A Hobby in Foul Play

by Diane Bator, Felicity Green, Daisy Landish

From sewing to painting everyone needs a hobby,
but what happens when the paint spill isn't paint?
Or the crochet blanket is used for more than warmth?

Can these sleuths use the threads to weave out the culprit?
Follow them into a crafty case with this anthology!

Download A Hobby in Foul Play to see if you can crack these cases wide open!

279 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 17, 2024

About the author

Diane Bator is a prolific, award-winning Canadian author, publisher, book coach, editor, and mom of three suddenly adults who has developed a great, although quirky sense of humor. She is the host of the Escape With a Writer blog, and started her own publishing company, Escape With a Writer, in January of 2024 to relaunch her previous 15 novels as well as newer works. She is represented by Creative Edge Publicity and available for interviews, podcasts, and so on.

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quirky quilters face clumsiness, mysteries, and quilting challenges.

It's so much more than a hobby, quilting really is- especially for really dedicated groups. I had been an active quilter in a few hand stitching quilting groups in college, and dropped out of the most time intensive one when I got engaged. One of the members gave me a quilted pillow top, and let me know the quilts were much more reliable and long lasting than any man.

Some of the quilters in these stories face dilemmas with their time, resources, and threats - and the women , and the quilts, and the craftscontinue to be there for them.

Fun, light humor, mud stomping messiness with plenty of quilting anecdotes and humor.

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Kathryn Mykel's contribution to this book and I'm sure the other authors will be just as entertaining!!

Agnes is missing!

Beatrice and Maud are worried about Agnes as she didn't show up to the quilters meeting so they decide to do a little investigation, but no one has seen her today! The ladies are determined to figure out what happened, but will they do it in time to find/save Agnes?

There is a lot packed into this brief mystery.

I received this as an ARC fo my voluntary and honest review.

[Dianne Hall · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Missing Stitcher contributed to this anthology by Kathryn Mykel has a great plot and is a fun to read cozy mystery. I love the senior sleuths as they piece together the mysterious disappearance of their friend. Of course, they are talented at piecing things together as they are quilters! Kathryn Mykel's stories are always clever and entertaining. I highly recommend her story in this anthology and her books.

I read this book a part of an advance reader team and am voluntarily leaving this review.

[MileHighSunshine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beatrice and Maud are a hoot as they try to find out if their friend, Agnes. Whisper Willows is a quiet, pretty little town with a huge sense of community. You can just picture it in your mind from the wonderful descriptions.

You’ll chuckle as you read along listening to their discussions, rants at local chipmunks and more.

What a fun way to take some time away from the real world to just relax and enjoy. You deserve it and won’t be sorry!

[Lizz Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This anthology includes some of my favorite cozy writers including Daisy Landish, Felicity Green and Kathryn Mykel. This includes a wide range of cozy mysteries from paranormal to non-paranormal. I really enjoyed Kathryn Mykel's addition to this book: The Missing Stitcher. It is always good to know your friends have your back, especially in these small towns where amateur sleuths step in to solve the case.

[Lori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitely Cozy! I enjoyed this mystery short anthology. It is definitely a good way to find new to me authors. For this I went specifically for Kathryn Mykel and I must say I was thoroughly engrossed in the story and felt that these ladies could definitely get into some shenanigans in life. Thanks to the author for the early copy and for supporting worthy causes.

[Juanita E. Arp · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is only for, Kathryn Mykel's "The Missing Stitcher". I enjoyed this mystery short, is definitely a good way to find new to me authors. I was thoroughly engrossed in the story and felt that these ladies could definitely get into some trouble. I can't wait to read more from this author. I received this book as a Free ARC copy to read and I voluntarily leave this review.

[Jeanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Missing Stitcher by Kathryn Mykel is a short story in the A Hobby In Foul Play collection.

Quilter Agnes doesn’t show up for the quilters meeting and Beatrice and Maud are worried. This is a quick, cute story about the ladies trying to find and rescue her.

I received a free copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving my honest review.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a review for The Missing Stitcher by Kathryn Mykel, one of the stories in this anthology. When Agnes, one if the members of their quilting group, goes missing, Maud & Beatrice limp into action to find her. Enjoyed the references to classic crime shows. Short, quirky, enjoyable story. I enjoy all Mykel's stories & all the anthologies from Aconite Cafe.

[Sherri Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review is for “The Missing Stitcher.” Beatrice and Maud are quite the pair! Loved the sleuthing and humor! Relatable characters and a fun mystery made this a very enjoyable read. These are my opinions after reading an advance copy of this short story.

[Traci · Rating 4 out of 5]

fun variety of hobby centered cozies

An enjoyable anthology of hobby centric cozies. Some are paranormal some are not. It’s a nice sampling and a good way to try different authors

[Robin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a missing stitcher as an advanced reader copy. Two friends go looking for their missing friend. This was a quick and wonderfully written story.

[Beth Helm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

I loved this book. It was full of people who had different hobbies and all with different mysteries. The short stories were well written and fast reads.

[Malgorzata · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read story written by Kathryn Mykel, "The Missing Stitcher ". It is nice, enjoyable, short story with funny main characters - Maud and Beatrice.

[Valeri Sullivan (vsulvn29) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Part of the anthology A Hobby In Foul Play

I absolutely adore the senior sleuths in Kathryn Mykel’s novella in this hobby themed anthology! A little mud won’t stop them from finding their friend...after stopping for a meal or two along the way! They’ve got spunk and I loved it!

Updated 08/21/24
I seriously enjoyed all of the stories in this anthology and found a few new to me authors to add to my tbr pile! I highly recommend it!