The Quick and the Thread (#75) by Amanda Lee is the debut novel in a new mystery series featuring one of my favorite hobbies - embroidery. (Not to quibble here, but frankly, I would have gone with the term needlework, since the shop concerned is called The Seven Year Stitch, but a great deal of the merchandise includes needlepoint and knitting/crochet supplies, NOT embroidery!)
Marcy Singer is lured to the coastal Oregon town of Tallulah Falls by her married college room mate Sadie after being left practically at the altar by her former fiance in San Francisco. Time for a change of place and a more interesting career future than being a corporate accountant. It's always been her dream to own a needlework shop and the ideal spot becomes vacant next door to Sadie's coffee shop.
Wouldn't you know that the morning after her shop's Open House Marcy and her Irish wolfhound Angus find a body in the shop's store room? The man had tried to talk to her the night before at the party, but he seemed to be drunk so Marcy did her best to avoid him. And now he's dead after scratching a message on her newly painted store room wall. What can it all mean?
Lots of red herrings and a sprinkling of movie and TV references in this one, plus the potential for a new romance or two for Marcy - if she survives! An enjoyable way to spend a few hours. The only thing this book is missing if you're a stitcher or knitter yourself (and in this book the emphasis was on counted cross stitch) was a bonus counted cross stitch chart. After all, the cooking mysteries usually come with recipes! How about it, Amanda Lee?
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