Winner of the 2021 Indie Cozy Mystery Tribe Book of the Year Award Secrets and a patchwork of white lies. Can Alex string together the truth before her life unravels? Alex Bailey’s heart feels threadbare. Struggling with the dubious practices of her NYC law firm, she’s left her high-profile career and is eager to clear her conscience with a trip home to care for the woman who raised her. But when an ill fate befalls the quilting matriarch, the shocked lawyer suspects someone is covering up murder. Unpicking the strands of her beloved grandmother’s life, Alex patches together clues that prove her loved one’s death was no accident. And when the practice’s stained history weaves into the culprit’s devious handiwork, she’ll need to stay alive long enough to expose a heartless killer. Can Alex get to the bottom of a sinister pattern before she ends up buried in a flower garden? Sewing Suspicion is the captivating first book in a series of Quilting Cozy Mysteries. If you like troubled heroines, pulse-pounding twists, and intriguing howdunits, then you’ll love Kathryn Mykel’s cleverly woven tale. Buy Sewing Suspicion to untangle a callous crime today!

Quilting calamity and a string of clues. Can Alex untangle the knots before she’s keeled? After the death of her beloved grandmother, Alex Bailey’s life is left in tatters. As she struggles to stitch things back together, she takes solace in one final gift—a cruise—booked before the quilting matriarch's death. To weave the quilting community back together, Alex convinces her friends on Spruce Street to join her on the cruise. With all hands on deck, a mysterious quilt and an unknown destination, she must trust that everything will go according to the plan. Until a death onboard the Tranquility puts a wrinkle in Alex’s idyllic quilting vacation. Unraveling the mysterious threads that surround the young man’s death, Alex must determine if it's a terrible accident, or death by design. Determined to catch the culprit, she loosens the knot of suspicion and provides the bait needed to hook a ruthless killer. Will Alex be able to follow the pattern and untangle this nautical mystery before there's a storm at sea?

Pressing matters and a trail of deception. Can Alex pick apart the mystery before she's pinned? With one misadventure after another, Alex Bailey is determined to iron out her troubles and find the common thread to steer her life back on track. Returning to normalcy is the best way to mend her frayed nerves, and the charity Quilt-A-Thon is the perfect distraction. What Alex doesn’t expect is more of Nona’s ploys. Mysterious deliveries, unexpected clues, and an old murder have weaved a troublesome web and Alex is tangled in the middle! The quilters uncover an unexpected secret On Spruce Street—one that can’t be covered up with an artistic motif. While one mystery is solved, another (deadly) pattern emerges. Can Alex piece together the pattern, or will someone she loves be pinned for the crime?

Threading Trouble and an act of murder. Can Alex secure the part before she's upstaged? With more questions than answers, Alex Bailey’s life is embroidered with uncertainty. An invitation to a theater dedication in Nona’s name draws Alex and Charlotte to Mishap, Georgia. With another murder mystery to solve; Alex receives unwanted help, Kibbles finds a troublesome partner in crime and Charlotte see’s an opportunity to take control of her own life. But will meeting Liam finally answer all of Alex’s questions, or will their trip be threaded with drama? Can Alex deliver her lines and catch the culprit before the final act?

Stitching concerns and a thread of truth. Can Alex take back control of her life and put her embroidered past behind her before she's bound?