I am converting notes I made a while ago on a few embroidery crime books for my blog into Goodreads reviews. In this one, Marcie Singer, a San Francisco accountant is persuaded by a friend in Oregon to lease a vacant shop and pursue a dream of an embroidery business. After the shop's gala opening...
I enjoyed this cosy mystery which has a theme of mother and daughter. The heroine Marcy has moved away from her West Coast mother and opened a small town sewing and embroidery shop; she gives lessons in handcrafts which helps generate custom. This is the second in the series and when a senior lad...
This is the third book in the "Embroidery Mystery" series by Amanda Lee. These are definitely toward the cozy end of the mystery scale; the protagonist, Marcy Singer, owns an embroidery specialty shop in the small town of Tallulah Falls, located on the Oregon coast. Each mystery features a partic...
This novel has our sleuth, Marcy Singer, owner of "Seven Year Stitch" embroidery store coming to the aid of her, perhaps, boyfriend, Todd and Blake, the husband of Marcy's best friend, Sadie. It all happens on St. Patrick's Day.St. Patrick's day dawns beautifully with the news that Riley, another...
I read this book in a day. Having lived on the Oregon Coast in a town much like Tallulah Falls the characters are as realistic as the people I encountered. I love this series and as an added bonus there was a little romance thrown in. If you want a little of everything, mystery, romance and real ...
Marcy Singer owns the Seven Year Stitch Embroidery Shop. Her mother Beverly Singer is a costume designer on the Hollywood/San Francisco scene. Beverly is working on a movie set and must come up with stitched outfits for star B Tru. It's no secret that there is tension between Beverly and B Tru....
I put fresh sheets on the bed, dusted, vacuumed, and put a small crystal bowl of foil-wrapped chocolates on the chest of drawers. I’d have put the chocolates on the nightstand, but I was afraid a certain curious dog would find them. Once the pillows were fluffed and lavend...
I wondered if the place was always this crowded on Friday nights, or if Saint Patrick’s Day and an overabundance of green beer and other liquors was the cause. Sadie stepped up to the counter where a forty-something female officer with her hair in a tight bun sat staring at a computer screen. “Ex...
Angus was in the backyard. I thought it best that he run and play, since it was nice outdoors and I was a nervous wreck indoors. He’s a sensitive guy. It upsets him when I’m anxious. I kept wondering if there was something I could have done for Clara. Had she still been al...