Fabric of Lies

A Quilt Shop Dog Cozy Mystery

By: L.W. Franks

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When Gloria Greyson's seventy-pound sheepdog tears through a hedgerow on a quiet morning walk and emerges with a scrap of high-end batik fabric in his teeth, Gloria thinks it's just Gus being Gus. Then she sees the police cars in the driveway next door, learns that Councilman Doug Pemberton is dead, and realizes that scrap of indigo-and-gold cloth doesn't belong anywhere near Chandler Lane. Someone brought it there — and Gloria is fairly certain she sold the original bolt.

A limited fabric run, a handful of purchases, and a set of matching handmade tote bags lead Gloria into a tangle of municipal contracts, backroom meetings, and a local developer whose smile is a little too polished for a man with nothing to hide. With Bev mining the bakery gossip network, Tessa and Lorraine digging through public records at the library, and Pearl Westbrook keeping watch from her front porch with the dedication of a woman who has turned people-watching into a professional sport, Gloria begins stitching together a pattern that someone went to great lengths to keep hidden.

The fourth installment in the Patchwork Place Mystery series pairs small-town charm with sharp-eyed sleuthing, proving once again that in a community this close-knit, the truth has a way of working itself loose — one thread at a time.