Crafts and Life

Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne—and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life. Her and Anne’s shop, Ruffles & Bows, is set to include all the latest and vintage linen fashions, a studio for sewing groups and classes, and a friendly orange cat. The only thing that they were not planning to have on the property? A skeleton in the basement

Anne recognizes the remains of an old friend, and when a second body shows up in the apron shop—this time their corrupt landlord, whom Anne had been feuding with for decades—she becomes a prime suspect. Now, it’s up to Iris to help clear her name. Enlisting the help of her old high-school crush Ian Stewart who, like certain fabrics, has only gotten better-looking with age and her plucky BFF Madison Morris, Iris must piece together an investigation to find out who the real killer is. . .and find a way to keep her brand-new business from being scrapped in the process.

Phew! I wasn't sure at first if an apron based Cozy would work – how wrong I was! This is a page turner and a half with one heck of a twist at the end!

Iris Buckley was brought up by her Grammie and Papa (her Grandfather) after the untimely death of her parents when she was a pre-teen, she ended up leaving Blueberry Cove for college and then work but when her company downsized at the same time as her Papa had a serious heart attack it seems she was fated to come back.  She had set up an on-line store selling  vintage and reproduction linens so she was able to keep money coming in, after her Papa died though she and Grammie (Anne) decided they would also open a real life – on the high street shop! They have managed to rent a prime spot, mainly because it needs a LOT of work to bring it up to a decent standard, but on their first day in there checking what needs to be done Iris manages to stumble across a skeleton in the basement …. a skeleton her Grammie thinks she recognises.

So the shop has to be put on hold whilst the local and State forces do their thing, the problem is the day they are cleared to go back in Grammie comes across another corpse, and there is no way this one is a cold case.  Now with the State Police looking at Grammie as suspect #1 Iris and her bestie Madison need to track their way through the past as it seems the cold case is linked to the hot case and if they can figure out the former than hopefully Grammie wont be directing the shop from the Big House!

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