Stitched In Scandals

When charity auctions turn deadly, one quilter must unravel a web of corruption before she becomes the next victim. Emma Hargrove has finally found her place in the cozy quilting community of Maple Creek, running her beloved shop Patches & Stitches and solving mysteries with needle and thread. But when the annual charity auction turns into a murder scene, Emma discovers that her peaceful small town harbors dark secrets that go far beyond anything she faced before. When prominent developer Victor Lansing is found poisoned in the community center kitchen, the obvious suspects seem to be the women he betrayed: his humiliated wife Sandra, young town clerk Rachel Torres caught in an affair, and contractor Dennis Murphy whose business Victor destroyed. But Emma's expertise in reading the stories told by signature quilts reveals a decades-long pattern of manipulation that runs much deeper than anyone suspected. As Emma investigates with Detective Mick Bryant, she uncovers a systematic corruption network that has infiltrated city government, destroyed local businesses, and left a trail of victims across multiple counties. When key suspects start disappearing and Emma realizes she's been targeted for elimination, she must use every quilting connection and community bond she's built to expose the truth. Because in Maple Creek, the most dangerous threads aren't the ones you can see—they're the ones that have been carefully hidden in plain sight for years. Book 2 in the Quilting Club Mysteries.