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Crossed By Death (Stitches In Crime Book 1)

Crossed By Death (Stitches In Crime Book 1)

byACF Bookens
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diana jaycox (my friends call me DJ)
5.0 out of 5 stars I think I might love this series even more than St. Marin series!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 5 September 2022
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As much as I love ACF Bookens St. Marin series, after reading Crossed By Death, I may love her Stitches in Crime series even more. And that is saying a lot! Because let's face it, St. Marin with It's quirky but loveable populate,a small town, pet friendly, great cup of coffee, bookstore AND a murder mystery, is really hard to compete with! Yet, Crossed by Death heroine Paisley Sutton, a middle-aged single mom with a precocious toddler in tow, discovering a dead body while salvaging a derilect store and gas station, give Harvey Beckett, her dog Mayhem and cat Aslan, from St. Marin, a real run for her money! I may have to read more to decide, as it has been awhile since I read Punishable by Death (St. Marin) and just finished Crossed by Death, so my adventure with Paisley is fresher in my mind. Paisley might have an unfair advantage over Harvey!

Whatever your favorite series may be you can't go wrong with ACF Bookens! Ms Bookens is a master in creating small towns that make the "everyone knows your business" aspect welcoming instead of off- putting. Amongst the quirky townspeople, the small businesses and close knit neighborhoods, Bookens introduces the reader to a simpler, peaceful, loving way of life. Through her writings, this reluctant rural Missouri transplant ( myself) has begun to see my community in a much better light. As I related to the characters in ACF Bookens books, I learned to seek the story behind my neighbors and townspeople. Good Fiction should take you away from yourself for awhile and return you to your reality, a better, more empathetic version of yourself. ACF Bookens does just that with her writing.

Harvey in St. Marin is starting a second career, opening a bookstore in a small southern town. Solving a murder is not the only thing that Ms. Bookens addresses with the help of her heroine. Part of the magic of ACF Bookens, is the issues she brings to light, while solving the murder. Through Harvey, it was the intricacies of opening a small business as a outsider in a town of insiders, matters of hidden and overt feelings of racism, and the everyday ups and downs of beginning a new chapter of life as a middle-age woman. As Harvey thinks and makes others around her think, so did I. This back story was as intriguing as the mystery. I spent a lot of time dreaming about small bookstore and re-inventing myself late in age.

With Crossed by Death, I was pleased to find the same technique was used. I commisurated with Paisley on the trials and joys of raising a very active toddler in your late 30s. My darling would only sleep in a moving car at that age, too. The problems with work life balance and navigating the intricacies of friendships and more intimate relationships when fatigue seems to be your constant companion. Oh, and the cross-stitch to relax; she is a kindred-soul if I ever met one! But what I loved most about Paisley is our shared love of history. Paisley's need to discover and tell the stories of people and sites she finds, mimics my passion for rooting out obscure branches of family trees. Crossed By Death is full of wonderful tidbits about researching genealogy, historical sites and obscure historical events. ACF Bookens shows her talent for getting to the heart and soul of her characters in Crossed By Death, as by the time you finish reading you will swear you have met these characters in your own life. I think she must have attended a fish fry on the river with my family a time are two!
Reading Crossed By Death was an immersive experience for me. I didn't just read the story, I lived it, from the first sentence to the last. I have all her books on the To be Read shelf. I only hope I can finish them in my lifetime! If you haven't experienced this truly amazing author yet, pick up Crossed By Death, it's an entertaining romp through small-town living!
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Cindy Murphy
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of unexpected circumstances
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 16 May 2023
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I loved the very different characters, especially Paisley and Sawyer. She is a historian and single mother raising 2 year old, Sawyer. While scavenging in an old gas station before it is to be torn down, she finds a dead woman. The sheriff becomes intragal to the story at this point and with Paisley’s help finds out the history of this site and the people. You really need to read this book to understand what happens.
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BRIAN J PLANT
4.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 20 May 2023
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Good value
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LabLady
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed It
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 28 February 2023
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This is an enjoyable, low key cozy. Paisley is an interesting protagonist, and having a toddler to wrangle makes her different from the normal heroines who are childless or raising teenagers. She works with Sheriff Shifflet instead of deeming him incompetent and trying to solve the case on her own. Using her skills as a historian, Paisley garners facts that help solve the case while she does her blog and helps other people with historical & genealogical searches. Paisley comes across as interested in her career. She has a good rapport with her friends & family, including her step mother, and doesn’t seem to be fighting with her ex. I’m going to try book two in the series. Series name is inappropriate; Paisley only does cross stitch at home to relax. Book has some issues: Two-year-old Sawyer acts way too mature for his age. He has a big vocabulary, follows instructions, can handle tools & helps with projects. [I know this is fiction, but….] I’m trying to figure out why anyone would buy yarn that has been strung through a store and then balled – especially if it was handled by a sticky fingered two-year-old. It’s a bit unrealistic that everyone in this rural town seems completely unprejudiced.
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Kindle Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 25 May 2023
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I really liked the character, Paisley, having a toddler. That added a very enjoyable dimension, at times amusing. This book is thoughtful, intriguing & engrossing. Thank you ACF Bookens! Sincerely, Sharon
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J. Vance
3.0 out of 5 stars Sort of All Right
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 26 March 2023
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This was a passable light read, except for two things, one in particular; how the main character treats her kid. She lets him do whatever he wants whenever he wants. Everyone around her must do the same. It is really annoying as he features quite a bit in the story. Some of the things he is allowed to do are dangerous but not once does the mother say 'no, or you should not do that'. I hated this so much I was tempted to give the book 1 star, but that wouldn't have been fair. I would definitely not read another with this kid and mother combination.
The other annoyance is more minor. It reads as if the author had a decent idea for a story but someone said cosy mysteries sell well, so some cross stitch was added to help sales. There is no connection to cross stitch, it just happens in the evenings, and the way it is written is as if the author has never done any. It is not connected and makes the story disjointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Too cozy for me,
Reviewed in France 🇫🇷 on 3 July 2022
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but objectively not without charm. There are a lot of competition in the cozy sector, and this has nostalgic " Small Town Heritage" and a happily tired single mom protagonist to set it appart. No doubt it will appeal to many.

However, stay well away if the joys of toddlers bore you, the "gifted" articulations of the heroine's two year old fill half the book. You probably can't say that, but not many two year olds have this level of language, that is however not the point, nothing funny or particularly insight full from the son, just pages of semi articulate filler....The addage "your children are cute etc, other people's not so much" deffinately transfer to litterature. Also there is a lot of small town historical research detailed that is neither interesting nor really necessary for the storyark. Further, to be avoided if you're partial to well edited text..one moment the lack of cell reception is what drives the action, then, when the action is required onsite, voila, the mobile phone work just fine.
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TaniaRina
4.0 out of 5 stars Old Skool parenting – love it!
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 21 January 2023
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I absolutely ADORE Paisley as a parent. She does what she needs to do for her kid and she’s not shy about using her great support system when she needs to. She balances when to say know and when to just go with the flow (these clothes will wash). Toddlers need attention, naps, and boundaries.

The history research was cool - the modern-day urbanization mindset has all but destroyed the importance of maintaining family records and local lore. Paisley's salvage job fits in perfectly.

I enjoyed the first two books in the author’s St. Marin’s series and look forward to reading ‘Aida Time’ (#10 in this series and to be released 24 Jan.
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Joyce Rigg
4.0 out of 5 stars A fun easy read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 February 2023
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A lovely fun read. Some great characters that I sometimes got confused as to how their relationships worked. It didn't matter as the story held me captive. I am not a huge follower of cosy mysteries but I will certainly be getting the nest in this series.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Good story
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 1 May 2023
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reallyenjoyed this book
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