Patchwork Peril, The: A Cozy Mystery of Quilted Questions and a Stitched Scheme

?? Quilt shop owner and master quilter Penny Patchwork is preparing for the annual Quilt Show when the town's most competitive quilter is found dead in her shop—wrapped in a mysterious quilt that doesn't match any known pattern. The police suspect natural causes, but Penny recognizes the quilt as a rare "code quilt" used by the Underground Railroad and notices the stitching contains a hidden message. With her shop under suspicion and the quilting community in turmoil, Penny must piece together an investigation as complex as a double wedding ring pattern. Assisted by her quilting bee friends and the handsome textile historian researching local quilt codes, Penny uncovers a scheme involving stolen antique quilts, fabric forgery, and a secret quilt appraisal scam. From suspicious thread choices that reveal modern tampering to block patterns that form a treasure map, every stitch tells a story. But when Penny discovers the victim was blackmailing fellow quilters about their family secrets hidden in heirloom quilts, she realizes the killer is protecting a legacy more valuable than any antique textile. With the quilt show just days away and the real culprit still stitching deception, Penny must unravel this patchwork of lies before her own pattern is permanently cut short.