Crewel and Unusual

Yarn shop owner Kath Rutledge is looking forward to the grand opening of the Blue Plum Vault, a co-op of small shops on Main Street. But in the week before the grand opening, Kath and her needlework group, TGIF (Thank Goodness Its Fiber), hear rumors of an unpleasant rivalry developing between two of the new shopkeepers. Nervie Bales and Belinda Moyer declare each others embroidery patterns and antique embroidered linens fakes, copiesand stolen goods. Kath is caught in the middle when shes asked to use her textile expertise to decide if theres any truth to the accusations. Then, the day before the grand opening, an exquisite tablecloth that Kath has fallen in love withthe pride of Belindas shopis found cut to shreds. Belinda accuses Nervie of the outrage, but Nervie has an airtight alibi: she was at Kaths shop, the Weavers Cat, teaching a crewel embroidery class. Despite worries over the rivalry and vandalism, the opening is a successuntil Belinda is found dead, stabbed in the back with a pair of scissors from the Weavers Cat. Geneva, the ghost who haunts Kaths store, claims she saw the murderer leaving the scene of the crime. But the ghost is the ultimate unreliable witnessonly Kath and her shop manager can see or hear her. That means its up to Kath, TGIF, and especially Geneva the ghost to solve the crime before the killer cuts another life short.