The Mainely Needlepointers are about to learn that no man is an islandβespecially when greedy developers want his land . . .
Hermit Jesse Lockhart lives alone on Kingβs Island, three miles east of Haven Harbor, Maine, where heβs created a private sanctuary for the endangered Great Cormorants. But when a wealthy family wants to buy the island and Jesseβs cousin Simon petitions for power of attorney to force him to sell, Jesse is the one who becomes endangered.
Mainely Needlepointer Dave Perry, who befriended Jesse in the VA hospital, rallies the group to his defense. Angie Curtis and the ravelers stitch βSave the Kingβs Island Cormorantsβ pillows and sell T-shirts to pay for Jesseβs legal counsel. But tragically, on a visit to the island, Angie finds Jesse dead. Now the search is on for a common thread that can tie the murdered man to his killer . . .