Sewing Studio Mystery #01: Seams Like Murder

- Blurb -

From USA Today bestselling author Dorothy Howell, a brand new cozy mystery series featuring twenty-something Abbey Chandler and her fellow sewing circle members in the quaint, touristy town of Hideaway Cove. Abbey Chandler needs a new start and a place to escape, so Hideaway Grove, where she spent her childhood summers, seems like a perfect choice. Once there, she takes up a rewarding new hobby-but also gets tangled up in a hit-and-run homicide. . . Abbey has barely arrived in the quaint, quiet town of Hideaway Grove before things turn from blissful to bloody-as the new librarian is mowed down by a car. The only witness on the scene isn' t much help, aside from handing Abbey the bag of books dropped by the victim. Even worse, the sheriff' s office seizes Abbey' s car because of a suspicious dent in the right front fender. While she waits for the problem to be sorted out, Abbey is drawn into a charity sewing project-even though she can' t tell a bobbin from a seam ripper. Before she knows it, she' s graduating from pillowcase dresses to aprons, setting up a studio in a back room of her aunt' s bakery, and making plans to participate in the upcoming craft fair. But through it all, she keeps looking for patterns and possible conflicts in the late librarian' s personal, professional, and romantic life. Then a shocking discovery sends her in a new direction, and as the truth begins to unspool, she' s got a notion about who' s guilty. . . "Seams Like Murder is a charmer of a mystery, a thoroughly engaging tale of murder, romance, and yummy desserts. (Not to mention a nifty sewing project!) I was hooked from page one. " -Laura Levine, author of Death By Smoothie