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