Lie of the needle
(Book)

"Berkley Prime Crime mystery."

While helping to produce the Hunky Men of Millbury calendar to save a 200-year-old farmhouse, antique shop owner Daisy Buchanan discovers that someone doesn't want to preserve the past when her close friend goes missing and the calendar photographer is found dead. Includes tips for vintage notions.

"As the owner of Sometimes a Great Notion, a shop specializing in vintage sewing notions and antique treasures, Daisy Buchanan is a strong advocate of preserving the past. But when a killer strikes, she turns her attention to saving lives... Talk about a great notion! As a fund-raiser to save a two-hundred-year-old farmhouse and stop an ambitious developer, the ladies of the Historical Society of Millbury, Pennsylvania, are producing a Hunky Men of Millbury calendar. Daisy is delighted to lend her support, and the female population of the village is abuzz with anticipation. But after Daisy's close friend Cyril doesn't show up for his photo shoot and the calendar photographer is found dead, it's beginning to look like the days may be numbered for the men of Millbury. Can a cryptic verse on an antique sampler help Daisy pin down the killer before another pinup runs out of time?" --,from publisher's web site.