title: Lye in Wait (A Home Crafting Mystery)
author:  Cricket McRae 
description: "<i>Lye in Wait</i> is an enjoyable book with a credible, if not complex, plot that's handled well. It's a fine start to this new series." -- <i>Hidden Staircase Mystery Books/Mysterious Reviews </i><br /><br />"As impressed as I was when McRae was realistic about crafting supplies, I was even more impressed when Sophie ran into all the sorts of realistic problems a self-appointed busybody ought to run into - people she upsets needlessly, people who refuse to talk, and official people who point out that she's simultaneously making herself a target and a suspect. As fond as I am of cozies, book after book of people deputizing themselves and just tripping over clues gets annoying very quickly. Sophie is given a reason for her inability to stop meddling (and it's not just the obvious one) and she runs into roadblocks. I appreciated that." -- <i>Reviewing the Evidence</i><br /><br />"Ms. McRae has a unique talent for turning phrases in her wording, and <i>Lye in Wait</i> is a promising start to a new series." -- <i>Romance Reviews Today</i><br /><br />"The author, herself a soap maker, gives readers a new tweak on the cozy, complete with credibly written characters possessing enough appealing eccentricities to keep readers happy." -- <i>Booklist, 9/15/07</i><br /><br />"This is a cozy mystery that holds substance, suspense and clever twists for readers." -- <i>The Coloradoan, 12/09/07</i>
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  ## Lye in  
  
  
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  FORTHCOMING BY CRICKET MCRAE IN 2008
  
  Heaven Preserve Us
  
  
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  # Lye in  
  
  
  Wait
  
  Cricket McRae
  
  MIDNIGHT INK  
  
  
  WOODBURY, MINNESOTA
  
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  Lye in Wait: A Home Crafting Mystery (c) 2007 by Cricket McRae. All rights
  reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner
  whatsoever, including Internet usage, without written permission from Midnight
  Ink except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and
  reviews. First Edition First Printing, 2007 Book design and format by Donna
  Burch Cover design and photo by Lisa Novak Editing by Connie Hill
  
  Midnight Ink, an imprint of Llewellyn Publications Library of Congress
  Cataloging-in-Publication Data McRae, Cricket. Lye in wait : a home crafting
  mystery / Cricket McRae. - 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-7387-1116-4 1. Women
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