Crafts and Life

It's opening day at Jo's Craft Corner, and Jo is wired more tightly than the wreath on her store's front door. The entertainment she's hired, Cuddles the Clown, is little help, grumbling and complaining until Jo is ready to strangle him. Someone else does silence him, though – for good. With a dead clown in her storeroom and murdered with one of her craft items, Jo becomes the prime suspect. She works to clear her name, unaware that the crafty killer is ready to do anything it takes to stop her – and won't stop at murder!

What a wonderful start to a series – there are red herrings in abundance leading to a fantastic showdown!

Jo is a young widow after her husband was killed whilst making his art, she has headed back to her closest friend to heal and whilst she wants to still make her jewellery her friend Carrie suggests that making it a full craft shop would be better. On the opening day people are coming and going but Jo and Carrie need to cope with a reluctant clown, still the day is a success and people have been signing up for the evening workshops as well!  Everything seems to be going well until the next day when Jo goes in and finds Kyle aka Cuddles the Clown well and truly dead in the storeroom!

Now the Detective seems determined to pin the murder on Jo (and even suggests that she killed Mike, her husband, to get the insurance money!) so Jo – along with the evening crafters – needs to find out the truth or the only thing she will be making is licence plates in prison!