num_pages: 264
description: Welcome to the quaint village of Blueberry Cove Maine where an expert seamstress turned amateur sleuth is getting measured for murder. . .Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather Iris decides to return to 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 &amp; 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.
language: English
title: Hems and Homicide
publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks