One Sharp Stitch - Hardcover

by Allie Pleiter (Author)

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 . . .

Author Biography

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.