Quilt or Innocence: A Southern Quilting Mystery

About Quilt or Innocence: A Southern Quilting Mystery

A retired art curator. A quilting guild she didn't ask to join. And a murder that stitches together more small-town secrets than anyone expected. Beatrice Coleman has just retired from her Atlanta museum job and moved to the small mountain town of Dappled Hills, North Carolina — to be near her daughter, and to finally slow down. Within minutes of unpacking, her exuberant next-door neighbor Meadow drafts her into the Village Quilters guild. Beatrice has expert opinions on quilts as art objects. She has very little interest in making them. But when a fellow quilter is found dead in the park — Judith, who had been threatening to raise beloved shop owner Posy's rent and force the Patchwork Cottage to close — Beatrice finds that her curator's eye for pattern and detail translates unexpectedly well to murder investigations. Meadow's husband is the police chief. The quilting guild is full of suspects. And Dappled Hills, it turns out, is considerably less quiet than advertised.

Perfect for fans of Laura Childs's Tea Shop Mysteries, Monica Ferris's Needlecraft Mysteries, and anyone who enjoys a cozy with a strong sense of community and a protagonist finding her footing in a new chapter of life.

If you love small-town Southern mysteries with warmth, a craft-centered ensemble, and a sleuth who solves crimes by noticing what doesn't fit, this series is for you. Southern Quilting Mysteries, Book 1 of 10+ | Cozy Mystery | Small-Town Southern | Quilting Guild Setting | Amateur Sleuth | No graphic violence