🫖Virtual Book Tour & Book Review: Sconed to Death (A Crochet and Crumpets Mystery) by Betty Hechtman

Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Sconed to Death (A Crochet and Crumpets Mystery) by Betty Hechtman! Today we are featuring a review of book two in this cozy mystery series. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews, and more! 

Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Indiana
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Severn House
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 2, 2026
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
Hardcover
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1448318629
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1448318629
Digital
ISBN-13: 9781448318636
Audiobook
ASIN B0GH2HY42Y
MP3CD
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8228941519
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0GS74NJGP

About the Book:

A brand-new series from the queen of culinary cozies. Full to the brim with crochet, crumpets, and crime!

The perfect ingredients for murder . . .

Annie Hart has transformed the yarn shop she inherited into a thriving business and tea shop. Now she needs to sell it so she can move back to LA. She just has to ensure that young Toby Swanson is kept on as the supplier of their famous scones.

Annie decides to secretly enter Toby in a new reality TV cooking show. But his application video takes a deadly twist when Annie and her business partner, Gray, discover a body on the beach while filming. Even worse, it looks like the young woman had been enjoying Toby’s cherry scones and the shop’s rose tea before her death.

With the help of her misfit group of local yarn artists, can Annie find a killer and save her reputation?

Readers who love super cozy culinary mysteries will eat up this new charming cozy mystery series.

My Review:

What a great read! While I somehow missed book one, Death Among the Stitches, in this series, that fact did not stop me from enjoying this latest entry, book two! I went to college in Indiana and spent a good part of childhood visiting family in Indiana so I’m always drawn to stories set in that state, even though this was northern Indiana and my time was spent in southern. This is all to say – this was such a fun read on so many levels. 

I could easily picture the setting and the charm of the school house turned tea room and yarn store, as well as the cozy cottage where Annie and Gray lived. I wished so much I could visit both spots and enjoy a tea luncheon. 

The book is full of characters I loved and those I could not stand (you’ll see what I mean when you read it) and all were well developed and perfectly captured on page. I also love seeing characters come into their own and found myself rooting for Annie and Gray. 

The mystery was puzzling and I could not figure out the murder, but when I finished it all made sense as the pieces clicked together. 

So grab yourself a cup of tea, a yummy treat and enjoy a book full of mystery, lovable characters and just a touch of romance. 

About the Author:

Despite completing a Fine Arts degree, all Betty Hechtman ever wanted to be was a writer.  She wrote a weekly column in her college newspaper and later wrote magazine and newspaper pieces, along with short stories and a prize-winning screenplay.  She has published over thirty books across four cozy mystery series, all of which have yarn craft. She lives with her family in Southern California

Author Links: Website ~ Facebook ~ Blog

Purchase Links: Amazon  ~ Barnes and Noble 

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