Terri Thayer

Dewey Pellicano would rather swallow needles than run a quilt shop. But Dewey's mom, who died suddenly just six months ago, left Quilter Paradiso to her. This last tie to her mother is spoiled by a conniving employee who's also Dewey's baby-talking sister-in-law. During a national quilt show, Dewey decides she's had enough and agrees to sell Quilter Paradiso to quilting celebrity Claire Armstrong. Her plan unravels when she finds Claire fatally slashed by a rotary cutter. This gruesome tragedy brings homicide detective and old family friend Buster Healey into Dewey's life. Their reunion turns into a hot romance — until another murder takes place. A mysterious notebook written in code helps Dewey thread together the not-so-secret illegal transactions of Claire . . . and her startling connection to Dewey's mom. Can Dewey come to terms with her mother's death, patch things up with Buster, and sew up the case before the killer strikes again?

Wild Goose Chase

While helping her father restore the town's famous Winchester mansion, restoration expert and professional rubber stamper April Buchert must also help prove his innocence when the discovery of a skull in the abandoned guesthouse behind the mansion has all eyes on him. Original.

Stamped Out

Upon launching her new career as a professional rubber stamper and restoration expert, April Buchert joins a circle of craft-loving women and discovers a murdered body in a cornfield maze during the annual Pumpkin Festival.

Inked Up

While trying to create new stamp designs in time for the annual Ice Festival, professional rubber stamper and restoration expert April Buchert is preoccupied with the rumors surrounding the death of Mary Lou Rosen's brother--a scandal none of the Stamping Sisters are willing to discuss. Original.

False Impressions

Dewey must prove her employee is not a murderer, help quilting teacher Pearl with her "grandson," and get herself off the hook for a customer death during a shopping stampede, all while preparing for the annual Quilter's Crawl.

Monkey Wrench

After her mother's unexpected death last year, Dewey Pellicano inherits the Quilter Paradiso shop. But when a dead body turns up in the alley outside the store, it scares off customers and threatens to sink an already precarious bottom line.

Old Maid's Puzzle

Attending the Sewing-by-the Sea Symposium, Dewey Pillicano encounters a variety of problems, including the militant conference organizer, trying to find a missing woman, a mountain lion on the loose, and a murder.

Ocean Waves

Dewey Pellicano's quilt shop has earned a spot in the annual Quilter's Crawl, and twenty-something employee Vangie has organized a trendy Twitter promotion to boost sales at the struggling store. But when Vangie's boyfriend dies from an overdose, it's up to Dewey to get her young staffer off the hook for homicide. Meanwhile, the store's quilting teacher Pearl takes in a college-age "GrandSon," who turns out to be a real pill. As if Dewey didn't have enough on her plate, she's blamed when a customer is killed during a Twitter-induced stampede. Putting together the pieces to save her skin—and her store— is a real monkey wrench in Dewey's murderously busy shop-hop weekend. Praise: "Thayer's pleasant fourth offers its curious heroine a touch of romance and several puzzles to solve, and adds quilting tips for the like-minded."—Kirkus Reviews "A smoothly written blend of cast, plot, and craft."—Booklist

Quilt shop owner Dewey Pellicano intends to mix business with pleasure at the Sewing-by-the-Sea Symposium in Asilomar, California. But her plan is ruined by Mercedes Madsen, the militant conference organizer who acts more like a dictator than a director. Now tangled up in a bundle of trouble, Dewey is facing a notorious "ghost," a mysterious missing woman, a stolen heirloom sewing box, and a mountain lion on the loose...and that's before she stumbles across the dead body. Armed only with blueprint fabric and her wits, Dewey must try to find a pattern in this crazy quilt of a murder mystery. Praise for Terri Thayer's Old Maid's Puzzle: "A near perfect cozy mystery."—Cozy Library "Extremely well written, the book not only kept me turning pages, but had me nodding delightedly at the dead-aim Terri takes on the contemporary quilting world."—A Charmed Life, the blog of Quilting Arts features editor, Cate Prato

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