Synopses & Reviews
Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, has hooked more than a few crooks in the USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries. Now Betsy learns the hard way that a murder is still murder, any way you color it…
Betsy is a natural-born yarnsmith—so it’s only fitting that some of her favorite items to stock come from the dye-works of Hailey Brent. Hailey makes hand-dyed knitting wool, silk, soy, and corn yarns. She uses only natural vegetable dyes, creating soft and beautiful colors. Which means her yarns are expensive, but well worth it.
Unfortunately, someone thinks they’re worth killing for.
When Hailey’s body is discovered shot dead in her workshop, Betsy discovers that there was a lot about Hailey she would have never guessed. Like her penchant for stealing other’s property for her own use. Her use of dangerous additives to create her so-called all-natural fibers. And a scheming mind that had made her more than one enemy.
Now, Betsy must wring the truth from a bevy of colorful suspects. Because the truth just might mean the difference between living—and dyeing…
Review
“Ferris’s fans will be charmed.”—
Publishers Weekly
“Monica Ferris is a talented writer who knows how to keep the attention of her fans.”— Midwest Book Review
“Ferris’s characterizations are top-notch, and the action moves along at a crisp pace.” —Booklist
“Fans will enjoy the needlework lore, the included pattern, and the ongoing adventures.” —Kirkus Reviews
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Praise for Monica Ferris’s Needlecraft Mysteries “Not just for needleworkers, this is a series that should appeal to anyone who enjoys a good cozy mystery, populated by characters who continue to grow and evolve.” —CA Reviews
“A comfortable fit for mystery readers who want to spend an enjoyable time with interesting characters.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press
“A first-rate mystery supported by a wonderful heroine and vibrant supporting cast that will keep many readers eagerly turning pages until the very end.” —The Romance Readers Connection
“Ferris’s fans will be charmed.”—Publishers Weekly
“Monica Ferris is a talented writer who knows how to keep the attention of her fans.” —Midwest Book Review
“Filled with great small-town characters…A great time…Fans of Jessica Fletcher will devour this.”—Rendezvous
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
Back from a trip to Thailand, Doris Valentine is eager to show Betsy, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, her souvenirs. Later when the souvenirs are stolen from Doris?s apartment, Betsy thinks there is something more to some of this exotic embroidery than meets the eye.
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As full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, Betsy Devonshire has unraveled more than her share of tangled clues in the
USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries. But a cryptic embroidered message on a dead woman’s blouse may prove her greatest challenge yet…
When an elderly homeless woman is found dead on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, she’s wearing a blouse embroidered with her will, which bequeaths everything she owns to her niece, Emily Hame—a member of the Monday Bunch at Betsy Devonshire’s Crewel World needlework shop! But Emily’s aunt is the second homeless woman to be found dead in Excelsior, Minnesota. Is someone targeting the homeless, or is it related to a sizable inheritance? Emily seeks the help of her fellow needlecrafter Betsy to discover the common thread between the deaths—and to determine if a murderer may strike again…
Synopsis
Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, has hooked more than a few crooks in the
USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries. Now Betsy learns the hard way that a murder is still murder, any way you color itand#133;
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Betsy is a natural-born yarnsmithand#151;so itand#8217;s only fitting that some of her favorite items to stock come from the dye-works of Hailey Brent. But when Hailey is found dead in her workshop, Betsy discovers that there was a lot about Hailey she would have never guessed. Like her penchant for stealing, her use of dangerous additives to create her so-called all-natural fibers, and a scheming mind that had made her more than one enemy. Now Betsy must wring the truth from a bevy of colorful suspects. Because what she knows just might mean the difference between livingand#151;and dyeingand#133;
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Included free in this edition: a never-before-published Needlecraft Mystery story and a counted cross-stitch pattern
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About the Author
Monica Ferris is the USA Today bestselling author of several mystery series under various pseudonyms.