IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT SHEAR

A murder in her yarn shop's backyard puts Libby Beckett's holiday plans on thin ice...

The holiday season looks merry and bright for Libby and her friends at Y.A.R.N. The store is expanding for a holiday boom, and she's gathered Collinstown's businesses to decorate a community Christmas tree. Dashing "Gallant Herdsman" Vincenzo Marani arrives to showcase the rare vicuña, whose coat produces the world's most luxurious yarn. It's a perfect yuletide - until Libby's ex-husband, Sterling, turns up in town... and then turns up dead.

The murder unravels Libby's life faster than a hand-knit Christmas stocking. The luxe yarn goes missing, Sterling's domineering family comes to town, and the vicuña attempt an escape. If Libby can't stitch up a solution to the case, she may be trading in her knitting needles for a set of handcuffs.

Allie Pleiter is an author with more than thirty-five books to her name. She is also a nationally booked public speaker and an expert knitter.