Angol
When thirty-something Shelby Phillips returns to her quiet hometown just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, she reluctantly takes over her mothers Nimble Needle needlepoint shopand gets entangled in a murder investigation . . .
Its only temporary. Thats what Shelby Phillips tells herself when she returns to excruciatingly harmless Gwen Lake after her graphic arts careerand the office romance blooming with itget tossed like rejected design mockups. Her plan is as simple and fool-proof as a tent stitch: manage the family needlepoint shop during her parents RV vacation. Its just a month. Its not as if theyre retiring . . . right?
When Shelby becomes responsible for hosting a trunk show with local vendors, shes determined to pull it off. Even if that means dealing with former classmate Kat Katsaros, a rising entrepreneur specializing in needlework scissors. Kat has changed since high schooland shes angling to take over the Nimble Needle herself. The tension unspools when Shelby makes a terrible discovery on the morning of the event: Kats dead body.
Shelby cant believe the death was an accident. Thats why shes set on exposing who committed the murder with Kats own equipment. She finds help in a new friend, a potential crush, and the surprising support of her sister and the Nimble Needle stitchers. Still, Shelby must move quickly to stop the crafty culprit before her maybe not-so-temporary new life in Gwen Lake comes apart at the seams . . .
