Everyone knows not to judge a book by its cover. However, Loom and Doom, by Susan Sleeman, not only had an attractive cover, it has a ribbon bookmark. Evidently, this book is only one in a series of "Antique Shop Mysteries." The author, Susan Sleeman is only one of the many authors that write for "Antique Shop Mysteries."
The mysteries are touted as "cozy" mysteries. The locale, in Maine, the antique shop, which Maggie, the main protagonist, owns, and the quaint village, add to the lure qualifying the book as "cozy."
The village was having a large "flea" type sale, where all the merchants place their merchandise outside. There's a festival type atmosphere and the festivities begin with an auction. One of the items, which Maggie wants to buy for herself, is a carpet bag. When she was bidding, another bidder ran up the bid against her. Maggie finally won.
After the auction, Maggie's competitor for the carpet bag is murdered. He was killed with one of the auction's items--a sprocket. Very strange.
Maggie wondered why this victim was after the carpet bag. Upon closer inspection, she found a drawing of a house, hidden inside the lining of the bag. The house in the drawing is in the vicinity. There is a loom in the house missing a sprocket. There's a tunnel under the house and the key is the sprocket.
Maggie and her friends, piece everything together to solve the murder and its surrounding mystery. Therein lies the suspense.
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