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    Thread and Dead
    Bodies and Bows
    Hems and Homicide
    Audiobook series3 titles

    Apron Shop Series

    Written by Elizabeth Penney

    Narrated by Kim Niemi

    4/5

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    About this series

    Iris Buckley is hoping for a bit of rest and relaxation now that the summertime rush is winding down in Blueberry Cove, Maine. Her apron shop Ruffles Bows has been a huge success, her friendships are stronger than ever, and now she's ready for all of the end of summer cookouts on the beach that she can handle.

    But before Iris can even turn on the grill, Bella's latest fling, former Olympian sailor and gorgeous bad boy Lance Pederson, is killed in a hit and run while jogging at dawn-and all the evidence points to Bella herself.

    Suddenly the month of August isn't looking so restful, since now Iris has been roped into the Lighthouse Rehabilitation Committee, helping her friend Sophie plan a wedding, and-most importantly of all-tracking down a killer and clearing Bella's good name before everything unravels.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    Thread and Dead
    Bodies and Bows
    Hems and Homicide

    Titles in the series (3)

    • 1

      Hems and Homicide
      Hems and Homicide

      Hems and Homicide

      Elizabeth Penney
      4/5 - 17 ratings
      4/5 - 17 ratings

      Welcome to the quaint village of Blueberry Cove, Maine, where an expert seamstress turned amateur sleuth is getting measured for murder . . . Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne-and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life. Her and Anne's shop, Ruffles Bows, is set to include all the latest and vintage linen fashions, a studio for sewing groups and classes, and a friendly orange cat. The only thing that they were not planning to have on the property? A skeleton in the basement. Anne recognizes the remains of an old friend, and when a second body shows up in the apron shop-this time their corrupt landlord, whom Anne had been feuding with for decades-she becomes a prime suspect. Now, it's up to Iris to help clear her name. Enlisting the help of her old high-school crush Ian Stewart who, like certain fabrics, has only gotten better-looking with age and her plucky BFF Madison Morris, Iris, must piece together an investigation to find out who the real killer is . . . and find a way to keep her brand-new business from being scrapped in the process.

      Welcome to the quaint village of Blueberry Cove, Maine, where an expert seamstress turned amateur sleuth is getting measured for murder . . . Iris Buckley is sew ready for a change. After the death of her beloved grandfather, Iris decides to stay in her Maine hometown to help out her widowed grandmother, Anne-and bring her online hand-made apron designs to real-time retail life. Her and Anne's shop, Ruffles Bows, is set to include all the latest and vintage linen fashions, a studio for sewing groups and classes, and a friendly orange cat. The only thing that they were not planning to have on the property? A skeleton in the basement. Anne recognizes the remains of an old friend, and when a second body shows up in the apron shop-this time their corrupt landlord, whom Anne had been feuding with for decades-she becomes a prime suspect. Now, it's up to Iris to help clear her name. Enlisting the help of her old high-school crush Ian Stewart who, like certain fabrics, has only gotten better-looking with age and her plucky BFF Madison Morris, Iris, must piece together an investigation to find out who the real killer is . . . and find a way to keep her brand-new business from being scrapped in the process.

    • 2

      Thread and Dead
      Thread and Dead

      Thread and Dead

      Elizabeth Penney
      4/5 - 9 ratings
      4/5 - 9 ratings

      Tragedy strikes in Thread and Dead, the second book in Elizabeth Penney's cozy mystery series-and now everyone in Blueberry Cove, Maine, is on pins and needles . . . Iris Buckley is busier than ever this July, with the town's annual Lobster Festival fast approaching. In just a matter of days her apron shop Ruffles Bows, will be jam-packed with tourists eager to lay eyes on its world-class collection of aprons and linens-and Iris's inventory is running low. Then, just when all hope seems lost, Iris gets a call from Eleanor Brady, a wealthy, reclusive spinster who just happens to have trunks full of vintage fabrics. Would Iris like to come down to Eleanor's cottage estate Shorehaven and have a look? Before long Iris is on the scene-and on the case. Turns out that Eleanor has rented Shorehaven to the handsome, charismatic environmentalist Dr. Lukas de Wilde and his flock of students. What begins as an apron-scouting endeavor soon morphs into a full-blown murder investigation when Dr. de Wilde's beautiful young teaching assistant turns up dead. Now it's up to Iris-along with her partner-in-love-and-crime Ian Stewart-to unravel the mystery before the Blueberry Cove killer strikes again.

      Tragedy strikes in Thread and Dead, the second book in Elizabeth Penney's cozy mystery series-and now everyone in Blueberry Cove, Maine, is on pins and needles . . . Iris Buckley is busier than ever this July, with the town's annual Lobster Festival fast approaching. In just a matter of days her apron shop Ruffles Bows, will be jam-packed with tourists eager to lay eyes on its world-class collection of aprons and linens-and Iris's inventory is running low. Then, just when all hope seems lost, Iris gets a call from Eleanor Brady, a wealthy, reclusive spinster who just happens to have trunks full of vintage fabrics. Would Iris like to come down to Eleanor's cottage estate Shorehaven and have a look? Before long Iris is on the scene-and on the case. Turns out that Eleanor has rented Shorehaven to the handsome, charismatic environmentalist Dr. Lukas de Wilde and his flock of students. What begins as an apron-scouting endeavor soon morphs into a full-blown murder investigation when Dr. de Wilde's beautiful young teaching assistant turns up dead. Now it's up to Iris-along with her partner-in-love-and-crime Ian Stewart-to unravel the mystery before the Blueberry Cove killer strikes again.

    • 3

      Bodies and Bows
      Bodies and Bows

      Bodies and Bows

      Elizabeth Penney
      4/5 - 3 ratings
      4/5 - 3 ratings

      Iris Buckley is hoping for a bit of rest and relaxation now that the summertime rush is winding down in Blueberry Cove, Maine. Her apron shop Ruffles Bows has been a huge success, her friendships are stronger than ever, and now she's ready for all of the end of summer cookouts on the beach that she can handle. But before Iris can even turn on the grill, Bella's latest fling, former Olympian sailor and gorgeous bad boy Lance Pederson, is killed in a hit and run while jogging at dawn-and all the evidence points to Bella herself. Suddenly the month of August isn't looking so restful, since now Iris has been roped into the Lighthouse Rehabilitation Committee, helping her friend Sophie plan a wedding, and-most importantly of all-tracking down a killer and clearing Bella's good name before everything unravels.

      Iris Buckley is hoping for a bit of rest and relaxation now that the summertime rush is winding down in Blueberry Cove, Maine. Her apron shop Ruffles Bows has been a huge success, her friendships are stronger than ever, and now she's ready for all of the end of summer cookouts on the beach that she can handle. But before Iris can even turn on the grill, Bella's latest fling, former Olympian sailor and gorgeous bad boy Lance Pederson, is killed in a hit and run while jogging at dawn-and all the evidence points to Bella herself. Suddenly the month of August isn't looking so restful, since now Iris has been roped into the Lighthouse Rehabilitation Committee, helping her friend Sophie plan a wedding, and-most importantly of all-tracking down a killer and clearing Bella's good name before everything unravels.

    Author

    Elizabeth Penney

    ELIZABETH PENNEY is the author of more than two dozen cozy mysteries, including the Apron Shop series. The first in the Cambridge Bookshop series, Chapter and Curse, was a 2022 Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee. Elizabeth spent her early years in England and France and now lives in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, where she pens novels and tries to grow things.

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