Cat Paws and Curses: by Nancy Warren

Knitting an ugly Christmas jumper at Cardinal Woolsey’s knitting shop in Oxford, is supposed to be relaxing. Until a knitter keels over. it’s soon clear to amateur sleuth Lucy that murder's in the air and the culprit is one of the knitters.

This is a fun take on a classic closed room mystery. Of course, no room is every closed when vampires live downstairs. But are the undead knitters to blame? Or is there more to this Oxford knitting circle than lumpy Santas and light-up reindeer?

 Series: The Vampire Knitting Club Novella  | Publisher: Nancy Warren |  Genre: Contemporary Cozy Mystery  | Source: Purchased | Rating: 3.5 Cups

 

I’ve been having so much fun with this series so when I spotted this Christmas-themed novella I knew I had to read it.

 

Here’s what’s going on. When Lucy decides to host a knitting circle for humans rather than just for the vampires who live in the elaborate tunnels below her shop, she never imagined things would turn to murder. With no one coming in—or going out of—the shop, Lucy must figure out which of her small knitting circle is a killer.

 

This one was rather short but still a nice little addition to the series. I’m not going to delve too deep because there’s not a lot to say about this one without revealing the entire plot.

 

While this one is marked as being the 10^th in the series, this story, given some of Lucy’s thoughts and actions, seems to have happened earlier in the series.

 

Overall, this was a well-round short Christmas cozy that fans of this series would enjoy.

 

Side note: It was previously published in the collection: Six Merry Little Murders.