Crochet and Cauldrons

Overview: Another mystery novel based around a knitting shop in Oxford. While the previous books in the series have been pretty straight-forward mysteries in the style of Midsomer Murders with the magic elements largely as comic relief, the mystery this time actually centres around magical elements.

After 1st Reading: I really enjoyed this short book and while it's a little more tense than previous entries, it is still a bit of escapist fun.

After 2nd Reading: I really enjoyed this book. Having read up to book 13 I can say that this is the creepiest and most halloweenish of the series. Don't get me wrong, this is still mostly cozy reading with a sense that it'll all be OK because everyone will pull together.... but right at the climax there was a serious moment of....but will they? This is also possibly the most supernatural of the books with magic and ancient secrets as basically the entire plot.

So, not as cozy as the other books, but actually really good with an ending I loved. An excellent read for halloweenish time.