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Celebrity knitting designer Teddy Lamont is coming to Cardinal Woolsey's knitting and yarn shop in Oxford to run a special class that will be televised. Lucy Swift can't wait to host the popular, flamboyant designer and boost her business. But from the first day things go wrong. One student is nothing but trouble on and off camera. When she winds up dead, the publicity Lucy was hoping for turns out to be the wrong kind. Lucy and her band of undead amateur sleuths have to figure out who the killer is before her business winds up dead.

Romance is in the air on Harrington Street, Oxford. Detective Inspector Ian Chisholm is finally showing interest in Lucy, though the members of the vampire knitting club aren't too thrilled to have the police hanging around so close to Cardinal Woolsey's yarn shop. Up the street at Frogg Books, shop assistant Alice is in love with her bookish boss, Charlie, who doesn't seem to notice.

The Vampire Knitting Club decides to take part in Oxford's Holiday Market, selling exquisite hand-knit scarves, sweaters, and gift items. Their most popular item is the hand-knit Christmas stocking, brightly colored and extra-long to squeeze in a few extra small gifts. But when a sales clerk in another booth is found strangled with one of the stockings, Lucy Swift and her undead detectives are on the case, determined to find out who would do such a terrible thing. And why. In the meantime, Lucy's working hard at her spell book, learning to be a witch.

My Grandmother, Agnes Bartlett, used to own Cardinal Woolsey's knitting shop then died and left her shop to me, without informing me that she wasn't actually dead. She's a vampire and part of the world's strangest craft circle-the Vampire Knitting Club. As you might imagine, this means she's free to interfere in how I run the business that used to be hers. She's trying to teach me to knit, and it's not going well. She's also trying to teach me how to be a witch, since it turns out I'm from a long line of witches.

When an ancient beam falls on one of the guests at Charlie and Alice's wedding, it looks like the work of the death watch beetle, an insect that eats old timbers. But fledgling witch Lucy and the vampire knitting club aren't so sure. Could there be a murderer casting blame on the wood-chomping insects? Meanwhile, the old broom that's always stood in the corner of Cardinal Woolsey's knitting and yarn shop seems to have a mind of its own, and Lucy's cat is ready to hop aboard and take the broom for a spin. With or without Lucy.

When Lucy Swift's cousin Violet decides to take over as the fortune teller at Moreton-under-Wychwood's annual summer fête, Lucy thinks being her assistant will be a fun way to spend a Saturday. That is, until someone's murdered, and the locals turn on Violet, who foresaw the death. To save her, Lucy and her band of undead amateur sleuths have to find out what's really going on in this charming Cotswolds village. What better way than to offer knitting classes? No one has to know that the teacher is a vampire.

Under the Great British Baking Contest tent, the competition's heating up to be crowned Best Baker in all of Britain. For amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson, there are mysteries, secrets, and lies, even murders to solve. As a fledgling witch, Poppy's having enough trouble controlling her sponge cake, never mind trying to control her powers. Besides solving crime, Poppy's also trying to uncover the mystery surrounding her own background. Will she discover who she really is before she gets sent home? Or worse?

Quinn Callahan, eine Hexe mittleren Alters, erklärt sich bereit, eine Buchvorstellung für den kürzlich verstorbenen Bestsellerautor Bartholomew Branson zu organisieren. Damit möchte sie dem frisch gebackenen Vampir einen Gefallen tun. Leider geraten die Dinge aus dem Ruder, als der Autor zu diesem Anlass eine große Party veranstaltet und dabei jemand ums Leben kommt.

In dem malerischen Dörfchen Ballydehag in Irland, in das die Hexe Quinn Callahan vor kurzem gezogen ist, scheint ein uralter Fluch Unheil zu stiften. Ist dieser schuld an dem Mord, der sich ereignet? Oder läuft dort ein sehr lebendiger Mörder frei herum? Der Umzug in ein kleines irisches Dorf hätte die nicht mehr allzu junge Hexe vor Schwierigkeiten bewahren sollen. Doch leider geht diese Rechnung nicht auf. Quinn und ihre untoten Bücherwürmer müssen den wahren Mörder finden und dem Fluch ein Ende setzen, bevor noch jemand ums Leben kommt.

Lucy Swift, witch and knitting shop owner, thought her biggest challenge at a marketing course in Oxford would be untangling the enigma of consumer behavior, not a murder mystery. But amid the hallowed halls, someone is weaving a deceptive web that leaves Lucy second-guessing her senses. It's all fun and games until a corpse appears in her dormitory, silent and still—definitely not an illusion.

Jennifer Cunningham is determined to make a success of The Scallop Shell, the knitting shop she’s managing in Tregrebi, a pretty fishing village in Cornwall. As a way to increase sales, she decides to hold a knitting and crochet retreat at Shadowbrook Manor, the former Bed and Breakfast Inn where she lives. She and her best friend and fellow witch Lucy Swift will co-host the retreat and invite a guest teacher or two.

Quinn Callahan befindet sich in einer schweren Midlife-Crisis. Beruflich steckt sie in einer Sackgasse, die sie nirgendwo hinführt, aber damit hat sie sich abgefunden. Sie ist fünfundvierzig und geschieden. Ihr Mann hat sie für ihre beste Freundin verlassen–wie klischeehaft! Doch eigentlich war alles in Ordnung–bis Quinn, eine praktizierende Hexe, eine grundlegende Regel bricht, und ihr langweiliges Leben auf den Kopf gestellt wird.

Under the Great British Baking Contest tent, the competition's heating up to be crowned best baker in all of Britain. For amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson, there are mysteries, secrets, and lies, even murders to solve. As a fledgling witch, Poppy's having enough trouble controlling her sponge cake, never mind trying to control her powers. Besides solving crime, Poppy's also trying to uncover the mystery surrounding her own background. Will she discover who she really is before she gets sent home? Or worse?

Dieser Markt bietet alles: Kunsthandwerk, Spielzeug, heiße Schokolade ... und einen Killer! Und obendrein den Strickclub der Vampire, denn dort hat man beschlossen, an Oxfords Wintermarkt teilzunehmen und exquisite, selbstgestrickte Schals, Pullover und Geschenkartikel zu verkaufen. Vor allem die handgemachten, extralangen Weihnachtsstrümpfe in leuchtenden Farben, die extra viel Platz für noch mehr kleine Geschenke bieten, werden rasch zum begehrten Verkaufsschlager.

Zur Freude der Hexe Quinn Callahan, die einen Buchladen im irischen Dorf Ballydehag betreibt, erscheint eines späten Abends Jane Austen zum dortigen Treffen des Vampir-Buchclubs. Quinn ist begeistert und brennt darauf, ihrer Lieblingsautorin all die Fragen zu stellen, die man als Lesebegeisterte zu Janes Büchern und insbesondere zu Stolz und Vorurteil nur haben kann. Aber Jane ist nicht für einen Höflichkeitsbesuch nach Ballydehag gekommen. Ihre Mission ist es zu verhindern, dass ihr berühmtestes Buch neu verfilmt wird.

Im O‘Brien‘s Pub in Ballydehag gibt es jeden Freitagabend den Klassiker Irish Stew–bis dieser irische Eintopf einigen Gästen schwer im Magen liegt und in den sozialen Medien fürchterlich negative Kritiken nach sich zieht. Der Koch und Kneipenwirt Sean O‘Grady ist fassungslos. Als einer seiner Gäste nach dem Verzehr von Irish Stew sogar stirbt, wird ihm klar, dass er jetzt größere Probleme hat als giftige Online-Kritiken. Hat außer Sean wirklich niemand Zutaten in den Kochtopf gerührt? Oder verspürt hier jemand Mordgelüste?

Too many cooks spoil the stew! The Irish stew at O’Brien’s pub in Ballydehag is a Friday night favorite—until several people get sick and terrible reviews bubble to the surface on social media. Publican and chef Sean O’Grady is horrified, but when one of his customers dies after eating the stew, he realizes he has more than poisonous reviews to worry about. Was Sean the only one who added ingredients to the simmering pot—or does someone have a taste for murder?

It’s the big finale of the Great British Baking Contest. Who will fall flatter than an eggless soufflé? And will amateur baker and witch Poppy survive to find out? Dark forces are at work in the picture-perfect village of Broomewode, Somerset. Poppy’s getting closer to solving the mystery of her beginnings, but so many questions remain. Will she finally meet her birth mother? Is the local coven helping or hindering her search? Will she and sexy Viscount Benedict finally have their first date? There are old and new mysteries to solve in this final installment of the series!

A Christmas charity contest leads to murder! Amateur baker Poppy Wilkinson agrees to be a celebrity contestant in a charity gingerbread house competition in Bath, England. She can support a good cause while promoting the long running TV reality show in which she’s a contestant — The Great British Baking Contest. However, beneath the gingerbread walls and behind the lollipop trees swirl bad feelings, jealousy, and murder. Good thing Poppy is also a witch and a talented amateur sleuth.

The fun of an English baking contest set in the beautiful English countryside complete with witches, recipes, and murder. Join Poppy and her friends as she puzzles out another complex murder that might have ties to her!