I loved this cozy mystery! I really enjoyed the setting, which was so charming. The knitting was wonderful and I loved all the information we got without info dumps. It flowed naturally, and the characters were wonderful!

Sefton's time jump in her latest mystery means a lot of recapping of previous adventures. I wasn't as enthralled with this mystery as some of the previous novels.

I like this series and it's fun catching up with old friends. This is # 16 in A Knitting Mystery Series and it is a great stand alone but even better it gives a recount of many of the murders solved by Kelly and her friends. When a local waitress is killed the town is in shock. The police are leaning toward suicide but the girls know better and start investigating. With baby Jack now 4 years old and going to preschool, Kelly is free to keep her accounting business going and solve the crime. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This book felt like a rehash of all the books that came before it. Sometimes looking back works, but not as often as was done in this book.

Another disappointment. I wish the real Maggie Sefton would come back. Mostly a recap of all of the previous books. Not very readable or interesting.
Thanks Netgalley for the eARC

Dyeing Up Loose Ends by Maggie Sefton is the sixteenth tale in A Knitting Mystery series. Kelly Flynn is married to Steve and her son, Jack is now a boisterous four-year-old in Fort Connor, Colorado. Kelly spends her days at Pete’s Porch Café and Lampspun working on her client’s accounts and enjoys evenings with her family and close friends. Julie, one of the waitresses at the café, takes accounting classes at the local university and is currently having some issues with her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriends and her money grubbing brother. One morning Jennifer and Pete arrive at the café to find Julie’s car already in the parking lot. It looks like Julie has worked her last shift. They find Julie dead in her car from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Kelly and the Lambspun crew have another theory and they set about untangling the clues. In between, the group has a wedding to organize for two special people. Join the Lampspun crew one last time in Dyeing Up Loose Ends.

All our favorite characters from A Knitting Mystery series returns in Dyeing Up Loose Ends. The book has a nice, steady pace and a conversational writing style that makes Dyeing Up Loose Ends easy to read. A Knitting Mystery series used to be one of my favorites and I could not wait for each new installment. The last couple of books, though, have felt like they were done by someone else. They lack the same depth and complexity of the earlier books in the series. Most of Dyeing Up Loose Ends is spent reminiscing (I ended up skimming through it since I have read every book in the series and I wonder if someone double checked their information). The various characters share recollections on the cases they have solved as well as discuss how Kelly came to Fort Connor, inherited her various properties, her accounting business, how Kelly met Steve, and how they other characters paired up and married. The murder mystery was simple and there was little investigating. Identifying the guilty party was a snap. There are cozy moments as Kelly spends time with her friends, a lot of eating, time with the children, a wedding, and time spent at Lambspun. There are lovely descriptions of yarn included in the story and I laughed at Carl’s continued determination to catch a squirrel (my dogs have given up). I believe this is the end of A Knitting Mystery series. I just wish the author had decided to go out as she started the series. If, like me, you have read all the books in this series, then you will want to read Dyeing Up Loose Ends (to find out what happens to the various characters). For those who are new to the series, I suggest starting with Knit One, Kill Two.

I have faithfully followed this series from the beginning and will continue to do so. I enjoyed the recap of previous solved murders and reading about what the Gang has been doing for the past four years. It is pretty disappointing that this will be the last one in the series. Bittersweet.

My review of Dyeing up Loose ends is in the July 2018 issue of Gumshoe Review. You'll find the complete review here: <http://www.gumshoereview.com/php/Review-id.php?id=6118>

Seemed like just a rehashing of the earlier books to fill a publication commitment. I love the characters, but I only need to read each book once.

Still disappointed. Dying Up Loose Ends is better than the last book that Sefton wrote, but not by much. While some people might enjoy a recapping of the series so far, I found it boring and not really relevant to the story. The real mystery started about a quarter of the way into the book. This book is more about catching up on the characters lives than a mystery.

WAY too much reminiscing and coffee-drinking, way too much sitting in the sun, not sitting in the sun, and details on where people were parking. I had to struggle to finish this one.

While I love this series, I felt this latest book fell a little short. It seemed to go over the past mysteries/murders from the past books. Then the new one for this book was only done in a few pages. I will continue to read this series, but this one was not a favorite.