Died in the Wool (Knitting Mystery Series #1) Book

I read this book in about 2 hours total, and it was a struggle.

Most of the book is about copyright wank and how the internet is the equivalent of exploring an uncharted planet. Scary! Even though it was written in 2005.
Character development was awkward, a lot of telling us instead of showing us through writing and actions. Relationships between characters were weakly developed, again through telling not action.

The oh-so-obvious love interest begins prematurely on page 6, but gets no where.
The protagonist's help on the case is dubious at best, illegal and improbable as well. As is the rest of the police work in the book.

The "people in a small town know everything" (except who could be the murderer, of course) is way overused here. Combined with the old saw of the transplanted big-city cop, it is a formula, and not well executed.

Finally, even though I am a fiber enthusiast, repeated references to how someone would never do that with yarn they had spun themselves because ZOMG THE YARN IS PRESHUS were so lame. Sure, they wouldn't use their own yarn because it could connect them to the crime... but if someone is KILLING someone else, I doubt the sanctity of their handspun is a factor in their weapon choice.