her chic knitting tote. The police are quick to call it an accident, but sorting out Gloria's final hours leaves too many loose ends to satisfy her friends. At the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, Maggie Messina and her circle are devastated to lose their dear friend-a woman as colorful as her fabulous yarn creations.

So when she's found floating face down in her own swimming pool, shock waves ripple through tiny Plum Harbor. Gloria Sterling had it all-money, looks, and a new sexy young husband. Meet the Black Sheep knitters-five smart, funny women who love to knit, gossip, and solve crimes. She may be a whiz at knitting, but can she keep the police from needling her before her shop, her reputation, and her circle of friends become unraveled? But the pointed evidence has a detective casting a suspicious eye on Maggie. Then again, it wasn't hard to dislike Amanda-the contentious woman, whose marriage was on the rocks, seemed to specialize in causing misery all over town. Maggie had reasons to dislike Amanda, a thorn in her side ever since Maggie's shop surpassed Amanda's in popularity. But the celebration is upstaged when Amanda Goran, the owner of the rival Knitting Nest, is found dead in her shop on the other side of town.

Maggie Messina, beloved owner of the Black Sheep Knitting Shop, is thrilled to be hosting a workshop for one of her former students, now a celebrity in the knitting world. Now a shocking murder has peaceful Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, in knots -and the Black Sheep women must herd together to protect one of their own from a scandalous frame-up. The Black Sheep Knitters-Maggie, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne, and Phoebe-meet once a week without fail, sharing the varied and colorful skeins of their lives as much as knitting tips, recipes, and small-town gossip, and creating an intricate, durable pattern of friendship. Follow a group of women as they discover the depths of their friendship when a murder rocks their peaceful Massachusetts town in this cozy mystery from Anne Canadeo.

While my pretty one knits