Here are a few new books, with one debut series from Susan Van Kirk, releasing this week and my pick of the week is . . .

A Crafter Hooks a Killer by Holly Quinn ~ Samantha “Sammy” Kane is settling into her new life in idyllic Heartsford, Wisconsin, running her late friend Kate Allen’s craft shop, Community Craft when one early June day, bestselling crochet author Jane Johnson visits Heartsford. Captivated by Community Craft, Jane devotes a chapter in her new book, Behind the Seams, to the store. Sammy is honored, though satisfaction quickly turns to shock when she finds Jane strangled to death—her cold hands clutching a copy of her most recently published book, with the words “THE END” raggedly scratched into the cover. “The mystery was well-crafted and I liked that it was a mystery within a mystery. . .” -my musing