Bead on Trouble (Kitzi Camden Mysteries, No. 1) ebook

by Barbara Burnett Smith

Kitzi Camden, a retired stateswoman who has taken up beading as a hobby, is forced to turn sleuth when talented beader .

I've read a lot of cozies, and I love Smith's Purple Sage series, but Kitzi Camden is in a class of her own. A fifty-ish former senator from Texas, Kitzi can be both funny and sweet, but she's got a lot of spunk. She's definitely someone you'll want to get to know better!

Bead on Trouble book. Unfortunately do to the untimely death of Barbara Burnett Smith there will only be one more Kitzi book which saddens me greatly. May 08, 2012 Katie rated it liked it.

Bead on Trouble book. Meet Kitzi Camden, former stateswoman.

The late Austin (TX) author Barbara Burnett Smith is best known for her . See if your friends have read any of Barbara Burnett Smith's books. Smith wrote mysteries, taught mystery writing, and worked as voice-over talent on Austin radio commercials.

The late Austin (TX) author Barbara Burnett Smith is best known for her novels set in the fictional Texas town of Purple Sage. She also owned Catalyst Training & Development, a company that ran communication training classes and workshops. She was a former president of the international Sisters In Crime literary group.

Meet Kitzi Camden, former stateswoman. When she retired, Kitzi dreamed of doing what she loves best-beading. I have yet to read a Barbara Burnett Smith book that I haven't totally enjoyed. The beading element just added to the book as I am a beader too. 0. Report

Meet Kitzi Camden, former stateswoman. Report. Bead on Trouble is a Gem!!!!! By Thriftbooks. com User, November 5, 2006. The book started out slow, but it soon took off and never stopped!! I ended up loving it! It was a great read, good mystery and even better if you are a beader! It had lots of twists and turns, and very interesting characters!!!

Barbara Burnett Smith. She certainly didn't plan to try her hand at amateur sleuthing. But lately, trouble seems to find her wherever she goes-even deep into the woods.

Barbara Burnett Smith.

Agatha Award nominee Barbara Burnett Smith is best known for her . Former Texas senator Kitzi Camden joins her old friend Beth at a retreat.

Agatha Award nominee Barbara Burnett Smith is best known for her popular Purple Sage mysteries. In Bead on Trouble, the first of a brand new series, Smith strings together a tale of high intrigue set at a beaders' colony. Former Texas senator Kitzi Camden joins her old friend Beth at a retreat thick with beaders, but she soon finds that a much more deadly craft is being practiced there: the art of murder! మరింత చదవండి.

Kitzi Camden Mysteries (Book 1).

Agatha Award nominee Barbara Burnett Smith is best known for her popular Purple Sage mysteries.

December 2007 : USA Paperback.

2005) (The first book in the Kitzi Camden, Beading Mystery series) A novel by Barbara Burnett Smith. December 2007 : USA Paperback.

Barbara Burnett Smith Petry wrote several mysteries that were published and include: Mauve and Murder. The Purple Sage Series - Writers of the Purple Sage - Dustdevils of the Purple Sage - Mistletoe from Purple Sage - Celebration in Purple Sage - Skeletons in Purple Sage. KNEL Radio Station - Brady TX (Sales and Show Host) KHFI Radio Station - Austin TX (Sales Manager) Catalyst Training & Development - Austin TX (Owner & Trainer) Author.

Meet Kitzi Camden, former stateswoman. When she retired, Kitzi dreamed of doing what she loves best--beading. She certainly didn't plan to try her hand at amateur sleuthing. But lately, trouble seems to find her wherever she goes--even deep into the woods. When a young beader is killed at a beading retreat, Kitzi is faced with almost as many suspects as there are beads in her bag.

AfinaS

As a beader, I enjoyed this book very much, plus I always love a whodunit! Sad to know that there were only 2 books in this series.

asAS

I was lucky enough to get my hands on one of the first copies of Bead on Trouble. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down!

I've read a lot of cozies, and I love Smith's Purple Sage series, but Kitzi Camden is in a class of her own. A fifty-ish former senator from Texas, Kitzi can be both funny and sweet, but she's got a lot of spunk. She's definitely someone you'll want to get to know better!

When Kitzi's best friend Beth is implicated for killing her husband's lover at a beading retreat, Kitzi races to the rescue. It doesn't take long for her to start digging up dirt on some of the beaders -- including a few tidbits some people might prefer to sweep under the carpet. (I challenge you to figure out who the murderer is -- I sure couldn't.) To make things even more interesting, an old flame appears on the scene... and Kitzi discovers she may still be carrying a torch.

The book is set in an old-fashioned Texas camp that makes me long to be a girl again, and although I'm not a beader, the descriptions of beading -- and the projects -- sounded so intriguing that by the end of the book, I found myself heading to the local craft store.

A great amateur sleuth, a quirky cast of characters, a charming setting, and a puzzler of a mystery... This book is a must-read. My only regret is that it didn't come out until after Christmas!

Inertedub

Love the book - hated to find out the author died.

Thoginn

A huge bead camp is going on and Kitzi and her best friend Beth and Beth's daughter Shannon are attending. It is at the same camp that Beth and Kitzi used to go to every year for summer camp and that they were counselors at when they got older. Well now a friend of theirs owns it and she does beat retreats twice a year. Usually this is the best and most relaxing time Kitzi has. This retreat is different in many ways though, first off they find out that a huge contractor is coming to the retreat to look for new talent for their very popular business, which may not mean much to Kitzi being she only does beading to relax and isn't great enough to make her own creations but her friend Beth is amazing and is very much nervous and wants to impress. Secondly, there is a murder at camp, yup a murder, of one of the other beaders, May Feather. Kitzi may have been in the wrong place at the wrong time the night before when her goddaughter and her went out for a night ride. They didn't see the murder, but what they did see could make them look very bad in the law's eyes...if they tell that is. Will the murderer strike again? Is the murderer going to knock off everyone that wants the contract so he or she can get it instead? Will Kitzi be able to convince the detective that she doesn't belong on the suspect list before it's too late? Who would want to kill May?

This was a good mystery that had a little bit different plot than others because of the setting of the book. I liked it. I enjoyed the camp background and the meaning of these retreats that Kitzi and her best friend Beth take to this day. The action pretty much started right away, there was some lull time, but it was needed to fully understand the dynamics of the characters and plot. There also were a couple other parts that seemed to drag a bit, but were pretty short lived and then the book moved on. The book was very well written and once it started, it really plugged along and kept me interested and wanting to read on. The characters were absolutely amazing too. I loved Kitzi, Beth, Shannon, and even the kitty Sinatra. They were all so well developed and real. Real problems and real emotions is what I got out of all the characters, not just the main ones. There were so many suspects in this mystery that I had a hard time deciding which one I liked best for the murder. Plus I kept changing my mind about my thoughts as I read on. Great read and great mystery!

4/5 Stars!

sergant

Kitzi Camden and Beth Fairfield have been best friends ever since they met when they were eight years old at Camp Green Clover in Texas. Now in their fifties, they attend the twice yearly Craft Retreats that the camp holds. The two women and Beth's daughter Shannon arrive at the camp.

The teen asks Kitzi to drive her to a hardware store on the first night of camp because Shannon insists she saw her father's car parked there once when he was supposed to be someplace else and he has been going out at night using flimsy excuses. When they arrive at the parking lot they see Shannon's father making out with a camp crafter May Feather. They return to the camp but agree not to say anything to Beth that night; the next morning they learn that May was murdered. Shannon and Mitzi lie to the police about their whereabouts the night before but one of the offices don't believe them. Kitzi decides to do a little sleuthing on her own to see if she can find out who the killer is.

This first installment in Barbara Burnett Smith's new amateur sleuth mystery is a cleverly constructed who done it with enough suspects that the reader won't be able to figure out who the killer is until the author chooses to reveal the perpetrator's identity. Even when the murderer is revealed, readers will be shocked because that person is the last one anyone would guess is capable of killing. The heroine proves that being a half century old means one remains energetic and quick willed as those twenty-five years younger. BEAD ON TROUBLE is an entertaining and lively mystery.

Harriet Klausner