Better Off Thread
by Amanda Lee

Santa finds himself in a stitch of trouble in the tenth in the series from the national bestselling author of The Stitching Hour…

Marcy is busy helping her customers make hand-crafted ornaments at her embroidery shop, the Seven-Year Stitch. But despite the yuletide bustle, when her friend Captain Moe asks for her help, she can’t refuse—especially when the favor is to play the elf to his Santa for sick children at a local hospital. Despite the ridiculous outfit, Marcy finds herself enjoying spreading cheer—until the hospital’s administrator is found murdered.

Although the deceased had plenty of people willing to fill her stocking with coal, evidence pins the crime on Moe. Now it’s up to Marcy, with the help of her police officer boyfriend Ted and her Irish Wolfhound Angus, to stitch together the clues to clear Moe’s name—before someone else winds up crossed off Santa’s list for good…

Other Books by Amanda Lee

The Stitching Hour
An Embroidery Mystery #9

Wicked Stitch
An Embroidery Mystery #8

Thread End
An Embroidery Mystery #7

Cross-Stitch Before Dying
An Embroidery Mystery #6

Thread on Arrival
An Embroidery Mystery #5

The Long Stitch Good Night
An Embroidery Mystery #4

Thread Reckoning
An Embroidery Mystery #3

Stitch Me Deadly
An Embroidery Mystery #2

The Quick and the Thread
An Embroidery Mystery #1

Amanda Lee's Bio

Amanda Lee is a pseudonym Gayle Trent is using for the new cozy mystery series featuring a heroine who owns an embroidery shop. The series is set on the Oregon Coast and features Marcy Singer, a spunky, thirty-something, entrepreneur who is handy with a needle.

Amanda/Gayle lives in Southwest Virginia with her husband and two beautiful children, a boy and a girl. She’s a full-time writer/editor/mom/wife and chief cook and bottle washer, and she loves every minute of it. Okay, not the bottle washing so much, but the rest of it is great.