Contesting the Wool
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"I love the characters, and it is a joy to slip back into their world."
-Carstairs Considers
It’s curtains for somebody at the reading of the will…
Polyester Monroe never expected to inherit anything from Reginald Villamere, the recently deceased millionaire who preserved San Ladrón’s historic movie theater. Poly barely knew the man—but her own relatives, who left her the fabric shop, certainly did. So when Villamere’s thirty-year-old will names them among his beneficiaries, Poly is unexpectedly pulled into a mystery steeped in old grudges and buried secrets.
The situation turns deadly when one of Villamere’s lawyers is found murdered in a theater storage room immediately after the will reading. While the town buzzes more about inheritance rumors than the death of a stranger, motives pile up fast.
The historical society is determined to seize control of the theater. A devoted longtime employee is furious at being passed over. Another staff member is hiding a carefully pressed past. And the murdered lawyer may have had secrets of his own—including a hidden connection to an heir no one saw coming.
As suspicion spreads through every corner of the small California town, Poly must rely on her eye for patterns and her talent for unraveling tangled truths. But the closer she comes to mending the gaps in this case, the clearer it becomes: someone is willing to kill to keep the past from taking center stage.
The sixth Material Witness cozy mystery delivers classic cozy intrigue, a colorful cast of suspects, and a fabric-loving sleuth who knows that when secrets are stitched too tightly, they’re bound to tear.
Perfect for fans of inheritance mysteries, small-town secrets, and clever cozies stitched with style.
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Genre: Cozy mystery, Amateur sleuth