Welcome to my stop on the Great Escapes Virtual Book Tour for Hanging by a Thread (A Sewing Studio Mystery) by Dorothy Howell. Stop by each blog on the tour for interviews, guest posts, spotlights, reviews and more!
Hanging by a Thread (A Sewing Studio Mystery)
by Dorothy Howell
Hanging by a Thread (A Sewing Studio Mystery)
Cozy Mystery
2nd in Series
Setting – Fictional Town of Hideaway Grove
Kensington Cozies (September 26, 2023)
Hardcover : 304 pages
The latest novel in a new crafting cozy series in the genre-leading Kensington Cozy Mystery program focusing on the members of a Sewing Studio.
Some of the independent shops in this sleepy town are barely hanging on financially—and that includes Sarah’s Sweets, Abbey’s aunt’s bakery. The shop’s advantage—aside from the deliciousness of its products—is the fact that it’s the only bakery in the area. But it looks like that’s about to change. The second wife of a wealthy businessman wants her own bakery—and money is no object.
When murder unravels the plans for the competing shop, Aunt Sarah is an immediate suspect—and Hideaway Grove’s merchants are on pins and needles about a big upcoming women’s conference, fearing the organization will cancel their booking because of the crime. Abbey’s doing her best to stay optimistic and stitch some custom tote bags for the attendees, but she’s also concerned with patching up Aunt Sarah’s good reputation. And when it comes to sorting through the possible motives of the victim’s family members and associates, she’s got a few tricks up her sleeve . . .
10 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT DOROTHY HOWELL
She had a full-time job, a husband in the Air Force who was gone for months at a time, a ten-year old daughter, and a new baby when she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of being a published author.
She had never taken a writing class before starting her first novel.
She wrote her first book, an historical romance, on notebook paper with a pencil—600+ pages—because she didn’t have a computer.
Her first book was published with another author’s name on the cover.
Seven years passed before she sold her second book.
She sold her second book at a writers’ conference during a critique session with an editor.
She published 25 historical romance novels, most under her pen name Judith Stacy.
Her first mystery, Handbags and Homicide, a Haley Randolph mystery, sold in two days to Kensington Publishing.
Like the main character Abbey Chandler in Hanging By A Thread, she sews pillowcase dresses for girls in Africa, and has donated over 1,000 dresses.
She just finished writing the third book in her latest series, the Sewing Studio mystery
series, which is her 50th published novel.
Dorothy’s advice to aspiring authors: Don’t give up. Keep learning and keep trying. The world needs what only you can contribute.
About Dorothy Howell
USA Today Bestselling author Dorothy Howell is the author of 49 novels. Her books have been translated into a dozen languages and sold worldwide. She writes the Sewing Studio mystery series, the Haley Randolph mystery series, and the Hollis Brannigan and Dana Mackenzie mystery series. Dorothy also writes historical romance novels under the pen name Judith Stacy. Dorothy lives in Los Angeles.
Website: DorothyHowellNovels.com.
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Hanging by a Thread TOUR PARTICIPANTS
September 26 – Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book – REVIEW
September 26 – Maureen’s Musings – SPOTLIGHT
September 26 – Kenyan Poet – SPOTLIGHT
September 27 – Reading, Writing & Stitch-Metic – AUTHOR GUEST POST
September 27 – Lady Hawkeye – SPOTLIGHT
September 28 – Celticlady’s Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
September 28 – Christy’s Cozy Corners – AUTHOR GUEST POST
September 28 – Hearts & Scribbles – SPOTLIGHT
September 29 – Literary Gold – SPOTLIGHT
September 29 – Jane Reads – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
September 29 – Baroness Book Trove – SPOTLIGHT
September 30 – StoreyBook Reviews – AUTHOR GUEST POST
September 30 – Sapphyria’s Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 1 – Cozy Up With Kathy – AUTHOR INTERVIEW
October 1 – FUONLYKNEW – SPOTLIGHT
October 2 – Mystery, Thrillers, and Suspense – CHARACTER GUEST POST
October 2 – Guatemala Paula Loves to Read – REVIEW
October 3 – Ascroft, eh? – CHARACTER INTERVIEW
October 3 – Socrates Book Reviews – SPOTLIGHT
October 4 – Novels Alive – REVIEW
October 4 – #BRVL Book Review Virginia Lee – SPOTLIGHT
October 5 – Angel’s Guilty Pleasures – SPOTLIGHT
October 5 – My Reading Journeys – REVIEW
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I just love that book cover. I sooooo want a skirt like that.
These look like great novels.
This sounds like a fun book and series, I love the cover!
I would enjoy reading these fun cozy mysteries!