The latest mystery in this charming mystery series finds the
ever-resourceful Kath Rutledge and shop ghost Geneva tangled up in an
embroidery rivalry--and a murder.
Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is looking forward to the grand opening of
the Blue Plum Vault, a new co-op of small shops, but in the week before
the grand opening, two of the new shopkeepers, Nervie and Belinda,
declare each other's embroidery patterns and antique embroidered linens
fakes, copies--and stolen goods. Kath is caught in the middle when she's
asked to use her textile expertise to decide if there's any truth to the
accusations.
Then, the day before the grand opening, an exquisite tablecloth that
Kath has fallen in love with--the pride of Belinda's shop--is found cut
to shreds. Belinda accuses Nervie of the outrage, but Nervie has an
airtight alibi: she was at Kath's shop, the Weaver's Cat, teaching a
crewel embroidery class.
Despite worries over the rivalry and vandalism, the opening is a
success--until Belinda is found dead, stabbed in the back with a pair of
scissors from the Weaver's Cat. Geneva, the ghost who haunts Kath's
store, claims she saw the murderer leaving the scene of the crime. But
the ghost is the ultimate unreliable witness--only Kath and her shop
manager can see or hear her. That means it's up to Kath, TGIF, and
especially Geneva the ghost to solve the crime before the killer cuts
another life short.
