A Thread & Tangle Mystery – Book Two
By M.C. Needleton

In Ivy Ridge, cutting corners can be dangerous… but cutting on the bias just might be deadly.

Quilt shop owner Everly Faye Galloway is back — needle in hand and intuition fully threaded — just in time for Ivy Ridge’s biggest (and most chaotic) event of the year: the high school’s spring musical. When the beloved drama teacher, Zayla Tene, commissions Everly to design custom quilted props for the production of Little Women, Everly expects nothing more than long nights of stitching, backstage gossip, and the occasional minor meltdown.

What she doesn't expect is murder.

When a cast member drops dead during rehearsal — and evidence is literally sewn into the scene — Everly is once again tangled in a mystery with more sharp edges than a rotary cutter set to max.

The suspects? A chorus of small-town characters with big emotions and bigger secrets:

• A jilted ex with a flair for the dramatic,

• A stage mom with a suspiciously perfect alibi,

• And a fellow quilter who knows more about bias cuts than she’s letting on.

With Sheriff Jax Garner trying to keep her out of trouble (again), Bethany swearing off theater forever, and a trail of clues hidden among the costume patterns, Everly must piece together the truth — before the next curtain call becomes a funeral.

• 🎭 A cozy mystery set in a high school theater full of tension, talent, and trouble

• ✂️ A fresh quilting theme: sewing secrets, literal fabric clues, and drama (on and off the stage)

• 🧵 More charming small-town antics with Everly, Bethany (don’t call her Beth), and the “Sip & Stitch” crew

• 💀 A twisty whodunit with just the right blend of wit, warmth, and suspense

If you love quilt patterns, quirky characters, and mysteries stitched with heart, you won’t want to miss this second installment of The Thread & Tangle Mysteries.