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.

Pamela, Bettina and the Knit and Nibble group have their Halloween nightmares realized - . there's a dead body on Bettina's neighbor's front porch. Halloween starts with a murder in cozy Arborville, New Jersey and Bettina's flirty next door neighbor may find herself herself in trouble!

I love this series! A "keep you reading mystery" , a bit of romance and the recipes are all make the book a perfect cozy mystery. The Knit and Nibble group are so much fun and the knitting patterns included are great.

Pamela Paterson is lucky enough to work from home, a place she shares with her three cats and the occasional visit from her daughter, Penny. She spends a lot of time with her best friend Bettina, who lives across the street. Halloween night she, Bettina, and Bettina's husband Wilford, are enjoying the evening together when they hear a scream. Going outside, they discover a group of teens who tell them that there is a dead body on the porch of Bettina's neighbor, Adrienne.

Finding out that the dead woman is Adrienne's sister, Mel, everyone is wondering who could have killed her, and why; especially Adrienne herself. She asks for Pamela and Bettina to help her, and of course, their curiosity allows them to agree. Looking into Mel's current associates in the city, they discover that she was the head of a feminist group that eschewed men, and they wonder if one of the women could have killed her. But there's more at stake here when they start looking deeper, and now Pamela thinks that something -- or someone -- in Mel's past may have the answer...

I have read all but one of these books, and have followed Pamela along her journey of solving crimes. I did like the book, but I have to be honest and say: do we really need to know over and over again that Bettina has sage green pottery, Pamela constantly uses her wedding China, grinds her coffee beans for a pour over, and toasts multi-grain bread? Saying it once is enough; saying it as often as Pamela does is completely redundant and unnecessary.

Having gotten my 'little rant' out of the way, I found the mystery to be quite interesting. We have the usual meetings of the Knit and Nibblers, with their own snippets of gossip (sorry, Nell), that give Pamela some of the needed clues. There are, of course, plenty of descriptions of everything that is happening and everything everyone is wearing, so we have no questions in that area.

The pace starts out slow, but as the book progresses it moves forward, and, I am glad to say, that I connected the dots before Pamela as far as the motive for the murders; but -- and this is a big but -- I didn't know who the murderer was until they were unveiled, which is a very good thing indeed. In the end, it all came together well, and I enjoyed the book. Recommended.

I received an advance copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley but this in no way influenced my review.

I received a copy of this book from Net Galley. It was okay but I couldn’t figure out what the “Fish Bicycle” group had to do with the actual murder. I kind of felt that maybe the author feels like they do and wanted to get her views out there. It just seemed that there were two separate stories and both weren’t really necessary.

Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of A DARK AND STORMY KNIT (Book 11 of the Knit & Nibble mystery series) by Peggy Ehrhart in exchange for an honest review. Pamela Paterson and Bettina Fraser have come in from celebrating Halloween when they hear a scream. It’s a curious type of parade as they troop across the street and down the sidewalk to a house where a trick-or-treating teenager has discovered the macabre porch decoration is actually a real bloody corpse. The victim was a militant feminist college professor involved in writing a manifesto and in a women-only Shakespeare group. Since they have little faith in the competence of local law enforcement, the duo perform their own investigation. While they sleuth, Pamela examines her feelings about her love life, and Bettina struggles with her worth as a journalist for their weekly paper.

I liked this book and enjoy the series. I recommend this book to fans of the series and the series to fans of cozy murder mysteries featuring food, knitting, craft magazines, weekly papers, pets, local events, college happenings, friends, and family.

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I love Peggy Ehrhart's cozy mysteries and the latest, "A Dark and Stormy Knit" is set a Halloweentime and I am all in for it!

This was my first ever cozy murder mystery and I really enjoyed it! Loved the setting, the characters, the mystery. I will be checking out more from this author for spooky season!

I've become a huge fan of this series, and I was really excited to read #ADarkandStormyKnit #NetGalley.
I stopped reading my current book to begin this, and even though I was entertained, it didn't excited me as I hoped it would.
Bettina and Pamela are a great duo, and I was hoping for a little more spark in this book.
I really did enjoy the book, it just lacked a certain "oomph" that I was hoping for. This opinion in no way impacts my review, it's just my thought, as I've grown quite find of this series.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.