Murder Tightly Knit by Vannetta Chapman

Author:Vannetta Chapman
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: ebook
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Amber stepped into The Cat’s Meow, pausing to shake the rain off her umbrella and close it before allowing the door to shut behind her. Immediately her tension level dropped. Who could remain anxious around so much yarn? Every color she could imagine winked at her from the myriad bins that filled the store.

Oh, but she wished she knew how to use some of it. Mary had once offered to teach her, but Amber had never had time to take her up on it. Perhaps she should make time. She couldn’t spend all her hours working and chasing murderers. Television rarely appealed to her. If she knew how to knit or crochet, perhaps those evenings when Tate was away, though they were few and far between, wouldn’t stretch on interminably.

“Can I help you, Mrs. Bowman?” Helen Stinson stood behind the counter. The girl was so short that folks often mistook her for a young teenager.

Amber guessed she topped out at five foot two. Her long, dark hair slid down her back like a beautiful mane. Indeed, Helen was a very pretty young girl, though her style of dress often drew odd looks from the Amish employees. Today she was wearing blue jeans with a bright pink T-shirt that read “Keep Calm and Carry On.”

Amber had considered insisting the staff wear uniforms, but with so many of her employees being Amish it had seemed like a waste of time. Although Helen’s choice of clothing was often unusual, there was nothing wrong with the jeans or T-shirts she wore. They were always clean and even—as Amber could see when she stepped closer—pressed. The crease lines were evident on the shoulders of her T-shirt. Amber had never brought up the subject of Helen’s appearance, and she was glad she hadn’t.

As usual Helen wore a fashionable pair of glasses, this time with bright-red frames. She had several pairs that she switched out regularly. Helen’s mother was the optometrist in town, so Helen probably received the glasses at a discounted price. The mom had confessed to Amber that she’d hoped Helen would work for her selling eyeglasses, but Helen had other plans. With her ambition, no doubt she would be vying for Pam’s job in a few years—or Amber’s.

The girl was all attitude, energy, and goals. Helen set the bottle of water she’d been drinking down on the counter, and Amber noticed her nails were painted a bright-pink color with a dash of shiny silver across each nail. Helen had her own style. That was certain. Would she go to college? Or would she decide experience was more important? Helen was at the point in her life when anything seemed possible, but then, weren’t they all? It only took a decision to act and the will to follow it through.

“Actually, you might be able to help me. How’s business today?”

“Comes in spurts, as usual, but no problems. Mary trained me well, once she understood I was her replacement whether she liked me or not.”

“Now, Helen. I can’t imagine Mary disliking anyone.

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