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The Wedding Shawl
The Wedding Shawl

A novel by Sally Goldenbaum

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Charming seaside cozy mystery

  • May 5, 2011
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"The Wedding Shawl" was a cozy mystery in every sense. I felt emotionally warm and comfortable just reading this story due to how nice everyone was. Actually, I'd call the novel a general fiction with a whodunit mystery because the story was more realistic to how things happen in real life than most mystery novels. I also liked that the police weren't idiots or "the enemy."

While the suspense was low, there was a thread of sadness for what the unsolved murder was doing to the people involved. The main characters wanted to make that sadness go away (as much as possible). There was enough uncertainty about who the murderer was that I kept reading to discover the answer. I did figure out whodunit before our heroines, but they figured it out soon after I did and had a good reason not to see the answer before then. I thought the mystery was handled very well.

The characters were engaging, complex, and had flaws, but they still came across as extremely nice people that would be relaxing to hang out with. They almost made me want to learn how to knit. The vivid details about the setting and people brought the story alive in my imagination.

This book was the fifth in the series, but you don't need to read the previous ones to follow the events in this one. This book didn't spoil the mysteries of the previous books, but I suspect it spoiled the relationship outcomes of the previous novels. (I haven't read them, so I don't know.)

There was no explicit sex. There was some minor explicit use of one curse word (d-mn). Overall, I'd highly recommend this enjoyable, well-written novel.


I received this book as a review copy from the publisher.

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Izzy Chambers is about to get married, but much remains to be done. Then the wedding plans get complicated when the wedding party's hair stylist begins missing appointments. When she's found dead, things really begin to unravel. Rumors circulate about the stylist's past and her connection to an unsolved murder years ago.

All the Seaside Knitters really know is they must rally to find some answers. They need to silence the whispers about Izzy's friend so that she can completely focus on her happy day while wearing the wedding shawl they're knitting for her.
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ISBN-10: 0451233190
ISBN-13: 9780451233196
Author: Sally Goldenbaum
Genre: cozy mystery
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
Date Published: May 3, 2011
ISBN: 9780451233196
Format: hardcover
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