One Sharp Stitch - (A Nimble Needle Mystery) by Allie Pleiter (Hardcover)

About the Book

"It's only temporary. That's what Shelby Phillips tells herself when she returns to excruciatingly harmless Gwen Lake after her graphic arts career--and the office romance blooming with it--get 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. It's just a month. It's not as if they're retiring--right? When Shelby becomes responsible for hosting a trunk show with local vendors, she's 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 school--and she's angling to take over the Nimble Needle herself. The tension unspools when Shelby makes a terrible discovery on the morning of the event: Kat's dead body"--

Book Synopsis

When thirty-something Shelby Phillips returns to her quiet hometown just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, she reluctantly takes over her mother's Nimble Needle needlepoint shop--and gets entangled in a murder investigation . . .

It's only temporary. That's what Shelby Phillips tells herself when she returns to excruciatingly harmless Gwen Lake after her graphic arts career--and the office romance blooming with it--get 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. It's just a month. It's not as if they're retiring . . . right?

When Shelby becomes responsible for hosting a trunk show with local vendors, she's 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 school--and she's angling to take over the Nimble Needle herself. The tension unspools when Shelby makes a terrible discovery on the morning of the event: Kat's dead body.

Shelby can't believe the death was an accident. That's why she's set on exposing who committed the murder with Kat's 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 . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for Allie Pleiter's Mysteries

"Delightfully clever! As warm and cozy as a handmade sweater. Readers will love Allie Pleiter's new series." --Krista Davis, New York Times bestselling author on A Skein of Death

"Allie Pleiter skillfully knits together endearing characters, a leap-off-the-page setting, and a delightfully perplexing mystery with this debut." --Laura Bradford, USA Today bestselling author on A Skein of Death

"Allie Pleiter's first Riverbank Knitting Mystery has all the elements needed for a successful series, particularly a great hook." --Criminal Element on A Skein of Death

"A passionate knitter shows remarkable aptitude as a detective in a new series kickoff by the prolific Pleiter...the sparkling heroine has room to grow." --Kirkus Reviews on A Skein of Death

About the Author

An avid crafter, coffee junkie, and firm believer that "pie makes everything better," Allie Pleiter writes both fiction and nonfiction working on as many as four books at a time. The bestselling author of over sixty books, Allie has enjoyed a twenty-plus-year career with over 1.6 million books sold. In addition to writing, Allie maintains an active writing/productivity/coaching practice and speaks regularly on the creative process, publishing, and her very favorite topic--The Chunky Method of time management for writers. She lives in the Charlotte area with her husband and the world's most adorable dog.