Wonderful series that just gets better. The characters have really developed and I like to read what they are all doing. Highly recommend this series!

..Oh wow I can't say enough great things about this book!! Yes it's a bit long but one never loses interest as things are kept exciting. Once again Nell, Birdie, Izzy and Cass manage to track a killer and help clear innocent victims of the crime. I want to live in Sea Harbor.. I gave my review way early on not sure why it's not showing.

I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I really enjoyed reading it the plot was interesting and the characters made me want to know more about them. I highly recommend.

Strangers on A Skein is the twelfth book in the Black Sheep and Company mystery series.
The Black Sheep Knitting Shop is run by Maggie and her assistant is Phoebe. The clientele love her work and cheerful ways. She is ecstatic to have a chance to get a booth at the Farmer’s and Crafts Market and what a boost it will be, just in time for the holidays. Phoebe knits socks and is looking to bring in even more clients with her hard work and meticulous marketing skills.
It turns out her prime spot at the market was only available because the former stall holder passed away but things go from bad to worse when we find out he was really murdered.
Her bad luck continues when he ex-boyfriend get a stall very close to hers and troublesome mischief starts happening with her stall being trashed and other negative things.
Could her ex possibly be the one responsible for the murder?
Phoebe's friends, though she is the youngest they take her under their wings with great conversation, delicious meals and back her up with solid friendship.
The plot kept me guessing who the murderer was, I thought one way then when that fizzled out I followed another way of thinking. The plot kept me guessing and I enjoyed Phoebe's character. This book will appeal to people who enjoy yarn and knitting. There is a pattern link for over 22 vintage two-needle socks in the back of the book and also a recipe for zucchini and carrot patties with yogurt dill sauce. I will look for more books in this series in the future.

Pub Date 26 Oct 2021
I was given a complimentary copy of this book.
All opinions expressed are my own.

Strangers on a Skein by Anne Canadeo is the twelfth book in the Black Sheep Knitters Mystery series. Phoebe, assistant manager at the Black Sheep, is venturing out on her with a booth at the farmers' market to sell her handmade socks. She learns she only got the booth as the previous tenant committed suicide. When the suicide is changed to murder, Phoebe is even less excited. Add in the fact that people at the market are not as friendly as she first thought. The setting and characters are wonderful, but the actual mystery was less than mysterious.

Loved reading this book and series. If you haven't read it yet I highly recommend her and her books.

In this latest installment about the Black Sheep knitters group, Phoebe decides to try her hand at her own business venture. Having successfully served as assistant manager at Maggie's knitting shop, Phoebe applies her managerial and creative skills to opening her own shop in the local artisan market. Her plans are scuttled when strange things start to happen: her market stall is trashed, and her online presence is marred with critical, negative reviews. Maggie and her knitting friends group together to get to the bottom of these deeds and help Phoebe.

This is a cute, cozy read, and will probably appeal to readers who like to knit. The characters can be annoying at times with their over the top comments though. Everything is explained in the end, and the stage is set for the next book in the series. Of course, any cover featuring cute dogs wearing knitted attire is a sure draw for knitting and dog lovers.

I received this novel from the publisher and from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

In Plum Harbor, the Black Sheep Knitting Shop is the place to go for yarns of any color, weight, and description. Maggie is the owner, Phoebe, her younger assistant manager, is a favorite of their regular clientele. Phoebe has the opportunity to have her own stall at the Farmer’s and Crafts Market, just in time for the holidays. The sad news is, the former tenant committed suicide.

One thing after another goes wrong. Phoebe’s cheating ex-boyfriend has a booth across from hers, terrible reviews of Phoebe’s wares show up on social media, and her stall is filled with trash bags full of rotting fish. It’s enough to make her think the booth is jinxed.

When a second vendor is killed, the Black Sheep knitters want Phoebe to stay away from the market but do step back to let her make up her own mind. Too bad her mind says go work the market regardless of potential danger.

The police suspect Phoebe’s ex-boyfriend is the killer, but she’s sure he’s not. A cheater yes, killer no, and she’s determined to prove it.

This is book five in the series. Maggie and her friends are a close group and have folded Phoebe into their midst. The knitting shop is a place to go, to knit, to learn, to just hang out. This time, the mystery revolves around Phoebe with the others taking a back seat. The mystery is enjoyable although I prefer when the friends are more actively involved than just worrying about Phoebe’s safety and her love life.

At the back of the book find a link to a pattern for knit socks, Phoebe’s specialty, and a recipe for zucchini and carrot patties with yogurt dill sauce.

This was a fun, cute cozy mystery! I love the theme throughout, and I will definitely be continuing with the series.

Maggie's shop assistant manager Phoebe, takes center stage in this latest mystery in the Black Sheep and Company series. In what seems like a great stroke of good luck, Phoebe is offered a stall at the farmer's market. It became available when the previous holder committed suicide. Phoebe knits sox and is looking forward to selling them. It's. not long before her good fortune goes sideways and then just plain deadly. Her ex-boyfriend turns up selling at the stall across from her, the previous holder of her stall? Turns out he didn't commit suicide...somebody committed murder and then there's some hacking, some vandalism, tempers flairing and another murder. Phoebe starts to believe in bad luck but Maggie, Suzanne, Dana and Lucy set out to catch the killer and protect Phoebe when her ex is accused of murder. They won't let her become the next corpse.
The mystery is well done with a smooth writing style and the relationship between the women is the kind we all would love to have - they support and protect each other. As Phoebe is much younger than the others, they sort of act like protective aunties. I can't knit even the most basic stitch but I sure would like to join their group and see if they could change that.
My thanks to the publisher Kensington and to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

Strangers on a Skein is the 12th book in the Black Sheep & Company Mystery series, but the first I've read. Obviously such a long series will have a lot of character development I'd have missed, but I didn't feel lost and the plot didn't require having read the other books in the series. The series centers around Maggie's, Black Sheep Knitting Shop in small town New England and this book particularly follows the shops assistant manager Phoebe. She is the youngest in the group of friends and is opening up a stall in the local farmer's market to sell her hand knit wares. The stall opened up after a long time seller passed away, but things take a turn when they find out he was murdered. Now Phoebe is pulled into the investigation and the danger, while she and Maggie try to find clues of the killer. Anne Canadeo's threw in a few red herrings to keep the reader guessing and lots of action along the way. A great cozy, highly recommended.

I’m a newcomer to the Black Sheep & Company Mystery Series and let me just say, I found this book delightful. It centers on Maggie, the owner of a knitting & yarn shop, and her small group of friends who she knits with. There’s Suzanne, Dana, Lucy, and youngest friend, Phoebe. Phoebe works in Maggie’s shop and also lives in the apartment upstairs.

The mystery begins when a spot opens up at the local farmers market and Phoebe is invited to sell her handcrafted socks and other goods at the market. It’s very difficult to get a spot and when a local farm passes away and Phoebe is asked to come and be a vendor, she jumps at the chance.

But things aren’t exactly what they seem. While it is originally believed that the former owner of the stand died of natural causes, the police soon discover that Jimmy Hooper was murdered. And as weird things start going on at the farmer’s market, the knitting friends begin to think that there was more going on with Jimmy and the market than anyone realizes.

My favorite part of this series was Maggie and her friend group. I enjoyed that they all got together quite frequently to knit and chat and enjoy food together. And it make me happy how even though Phoebe was a bit younger (in her twenties) the group accepted her as one of their own, and looked after her. A lot of things happen to Phoebe in this book because she is the one who has a stand at the market, and the rest of the friends all look out for her to make sure she is ok.

The mystery kept me guessing. At first I believed one thing, but soon realized that I was on the wrong path and started believing another. There are many different characters in the story, including an ex boyfriend of Phoebes, as well as another young man who might be interested in dating her. It made me laugh and the ladies all had certain ideas about who Phoebe should date next, although they kept that conversation to themselves and didn’t let Phoebe know, for fear that she might think they are interfering.

I’m definitely interested in checking out the rest of the series. While cozy mysteries can often be read as standalones because they fill you in on what you missed, it sounds like there were a lot of interesting mysteries in the beginning of the series that I would like to check out. The characters in this story were really pleasant to read about and I want to read the rest of the books to find out more about their lives.

A cozy featuring knitting is close behind one that features books or baking for me:>) While this is apparently the 12th book in this series, I've only read one before and didn't finish that one. I fared much better with this one!

In this installment, I really enjoy the relationship between the older women and Phoebe. There's a lot of humor but also a lot of the same real dilemmas of trying to give advice while still treading lightly, etc.

The setting of the craft & organic food market is engaging, and there's plenty going on with Maggie, Phoebe, and a murder...or two! I had a sense about halfway through that one character was not as presented, but I was still surprised by at least half of the resolution--and all of it felt logical and satisfying. Plenty of plot and motive to be a fairly complex set of circumstances, but it all makes sense at the end!

I'm going to have to go back and start this series at the beginning and see how I like it from the start. I do think that this book stands well on its own, though.

Review copy provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The 'Black Sheep Knitters' are worried about their youngest member, Phoebe. She has finally acquired a stall at The Plum Harbor Farmers and Crafts Market so she can sell her creation, Phoebe's Socks. It seems that there's more going on in the background of the Farmers Market than is known by the general public. Two Murders later Phoebe is getting not-so-subtle messages encouraging her to abandon her stall.

I liked the story and the characters, although it was a bit slow reading.

Strangers on a Skein is the 12th book in the Black Sheep & Company Mystery series. In this fun tale, I got to meet Phoebe Myers, Black Sheep Knitting Shop’s assistant manager, and member of the knitting circle. Although it was instalment 12, it was my 1st in this series and I had no difficulties keeping up with characters and events and it worked for me as an individual story. Phoebe was a great character who I liked immensely. There was no shortage of secrets or engaging chapters so I was thoroughly invested in finding out what would happen next. The great cast of characters helped to zhoosh up this impressive, layered cozy, which was big on friendship and support. Anne Canadeo's writing was fluid, the details of the plot were well-executed, and the story was easy to follow. I am looking forward to reading the other instalments. Very highly recommended.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Kensington Books via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

I thought that the book, was such a page turner. I loved the book. The plot was very well written and I cannot wait to read another book by this author.

I'd missed reading about these friends, so I was happy to grab this ARC when it came to NetGalley. I loved the title and kind of based some of my guesses on it. Phoebe, the youngest of the knitting friends was in the spotlight this time. I felt so bad for her having waited a long time for a spot at the farmers' and crafters' market then having all kinds of issues. Her sales did great, but her other luck went down the drain. There was a lot of unfriendliness going on at the market, and unfortunately (or maybe not) Phoebe's only friendly face was her ex-boyfriend Harry in a neighboring stall.

There were tons of secrets and layers to this mystery, and I had a hard time putting it down. Intrigue was everywhere at one point, but we always got a good taste of what this series has always been based on, the friendship of these knitting women. Boy, was the showdown and car chase a good one! I was proud of Phoebe for taking control when she did. I had my suspicions about someone, but I can't say a whole lot due to it being a more complex mystery. Just enjoy, lol.

I loved the epilogue which was probably long-awaited by fans. A sweet piece of news makes me very eager to read the next book!

I voluntarily read and reviewed an ARC of this book provided by the publisher via NetGalley, and my opinions are my own.

“Strangers on a Skein” the 12th instalment in the “Black Sheep and Company Mystery” series by Anne Canadoe. I have only read three other instalments in the series but I really enjoyed this book.

The Black Sheep Knitters are on the case when a club member’s ex-boyfriend is accused of murder at the Plum Harbor Farmers and Crafts Market

I enjoyed visiting Plum Harbor and the Black Sheep knitters again, it had been awhile. Phoebe the youngest of the knitters is at the centre of a murder investigation, which leads her to question her breakup with Harry. Maggie, Lucy, Suzanne, and Dana rally around Phoebe, who refuses to believe that Harry is responsible for any of the horrible things going on.

I do recommend you start at the beginning of the series, only for the sheer fact of the number of characters involved in the series, it might be easier to get to know them all from the start..

There are plenty of twists and turns in this story, and I kept guessing and second-guessing myself on whodunnit right to the very end. The story moves at a steady pace, and I had a hard time putting it down.

The ladies and their friendship is really what brings this series to life.

I recommend this book to all my cozy lover friends.

I requested and received an advance reader copy of this book from Kensington Books and Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

It’s always a pleasure to drop in in Maggie and the gang. I really love this series. A group of knitting pals who moonlight as sleuths. Two murders shock the town and at the heart of the ruckus is Phoebe. She takes center stage as a young entrepreneur but also nursing a broken heart. One character seemed too good to be true and my instincts were right on. The other plot line was interesting and tied in nicely with the main plot. Maggie and Charles take a big step and another knitter has big news to share. Tune in and see what it is.

Book 4 of the Black Sheep & Company Mystery series or book 12 of the Black Sheep Knitting Mystery series depending on whose list you refer to.

I enjoy that each of the group takes a turn at being front and center in a book. In this story, Phoebe Myers, Black Sheep Knitting Shop's assistant manager, finally makes the move to sell her own creations--Socks by Phoebe--at the Plum Harbor Farmers' and Crafts Market. She soon learns that the previous stall owner committed suicide. Her ex -boyfriend gets a stall across from her. Her stall and a few others are trashed & she refuses to believe he, Harry, is the one behind it. The Blacksheep knitters also investigate the death of another stall owner & the trashing of stalls in their community.
I enjoy seeing the knitters work together to solve the crimes and protect each other.

The story also deals with cyber-bullying and media hacking.

I was given an Advanced Reader’s Copy by Netgalley and am not required to leave a positive review.