Description
Nosey Neighbours, Vigilantes or Community Assets? Read these charming tales and you decide!
Thirteen stalwart and like-minded women meet weekly as a Sewing Circle to publicly portray their dedication to knitting, needlework and all things stitched. Nothing, could be further from the truth.
Bessie the Law learns that there has been a serious outbreak of litter all over Pembroke town. She calls upon the Sewing Circle members to quickly expose the young culprits. How deep will they have to dig to find the real criminal who aims to make money out the town’s discarded rubbish?
A member of a respected family in the town is accused of poisoning her sister. Bron the Books steps out of the library and engages the Sewing Circle to prove her friend’s innocence. Will they need to take a closer look at the so-called treasured family pets to uncover the real poisoner?
Megan the Signals alerts the Sewing Circle to an auction fraud involving her grandmother’s antique chairs. They arrive too late to save the family keepsakes. Will a pair of fake heirlooms and a crockery crashing intervention be enough to spring their trap on the unscrupulous dealer?
How can the Station Road Sewing Circle possibly solve these mysteries without revealing their identity?
Thirteen stalwart and like-minded women meet weekly as a Sewing Circle to publicly portray their dedication to knitting, needlework and all things stitched. Nothing, could be further from the truth.
Bessie the Law learns that there has been a serious outbreak of litter all over Pembroke town. She calls upon the Sewing Circle members to quickly expose the young culprits. How deep will they have to dig to find the real criminal who aims to make money out the town’s discarded rubbish?
A member of a respected family in the town is accused of poisoning her sister. Bron the Books steps out of the library and engages the Sewing Circle to prove her friend’s innocence. Will they need to take a closer look at the so-called treasured family pets to uncover the real poisoner?
Megan the Signals alerts the Sewing Circle to an auction fraud involving her grandmother’s antique chairs. They arrive too late to save the family keepsakes. Will a pair of fake heirlooms and a crockery crashing intervention be enough to spring their trap on the unscrupulous dealer?
How can the Station Road Sewing Circle possibly solve these mysteries without revealing their identity?
Review
A wonderful collection of charming and intriguing short stories.
Set in Wales these stories are a flashback to a more gentler and easier time, when life was simpler. When all it took for minor wrong doings to be sorted out was a word in the ear by the local Policeman. This is where Bessie the Law comes in as her husband is a Policeman. Each of the women in the circle have a moniker determined by their husbands profession. Not very PC these days - but this is the 1950s.
Each tale was a joy to read. One in particular concerning antiques reminded me of the TV series Lovejoy - if anyone can remember that! The tales are like little puzzle to solve or let the ladies of the circle do it for you.
Although the circle is more of a cover for the ladies to meet and protect their town, there are sewing references!
I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. My thanks to Pigeonhole for the staves to read this book.
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