Patterns in the Sand

by Sally Goldenbaum

Book Overview

Readers can't help but get entangled in this USA Today bestselling series. The follow-up to Death by Cashmere : next in the new mystery series set in a tight-knit seaside community. When young fiber artist Willow Adams visits Izzy Chambers's knitting studio, she's immediately embraced by the Seaside knitters, and they see the monthly arts event at Canary Cove as a perfect place to showcase Willow's work. But the idyllic summer in Sea Harbor turns...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451228316
• ISBN13: 9780451228314
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Sand, Sea, Lobster, and Yarn - Can't Get Any Better Than This

I do judge books by their cover and the cover on "Patterns in the Sand" held my attention, telling me that this would be my kind of book. It is a page turner, for sure. I loved all of the characters, food descriptons, the sea, the Friday night dinners, the knitting group, and, of course, the mystery. Books like this always make me want to take a knitting class. I kept thinking I knew who the murderer was, only to continually revise my opinions again and again. As in most mysteries, the ending was a total surprise. I am looking forward to reading Sally Goldenbaum's other book, and hope there are a lot more in the future.

A powerful story, the second in a new series

Sally Goldenbaum's PATTERNS IN THE SAND: A SEASIDE KNITTERS MYSTERY is a powerful story, the second in a new series, and is set in summer in Massachusetts when an Art at Night event leads to murder. As investigation leads to revelations about the victim's hidden life, the entire town becomes embroiled in controversy and mystery in this fine knitting thriller, perfect for mystery and needlework libraries alike.

From a Knit Shop to murder and mystery

When I started this book, I was surprised it started with a cat in the window of a knit shop telling what it saw outside. Then a stranger in town climbs in a window and curls up with the cat. From there you find a mystery all through the book using terms of knitting to explain how a puzzle is pieced together to learn all the details to find the pattern. You find yourself with one murder and then another in a town who has not endured this before. Now I know very little about knitting but enough to enjoy the connection. First you think it is one person and then another but never the one the town wants to accuse. When you get to the end of the book you find where the book got it's title and what patterns in the sand stands for. I found the book intriguing and believe me it kept my attention as it was hard to put down. I found myself pulling for Willow and the person I thought who done it didn't. Also living in a rural area I could relate to a place where people never locked their doors. But now even here that no longer holds true. Highly recommend this book even to those who don't understand knitting.

a definite thriller

This book was even better than her first mystery! I hope she continues writing in the genre for knitters, and even those who don't knit. It really kept me going. couldnt put it down!

exciting tight knit whodunit

Sea Harbor, Massachusetts is a place where people from all fields of art live and work. The village has its own artists' colony and the serenity has enabled many residents to get their creative juices flowing. Late at night fiber artist Willow Adams comes to town with no place to sleep. She breaks into the Seaside Knitters Studio falling asleep at the window facing the street. The police arrive, but the store's owner Izzy Chambers refuses to file any charges. Willow tells her and Seaside Knitters Nell, Cass and Birdie that she came to see them to discuss her fiber art. She also wants to meet her biological father Aiden Peabody who allegedly deserted her mother before she was born. However before father and daughter meet, Aiden is found dead, a poison victim. As the main benefactor of Aiden's will as well as desertion issues, she is the prime suspect of the police. However, the Seaside Knitters club members think otherwise and encouraging one another they plan to prove she is innocent by finding the real killer one stitch at a time. The second Seaside Knitters amateur sleuth tale (see DEATH BY CASHMERE) is an exciting tight knit whodunit that emphasizes life in a small Massachusetts town in which art is the focus of the community. Told by Nell, the ambience of the art colonies and the tension of the investigation make for a fine one sitting read. Similar in tone and location to Anne Canadeo's WHILE MY PRETTY ONE KNITS, Sally Goldenbaum entertains with this strong thriller the knitting mystery crowd; who have a high quality bar set by Monica Ferris' Minnesota Crewel World and Maggie Sefton's Colorado House of Lambspun. Harriet Klausner