Betsy Devonshire is glad that Godwin DeLuc is back from
vacation and so are her customers at Crewel World. He's
witty, charming and smart, which are some of the reasons
Betsy recently made him a partner in the cross stitch shop.
But all is not happy in paradise. Goddy's live-in lover,
John Nye, has again thrown him out of the home they've
shared for many years, following one of his mood swings.
Betsy figures John will take Goddy back, eventually, since
he's always done so in the past. She has Goddy move into
her guest room in the meantime. But when his clothes arrive
in a huge box on the store's doorstep, Betsy decides that
John and Goddy need to talk. If it's truly the end, then
there need to be explanations and closure of the
relationship.
Upon arriving at John's home, Goddy realizes there's
something wrong. At first, he thinks he's merely been
replaced by another man, until John's lifeless body is
found.
It isn't long before Goddy is arrested for John's murder,
and Betsy is interviewing lawyers to represent her friend
and business partner. She also realizes it's up to her to
find out who really murdered John. As she uncovers
corporate secrets, a secret past, she realizes John wasn't
the man Goddy thought he was.
Since Betsy is unable to bail Goddy out of jail, he spends
his time teaching his jail house buddies how to make the
most of their other talents. This leaves Betsy time to
unearth fact from fiction and uncover the real John Nye
from the public perception that everyone had of him. Time
is running out, and Betsy can't afford to miss a stitch as
a murderer is waiting for her to make one fatal error in
judgment.
This latest installment of the Needlecraft Mysteries will
tug at the strings of your heart, all the while unraveling
your nerves, as Ferris weaves a tight plot with colorful
characters. For those who like your mysteries on the cozy
side, you won't want to miss this series.
Full-time needlework shop owner and part-time sleuth Betsy
Devonshire has already sewn up her share of crafty
conundrums. Now, she takes on her most difficult,
dangerous, and deeply personal case yet.
After her good friend Godwin has an unexpectedly nasty
quarrel with his significant other, John, Betsy finds
herself with a roommate. Then they discover John dead, and
Godwin is arrested for the murder. Now, Betsy has to
untangle a complex knot of lies if she's going to save
Godwin-before the murderer decides to cut off his loose
ends for good.
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