Crewel and Unusual: A Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery

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The latest mystery in this charming mystery series finds the ever-resourceful Kath Rutledge and shop ghost Geneva tangled up in an embroidery rivalryand a murder.

Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is looking forward to the grand opening of the Blue Plum Vault, a new co-op of small shops, but in the week before the grand opening, two of the new shopkeepers, Nervie and Belinda, declare each others embroidery patterns and antique embroidered linens fakes, copiesand stolen goods. Kath is caught in the middle when shes asked to use her textile expertise to decide if theres any truth to the accusations.

Then, the day before the grand opening, an exquisite tablecloth that Kath has fallen in love withthe pride of Belindas shopis found cut to shreds. Belinda accuses Nervie of the outrage, but Nervie has an airtight alibi: she was at Kaths shop, the Weavers Cat, teaching a crewel embroidery class.

Despite worries over the rivalry and vandalism, the opening is a successuntil Belinda is found dead, stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors from the Weavers Cat. Geneva, the ghost who haunts Kaths store, claims she saw the murderer leaving the scene of the crime. But the ghost is the ultimate unreliable witnessonly Kath and her shop manager can see or hear her. That means its up to Kath, TGIF, and especially Geneva the ghost to solve the crime before the killer cuts another life short.

Reviews

"Cozy fans will enjoy the quirky characters and charming, small-town setting." * Publishers Weekly *
"Though the series as a whole is great fun, combining needlework, a cat, a ghost, and food, this supercozy mystery can easily stand on its own. It's practically guaranteed that those who like this entry will want to read the entire series." * Library Journal *
"MacRae develops her characters, even the ghost, slowly and completely. Reading about Blue Plum is a joy in itself; the setting is stunning and MacRae captures the beauty and serenity very well. By book six, Blue Plum is a character all by itself; this makes reading about the inhabitants all the more fun." * Reviewing the Evidence *
"MacRae writes with familiarity, wit, and charm." * Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine [praise for the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series] *
"Murder with a dose of drollery." * Boston Globe [praise for the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series] *
"A fun series and a fantastic whodunit." * Cozy Mystery Book Review [praise for the Haunted Yarn Shop Mystery Series] *

Author Bio

Molly MacRaeis the national bestselling author ofPlaid and Plagiarism,Scones and Scoundrels,Thistles and Thieves, andHeather and Homicide, all available from Pegasus Crime.Her short stories have appeared inAlfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazinefor more than twenty years, and she has won the Sherwood Anderson Award for Short Fiction. Molly lives with her family in Champaign, Illinois.