Sewing
Dressmaking and sewing are tasks which seem to be slowly going away, as people turn to cheap fast fashion. It’s too bad. What else are you going to do with all those needles?
The Apron Shop Mysteries (Elizabeth Penney) Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne—and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life.
The Cozy Craft Mysteries (Millie Ravensworth) After losing her job at an exclusive London hotel, Penny Slipper is only too happy to help when her grandma asks her to take charge at the Cozy Craft sewing shop in charming rural Suffolk.
The Deadly Notions Mysteries (Cate Price) A retired schoolteacher, Daisy Buchanan, has finally found her calling in the quaint village of Millbury, Pennsylvania. Daisy happily presides over Sometimes a Great Notion, a quirky shop that sells sewing bits and bobs, antiques, and jewelry.
The Magical Dressmaking Mysteries (Melissa Bourbon) When her great-grandmother passes away, Harlow Jane Cassidy leaves her job as a Manhattan fashion designer and moves back to Bliss, Texas. But when she opens a dressmaking boutique in the turn-of-the-century farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable “presence”.
The Material Witness Mysteries (Diane Vallere) When Polyester “Poly” Monroe was little, she loved playing in her family’s textile store. Now, as inheritor of the long-shuttered shop, she’s ready to restore the family business.
The Measure Twice Mysteries (Maggie Bailey) Lydia Barnes is excited for a fresh start when she moves to the quaint mountain town of Peridot, Georgia. Her friend, Fran, offers her a job at the Measure Twice fabric store and even sets her up on a date.
The Poppy Cove Mysteries (Barbara Jean Coast) California, 1957. Daphne and Margot, two independent young California women, own their own dress shop called Poppy Cove.
The Sewing Studio Mysteries (Dorothy Howell) 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. But things turn from blissful to bloody as the new librarian is killed by a hit and run driver.
The Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries (Elizabeth Lynn Casey) Ever since she moved to Sweet Briar, South Carolina, Yankee librarian Tori Sinclair has been the talk of the tiny town. But she’s been so busy at work that she hasn’t even had time to baste together a pillow, let alone mind local gossip.
The Spinsters’ Sewing Circle Mysteries (Emily Clare) The beloved new curate turns up dead the night before Valentine’s Day, stabbed through the heart with Miss Lydia Shrewsbury’s own knitting needle. But Lydia can’t shake the feeling that this crime was somehow personal. The clues suggest the curate was murdered for some terrible purpose, and everyone at the house party seems to have a motive.
The Stitches In Crime Mysteries (A. C. F. Bookens) Salvage expert and historian Paisley Sutton is doing all she can to run her business and raise her young son, mostly by herself.
The Vintage Magic Mysteries (Annette Blair) The right dress can be magic; the wrong one? murder! While opening her own vintage clothing shop, Madeira Cutler (“Maddie”) must clear her family’s name when her sister’s wedding festivities hit a snag: murder.