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Having raised twenty thousand dollars for the National Heart Coalition, the stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild are unhappy when the representative, the husband of the local chapter president, Allie Germaine, accepts the check and disappears with it; incapacitated Betsy Devonshire can't investigate.
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While renovating a cabin in the Minnesota woods, Betsy Devonshire, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, discovers the skeleton of a Nazi. Her investigation yields the site of a former German POW camp and an intricately designed pattern of clues to a decades-old crime.
6) Thai die
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The owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, Betsy Devonshire must put her sleuthing talents to work when one of her regular customers unwittingly becomes embroiled in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities.
7) Cutwork
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After an artisan is murdered at the Excelsior, Minnesota, art fair, everyone is on pins and needles. It's up to needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire to figure out who had designs on the dead designer.
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Needlecraft mysteries volume 18
Needlcraft mystery volume 18
Needlecraft mystery volume 18
Thorndike Press large print mystery
Needlcraft mystery volume 18
Needlecraft mystery volume 18
Thorndike Press large print mystery
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"The USA Today bestselling Needlecraft Mysteries have shown that when it comes to murder, Betsy Devonshire, owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, doesn't mess around. But when a local hoarder is murdered, she'll need all her wits to dig a new friend out of a heap of trouble... After a tree falls on Tom Riordan's house, landing him in the hospital, the police discover a mountain of junk piled high in his home. Locals in Excelsior, Minnesota--including...
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Betsy is a natural-born yarnsmith - so it's only fitting that some of her favorite items to stock come from the dye-works of Hailey Brent. Hailey makes hand-dyed knitting wool, silk, soy, and corn yarns. She uses only natural vegetable dyes, creating soft and beautiful colors. Which means her yarns are expensive, but well worth it. Unfortunately, someone thinks they're worth killing for. When Hailey's body is discovered shot dead in her workshop,...
10) Unraveled sleeve
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Tormented by nightmares, Betsy Devonshire, the new owner of a needlecraft shop in Excelsior, Minnesota, decides to get away for a needlecraft get-together at a remote lodge, but her nightmares are transformed into reality when she stumbles across a body.
11) A murderous yarn
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A sponsor of one of the entrants in the local antique car race, Betsy Devonshire must put her needlecraft and sleuthing skills to work when one of the drivers turns up dead before he reaches the finish line. Original.
12) Crewel world
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Betsy arrives in Excelsior, Minn. and takes a job at her sister Margot's needlework shop. Things are looking up until Margot is murdered. Betsy can't imagine who would do such a thing in such a friendly town, but she is determined to find the murderer.
13) Threadbare
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In this needlecraft novel from author Monica Ferris, Betsy gets embroiled in an embroidery mystery. When an elderly homeless woman is found dead on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, she's wearing something that holds the key to her identity but also opens up a mystery. Embroidered on her blouse is her will, in which she bequeaths everything she owns to her niece Emily Hame, a member of the Monday Bunch at Betsy Devonshire's Crewel World needlework shop!...
14) A stitch in time
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The cold, blustery Midwest winters don't exactly agree with Betsy Devonshire, but since moving to Excelsior, Minnesota, she sure has met a lot of warm, friendly people. So she isn't too surprised when the town's most talented needleworkers volunteer to restore a damaged tapestry that was found in the basement of a local church. Betsy even offers to donate materials for the project, thinking that the free publicity will boost sales at her financially...
15) Blackwork
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There's a witch running loose in the town of Excelsior, Minnesota, and her brew is...beer. Actually, Leona Cunningham, co-owner of the Barleywine, is a practicioner of Wicca, the nature-based religion that many mistakely believe to be sorcery or black magic. But that doesn't bother the thirsty crowds-or the Halloween Committee members who have fallen under the spell of Leona's tasty ales. Except for local alcohol aficionado Ryan McMurphy, who, after...
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"Even though running Crewel World keeps Betsy plenty busy, a little extra cash on the side doesn't hurt. So when the local senior complex, Watered Silk, asks her to teach a class on the tricky punchneedle technique, Betsy jumps at the opportunity to win over some new customers. Unfortunately, the business that Betsy drums up is not of the needlework variety. A young woman is found floating in Watered Silk's therapy pool, and Betsy's sleuthing skills...
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2005.
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[Crewel world] After Betsy arrives in Excelsior Minn. and takes a new job at her sister Margot's needlework shop, Margot is murdered. In a friendly town such as this who could have done this? Betsy isn't going to rest until she finds the killer -- [Framed in lace] When an historic ferry is raised from the bottom of the lake a skeleton of a woman is found. An unidentifiable lacelike fabric is found nearby -- [A stitich in time] Betsy's heart is warmed...
18) Sew far, so good
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[2009]
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Available for the first time in one volume: three mysteries from the USA Today bestselling author of the Needlecraft series ... Shop owner and part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire has a knack for stumbling upon dead bodies-and it's entangled her in more than one knotty situation. Here in one volume are three of Betsy's adventures as a not-so-seamless investigator.
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