| I just finished reading Bead on Trouble by | | | | Country, mayhem ensues. There is an old flame |
| Barbara Burnett Smith, a mystery novel set | | | | of Kitzi's, a potential new love interest, |
| among beaders (makers of bead jewelry) in | | | | fierce competition among the beaders for a |
| Central Texas.First of all, let me say how | | | | lucrative contract from an art catalog, and a |
| amazed I was at the fragmentation of the | | | | mysterious death ... May Feather, a talented |
| mystery novel market. Of course I was aware | | | | beader is found dead in a creek.Of course it |
| of standard genres, such as the police | | | | does not help that Kitzi discovered earlier |
| procedural or the English whodunit, as well | | | | that the victim was having an affair with the |
| as mystery series with regional connections. | | | | husband of Kitzi's best friend |
| I had even come across mystery series with | | | | Beth.Naturally, Kitzi wants to solve the |
| themes such as rare book collecting (John | | | | case, while the local sheriff suspects her of |
| Dunning's Booked to Die is an excellent read | | | | murdering May...This makes for nice reading, |
| for bibliophiles) or running a teashop.These | | | | and the author keeps stringing you along |
| days however, there appear to be mysteries | | | | (sorry, could not resist the pun), so that |
| for quilters, potters and scrapbookers as | | | | the ending is rather surprising. The best |
| well -- can you imagine the problems for | | | | part is the witty dialogs. So, if you enjoy |
| bookstore owners ("Where do you keep the | | | | craft-themed mysteries, Bead on Trouble would |
| mysteries about juvenile herb | | | | be a good choice.Pamela Bruce lives in |
| gardeners?")Despite these somewhat odd | | | | Austin, TX. She has been beading since her |
| trends, Bead on Trouble is an entertaining | | | | teens, but has never been to a beading camp. |
| book. The protagonist, Kitzi Camden, is an | | | | She sells the bead jewelry she creates at |
| ex-politician in her 50s, turned corporate | | | | where you can also download the free e-book |
| trainer and part-time beader. When she | | | | "A Consumer's Guide to Buying Bead Jewelry |
| attends a beading camp in the Texas Hill | | | | Online". |