stitching and quilting mysteries

In the tradition of Jennifer Chiaverini and Emilie Richards, a debut quilting mystery.

Nell Fitzgerald is thrilled when she receives a gorgeous handmade quilt in a lover’s knot pattern from her grandmother Eleanor as an engagement gift. Her joy is short-lived, however, when her fiancé announces he's calling off the wedding. Heartbroken, 25-year-old Nell flees New York City for her grandmother's home in quaint Archers Rest. In this small town Eleanor's life revolves around her quilt shop, Someday Quilts, and the members of the shop’s quilting circle.

Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair has been the talk of the tiny town. But she's been so busy at work, winning over the sewing circle, and trying to forget her cheating ex that she hasn't even had time to baste together a pillow, let alone mind local gossip. Then she finds the hometown sweetheart dead at her back door... Everyone believes the police investigator, who's just fixin' to link Tori to the murder in a love triangle gone bad.

The latest Scrapbooking mystery takes readers back to New Orleans, where there are spookies, foodies -- and crafty killers. (If you want to start at the beginning of the Scrapbooking Mystery series: Bound for Murder, 2004.)

Meet the happy crafter who believes every mystery should be unravelled. Molly Pink's crochet group has a new mystery on their hands when they find a paper bag that contains a note that speaks of remorse, a diary entry of the sorrow of parting, and a complicated piece of filet crochet that offers an obscure clue in pictures. Things get even more complicated when they find the talented crocheter - murdered by a box of poisoned marzipan apples. (If you want to start at the beginning of the Crochet Mystery series: Hooked on Murder, 2008.)

The "USA Today"-bestselling Needlecraft Mystery series returns with a free cross-stitch pattern. When one of part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire's regulars unwittingly becomes involved in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities, Betsy fears something is seriously warped. (If you want to start at the beginning of the Needlecraft Mystery series: Sins and Needles, 2006)

Attending the San Celina Mid-State Fair, Benni Harper's enjoyment of the fair's activities are put on hold after the theft of a quilt intended for a special exhibition and the discovery of a corpse in the Piebald Family Farm Exhibit. (If you want to start at the beginning of the Benni Harper mystery series: Fool's Puzzle, 1994)