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Helping friends renovate their summer cabin, Betsy uncovers a human skeleton hidden in the walls. It appears to be the body of a Nazi soldier-perhaps from the WWII POW camp that once operated not far from town. Stitching together the scant evidence, Betsy is determined to solve the murder-no matter how long ago it may have happened.
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Monica Ferris is the USA Today bestselling author of several mystery series under various pseudonyms.
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3.2 out of 5 stars (16 customer reviews)
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Only because I love the series...and Betsy., Dec 18 2010
By Mary "Mary" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Buttons and Bones (Hardcover)
This is perhaps the weakest entry in the series. I usually don't even try to solve the mysteries as I am reading, but I had this one figured out within pages of them discovering the skeleton. I love the series, so I am giving the book three stars...but if this was the first book I read of Monica Ferris', I doubt I would bother to read any others.Too much of Jill's children (cute as they are supposed to be, their presence really did nothing for the story) and Betsy's man troubles, and not enough of Crewel World, Godwin, or The Monday Bunch.
The book felt rushed and incomplete to me.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
hypnotic mystery, Dec 11 2010
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Buttons and Bones (Hardcover)
In Excelsior, Minnesota Betsy Devonshire, owner of Crewel World needlework shop, was instrumental in getting Lars and his wife Jill a the fixer upper log cabin with six acres of land attached to it. The property is in a state park and part of the property is on the shore. While ripping up a floor and linoleum, they find a trap door that leads to a concealed basement. There they see the bones of a skeleton in the shape of a human are found. Whoever it was did not die a natural death.Jill has a need to know who the victim and the killer are. Betsy joins her on the investigation. They soon learn a former WWII German POW camp was nearby and one person successfully escaped never to be seen again. Twentyish Dieter Keitel had a cold crown on his tooth just like the corpse appears to have. To affirm they found Deiter's bones, the daughter of Betsy's friend does reconstructive forensic modeling from six pictures of him. The results stun Betsy and the audience
There is no blood, or gore just bones in Buttons and Bones yet Monica Ferris once again (see Blackwork) knits together a hypnotic mystery due to the directions the investigations takes her. The murder happened over a half a century ago, but Betsy treats the killing as if it happened yesterday as she takes it as an affront in a believable manner as some of those involved back in WWII still live. This is a terrific 1940s whodunit investigated in the twenty-first century by an amateur sleuth who would have been a great police detective.
Harriet Klausner
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing addition to a favorite series, Dec 16 2010
By Ebirble - Published on Amazon.com
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Much too much pointless hypothesizing and discussion about how and why the murder may have been committed. Such sections did not further the story, since they were no more than long and involved guesses based on very little information when they appeared. Worse yet, I identified the murderer half-way through the book. I rarely do this, and I wasn't trying.I am usually sorry when I finish a "Crewel World" book, but I lost interest in this one once I identified the killer. The pace was slow, and the usual ensemble of characters were largely absent.
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