Darned if You Do

Authors: Ferris, Monica
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC022040, FIC022000, FIC022070
ISBN: 9781101638293, Related ISBNs: 0425270106, 0425270114, 110163829X, 9780425270103, 9780425270110
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 304,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: The USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries have shown that when it comes to murder, Betsy Devonshire, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, doesn’t mess around. But when a local hoarder is murdered, she’ll need all her wits to dig a new friend out of a heap of trouble…
 
After a tree falls on Tom Riordan’s house, landing him in the hospital, the police discover a mountain of junk piled high in his home. Locals in Excelsior, Minnesota—including Betsy and her Crewel World Monday Bunch—offer to help with the cleanup while Tom recuperates.

But when Tom is found murdered in his hospital bed, the sole heir to his property—his cousin Valentina—becomes the number one suspect. Betsy believes there’s more to the case than meets the eye, but finding clues to the killer’s identity in the clutter Tom left behind will be like looking for a needle in a haystack …

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