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In this needlecraft novel from author Monica Ferris, Betsy Devonshire 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 blou...

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Main Author: Ferris, Monica
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Ferris, Monica. Needlecraft mystery ; 15.
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Summary:In this needlecraft novel from author Monica Ferris, Betsy Devonshire 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's Crewel World needlework shop! Emily's aunt turns out to be the second homeless woman to be found dead under mysterious circumstances. It's up to Betsy to discover the common thread between the deaths, and to determine if a murderer may strike again.
Physical Description:260 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780425243589
0425243583
1410445399
9781410445391
Author Notes:Mary Monica Pulver was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. She was a journalist in the U.S. Navy for six and a half years. In 1983, she sold her first short story, Pass the Word, to Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. Since then, her stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. She published her first mystery novel, Murder at the War, in 1987 using the name Mary Monica Pulver. She also wrote The Unforgiving Minutes, Ashes to Ashes, Original Sin and Show Stopper under this name.

Under the name Margaret Frazer, she and Gail Frazer wrote six medieval mysteries including The Novice's Tale, The Outlaw's Tale, and The Murderer's Tale. She writes the Needlecraft Mystery series under the pen name of Monica Ferris. She has also written under the name of Mary Kuhfeld.

(Bowker Author Biography)