"Tragedy strikes in Thread and Dead, the second book in Elizabeth Penney's cozy mystery seriesand now everyone in Blueberry Cove, Maine, is on pins and needles. Iris Buckley is busier than ever this July, with the towns annual Lobster Festival fast approaching. In just a matter of days her apron shop Ruffles & Bows, will be jam-packed with tourists eager to lay eyes on its world-class collection of aprons and linensand Iriss inventory is running low. Then, just when all hope seems lost, Iris gets a call from Eleanor Brady, a wealthy, reclusive spinster who just happens to have trunks full of vintage fabrics. Would Iris like to come down to Eleanors cottage estate Shorehaven and have a look? Before long Iris is on the sceneand on the case. Turns out that Eleanor has rented Shorehaven to the handsome, charismatic environmentalist Dr. Lukas de Wilde and his flock of students. What begins as an apron-scouting endeavor soon morphs into a full-blown murder investigation when Dr. de Wildes beautiful young teaching assistant turns up dead. Now its up to Irisalong with her partner-in-love-and-crime Ian Stewartto unravel the mystery before the Blueberry Cove killer strikes again." --back cover.
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