Crafts and Life

For thirty-something blogger Cora Chevalier, small-town Indigo Gap, North Carolina, seems like the perfect place to reinvent her life. Shedding a stressful past as a counselor for a women’s shelter, Cora is pouring all her talents—and most of her savings—into a craft retreat business, with help from close pal and resident potter Jane Starr. Between transforming her Victorian estate into a crafter’s paradise and babysitting Jane’s daughter, the new entrepreneur has no time for distractions. Especially rumors about the murder of a local school librarian . . .

But when Jane’s fingerprints match those found at the grisly crime scene, Cora not only worries about her friend, but her own reputation. With angry townsfolk eager for justice and both Jane’s innocence and the retreat at risk, she must rely on her creative chops to unlace the truth behind the beloved librarian’s disturbing demise. Because if the killer’s patterns aren’t pinned, Cora’s handiwork could end up in stitches . . .

I like the idea behind this, running a craft retreat, and the idea that an ex-counsellor and an ex-battered wife have joined forces (along with another lady) just adds to the interest level!

Cora was burned out as a counsellor working with a woman's shelter and so when an old friend comes across the door step she decides the time is right to take her (lucrative) hobby of blogging about crafting and move it up a fair few notches, and so she and Jane (along with Jane's daughter London) have moved into an extensive property in Indigo Gap, the property came with Ruby who was scared she would be turfed out but when they realised she was a herbalist, soap and candle maker she was invited to be the third member of the crafting planning team (Jane is a potter).  

All seems to be going well until Jane becomes the person of interest in a murder case, three locals decide not to attend the inaugural crafting retreat, oh and one of the crafting tutors seems to be more interested in bedding the attendees! Now Cora, Jane, Ruby and Ruby's son Cashal (along with the local police force) need to find the murderer, especially when the body count rises.