This is the 11th release in this charming fun cozy mystery series. Thank you to the publisher, Net Galley and the author for the opportunity.
My review opinions are my own.

In this next release we have a fun Halloween theme night theme When a murder occurs at a neighbors amid the Haloween chaos Bettina is on the case with her Knit & Knibble group. I loved the well crafted sleuth and red herrings. Bettina is a fun protagnist and this is a foodie delight as well as a fun addtiion to this much loved cozy series. I look forward to the next in series.

A Dark and Stormy Knit is the 11th installment in the Knit and Nibble series by Peggy Ehrhart. I like that the main characters range in age and the closeness of Pamela and her best friend Bettina, reminds me of my friendship with my best friend. The story starts on Halloween night, in a community that I can see myself living in. The characters are wonderful and the story is easy to read and get lost in. I recommend this book, as well as, the whole series.

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Ms. Ehrhart's Halloween tale has plenty of twists and turns. When the girls follow a scream on Halloween and find a body along with the teens who had originally found it and screamed, the police don't quite believe their story. Not fond of being suspects they launch their own investigation and after being led in circles eventually put the pieces together just as the murderer decides they've gotta go. Fun Halloween read with multiple suspects.
I requested and received a NetGalley arc to peruse gratis and offer my opinion in the same.

I started the Knit and Nibble series in the middle and have enjoyed each of the books I've read. Pamela Paterson and Bettina Fraser are best friends and neighbors, and I adore their friendship. I also love Bettina's relationship with her husband Wilfred who is truly one of the good guys. Bettina and Pamela are in a knitting club together where they enjoy delicious treats and also solve crimes.

In this book, a professor with some extreme views is killed on Halloween and Pamela and Bettina are on the case. Pamela and Bettina make a great team as they talk to many of the victim's friends and colleagues to see who could have wanted Professor Wordwoman dead. They are able to get information that the local police can't and the case has an unexpected solution. I'm also intrigued by developments in Pamela's personal life and am looking forward to future books to see what develops.

I also learn a lot from this series while being entertained since Pamela is an editor for a fiber craft magazine and information from the articles she reviews is included in the story. There is also a recipe and instructions for a knitting project at the end of the book. I can't knit a stitch, but I like reading about the various projects Pamela, Bettina, and her friends are working on. This is a fun series for cozy mystery lovers.


I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley, Kensington Books, and Kensington Cozies. My review is voluntary and unbiased.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Peggy Ehrhart for providing me with a complimentary digital ARC for A Dark and Stormy Knit coming out August 20, 2024. The honest opinions expressed in this review are my own.

I haven’t actually read the other books in the series, but I’m obsessed with cozy mysteries. So I was excited to receive this book. I love the title. I loved the small town Halloween vibes! Pamela and Bettina are a fun duo who have to solve the murder of their neighbor’s sister. I thought they were smart characters. I also loved the knitting theme. The knitting instructions and recipe at the end of the book was a nice touch.

I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys Halloween cozy mysteries!

I started knitting a few months ago and thought it would be fun to read a knitting mystery.
I love Pamela and Bettina and all the characters in their knitting group.
I wish I could visit their town and see all the places they talk about.
Highly recommended for fans of Murder She Wrote

A murder on Halloween sends Bettina and Pamela into the heart of academic darkness in this latest installment of a long running series that should also be fine as a standalone. The victim, Mel, was in town to visit her sister Adrienne and while Mel has a long list of people who might not like her, there's also some gossip about Adrienne. Is that a red herring? No spoilers from me. This is classic cozy stuff in many ways with good amateur sleuths, a small town, and lots of nibbling if not much knitting. And there's a recipe. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. A good read.

Cozy Mysteries are my palate cleanser.

The Knit and Nibble Mysteries are just so cozy and have a book for all the seasons.

Peggy really makes me want to pack up my house and move to Aborville. It was a cozy almost Stars Hollow town where everyone knows everyone.

Pamela, a widow with her daughter out of the house has some how been wrapped up in the latest murder in Aborville. As an amateur sleuth Pamela is going to get wrapped up in this murder.

This is a very cozy plot line. I love the characters as they are more in the middle age area and feel more relatable to me then younger characters do.

After reading 10+ books in this series I feel very interested not only in the murder plot line but the characters lives. I’m still hoping for a Pamela and Richard Larkin Romance.

The Halloween part of this book is literally in the beginning and I wish the book had more Halloween vibes but the murder happens on Halloween night and then Halloween is over.

Genre: Cozy Murder Mystery
APK: Ebook
Pages: 280
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Series or Standalone: Book 11 in the Knit and Nibble Series

Thank you Kensington Publishing for a free copy of Dark and Stormy Knit for a honest review 💜

The mystery kept me guessing. I haven't read this series in a bit so I kept getting the characters confused. The book had a lot of description of events.

Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my eARC in exchange for an honest review.

I really don't know where to go here. This book is the eleventh in the series. I had read the first three but it had been a while, I remember them as pleasant enough, I like crafts, it seemed like Pamela was making the best moves forward for herself and her daughter and there was a real sense of community, in the neighborhood and with the knitting group. This book is just Pamela going back and forth across the street to Bettina's, drinking coffee, the making of which is described in excursiating detail every time a pot is made and descriptions of baked treats and meals. Once a week, knit and nibble meets, where there is more coffee and sweet treats, and the majority of the rest of the book Pamela reads articles which she describes again in detail, about fiber arts and after about 12 or 15 articles there is a clue in one. The murder is her across the street neighbor's sister and probably takes up 15% of the book. I love background in my books, but unfortunately for me in this book, Pamela is just a ghost of a person with little to no emotion, making coffee and going to her neighbors. There is not a lot of mystery here, and what there is, us far-fetched. Thanks to #Netgalley, #Kensingtonbooks, and the author for an opportunity to read. #ADarkandStormyKnit #PeggyEhrhart #bookreview #bookideas #retiredreader

I have read and enjoyed other books in the series, and this one is no exception. While there is some repetition, this is an enjoyable addition to the series. It is fun to sleuth along with the characters. Things start a bit slowly, but the pace picks up as the story unfolds. There were a couple of unexpected twists. It is not required to read the prior books in the series, but it does give the reader a better understanding for the characters if they do that.

On Halloween night there is a murder at the house next door to Bettina. The lightning is flashing, and someone screams. However, the victim in porch chair is not Adrienne, the woman who lives there. They soon find out the victim is Adrienne's younger sister, Mel Wordwoman who was a Professor at Fulham in the Bronx and was also committed feminist. The next morning Pamela and Bettina read in the paper that the killed was dressed in black and wore a mask. Mel arrives and tells them that she had found a note in her front hall saying "When shall we three meet again?" The three women go to NY City to Mel's home, but don't find anything relevant. Soon there is local gossip that the intended victim was Adrienne, who spent some time with other people's husbands.

When another murder is found near the dog park after a huge protest in the park among the townsfolk who wanted more park for the dogs agains those who want more park for the children. However, when the same note was found as found at Adrienne's, it seems clear that the cases are connected.

Of course, Pamela and Bettina figure out the murders before the police. This a a fun cozy mystery.

I thank Netgalley and Kensington Books for the ARC so I could read the book ahead of publication.

A DARK AND STORMY KNIT is the eleventh book in the Knit & Nibble Mysteries by Peggy Ehrhart. I enjoyed the comradery that protagonist Pamela has with her best friend, Bettina, who lives across the street. Their banter provides a bit of humor to lighten the mystery. I also like that they’re women of a “certain age” which gives them experience and steadfastness. With a Halloween-themed cozy, the author sets the spooky season mood and starts the action right away. The sister of one of their neighbors is found murdered and left as a Halloween prop on the front porch. Pamela and Bettina delve into uncovering the culprit in between knitting and nibbling, and boy do they nibble so be prepared to be hungry while reading. While the story moves at a gentle pace, I still became engrossed as the clues unfolded... could a long-ago tragedy be connected to the present-day murder(s)? As the story came to the reveal, the strands of the clues and the subplots came together in a highly satisfactory manner, which will keep fans coming back for more. As a bonus, there is a knitting pattern and a delicious recipe included at the back of the book.

This is one of my favorite series! I read more to learn what the characters are up to, than the mysteries. :) But the mysteries are good, too! I could not figure this one out before the end. I'm ready for the next one!

When a woman is found dead on a porch on Halloween during a knit and nibble session, the group finds, themselves immersed in solving yet another murder. While the victim was visiting her sister, which one of the two was actually the target? That’s exactly what the knit and nibblers aim to find out.

I actually wasn’t thrilled at the last two entries in this series, but this one turned me back around. I absolutely adored it. The gang is as feisty as ever, and you can’t help it get caught up in the mystery along with them. Looking forward to the next entry in this series.

"A Dark and Stormy Knit (A Knit and Nibble Mystery #11)" by Peggy Ehrhart is lightly Halloween themed and heavy on the nibbles descriptions. They sure eat a lot in this one with almost excessive descriptions of the meals. In contrast, it was pretty light on the knitting side of the story this time.

The mystery started with a neighbor's visiting sister being found by trick or treaters. This lead to Pamela and Betina getting to better know the neighbor and her sister's extreme feminist group, plus a few other angles. I was heavily leaning towards one suspect and had a sort of back up suspect. My back up ended up being the culprit after all.

Halloween in Arborville, New Jersey, is one of the fall's highlights but, after a storm threatens to turn it into a washout, friends Pamela Paterson and Bettina Fraser are happy to spend most of their evening in front of the fire instead. When a body is discovered nearby they find themselves, once again, looking for the person responsible. They are also busy with their own lives, they both run the Knit and Nibble knitting club, while Pamela edits Fiber Craft magazine, and Bettina is a journalist with Arborville's weekly newspaper, the Advocate.

With the sister of the murder victim needing some moral support, Pamela and Bettina find themselves travelling into New York City and looking into a life very different to their own. The Knit and Nibble group are curious to find out what the two of them have learned there as well as by listening to local gossip to try and  find out why a murder occurred in their neighbourhood and even if the deceased was actually the intended victim.

Book eleven in this cosy series was my first visit with the Knit and Nibble ladies and was slightly different to what I expected. This is, without doubt, a gentle stroll through the lives of two mild-mannered women whose main excitement is running a knitting group until occasionally a murder intrudes. The pace can only be described as calm and there is a repetition, in very similar detail, of their joint morning routines and Pamela's editing responsibilities which I found distracting. I definitely enjoyed the investigation, discussions, and excursions however, which caught and held my attention and piqued my interest in this series and the previous installments.

I was able to read an advanced copy of this thanks to NetGalley and the publishers, Kensington Publishing, but the opinions expressed are my own. This is a gentle cosy crime mystery which, although devoid of blood and gore, is full of most things readers of this genre enjoy including a knitting pattern and relevant recipe. 3.5 rounded up to 4 stars.

Pamela is spending Halloween evening with her good friend Bettina and her husband when they hear a scream outside. Some teenage trick-or-treaters were shocked to find an actual body on their neighbor’s porch. It turns out the dead woman is the sister of the woman who lives in the house.

Soon Pamela and Bettina are looking into the murder. The victim is a member of a women’s group that espouses that women don’t need men. Is the murder related to that? Or was the wrong sister murdered? The surviving sister is a flirt and chases after other women’s husbands. Is it related to that?

Pamela and Bettina spend a lot of time together, often over coffee and yummy food. Pamela works from home, editing articles for a fiber craft magazine, which gives her time to investigate and socialize.

This is an enjoyable series and I enjoyed this story and its mystery.
Thanks to Kensington Publishing and NetGalley for the ARC.

Trick or treaters find a dead body on the porch of Pamela and Bettina's neighbor Adrienne. The victim was Adrienne's visiting sister. A college professor with extreme feminist views. As usual, Pamela and Bettina follow the clues for answers. I wish this book had a faster pace, but it was a nice clean read with plenty of suspects.

Pamela Paterson leads a pleasant and orderly life, living alone and working online as a copyeditor for a craft magazine. She spends time with friends and family and occasionally a nice man or two, looks after her cats, and knits while watching BBC mysteries in the evening. And yet somehow she keeps encountering murder victims.

The gentle pace of the book doesn't interfere with the twists and turns of the plot as the bodies mount up, the secrets get spilled, and emotions get riled up.

The characters are appealing, the small town location is charming, and the details of food and fashion are a big part of the fun of reading this latest installment of a smart and satisfying series.