Books like A Stitch in Time by Monica Ferris

In Minnesota, Hannah Swensen’s Cookie Jar bakery turns Main Street into a Hollywood set, but when a film shoot turns deadly, the fragrant mystery unfolds—can a baker save her town?

During a Fourth of July celebration in Lake Eden, Minnesota, baker Hannah Swensen’s Cookie Jar is rocked by a mystery: Rhonda Scharf’s body is found among antiques, and a lemon meringue pie’s secret contents hint at a darker plot.

The art of needlecraft requires patience, discipline, and creativity. So, too, does the art of detection. Just ask Betsy Devonshire--who's learning that life in a small-town needlecraft shop can reveal an unexpected knack for knitting ... and a hidden talent for unraveling crime. Betsy Devonshire has settled into her new home in Excelsior, Minnesota, as owner of the town's needlecraft shop. So why is she suffering from terrifying nightmares? She hasn't a clue-but thinks maybe it would help to get away for a while. With her friend Jill in tow, she heads north for a "stitch-in" at a remote, rustic lodge. But her nightmares only get worse--especially after she finds a dead woman no one else had seen. Then the body disappears-and she knows she won't get any rest until she untangles the mysterious threads of the crime....

Betsy Devonshire, owner of a small-town needlecraft shop, uncovers a 1949 shipwreck skeleton and a mysterious piece of lace. With community help, she stitches clues into a cozy mystery of hidden truths.

In small‑town Minnesota, Betsy Devonshire runs a needlecraft shop and uncovers her sister’s murderer while honing her sleuthing skills.

Crime solving is a group project in the latest installment of this USA Today bestselling series.The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild are thrilled to have raised over $20,000 for charity-but they're less pleased when the representative who accepts the check disappears with it. After breaking her leg in a fall from a horse, Betsy's confined to her apartment and loopy on pain killers-she can't possibly investigate. But Godwin, her store manager, insists that he can do the legwork. Little do they know that a man across town has a similar injury-and he too is wondering what happened to that check. Betsy and Godwin have got to figure it out first, or it'll be a bad break for everyone.

After an artisan is murdered at the Excelsior, Minnesota, art fair, everyone is on pins and needles. It's up to needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire to figure out who had designs on the dead designer.