The Quilt Circle

She came to a small Vermont town to start a new life. Then someone handed her a quilt - and she realized the town had been waiting for her all along. Nora Blaine is an archivist who catalogs evidence for a living. She knows how to read what people leave behind. So when Millhaven's Quilt Circle gives her a handmade gift on her wedding night - a quilt pieced together by eight women she has never met - she can't help noticing that one square doesn't match.
The image sewn into the fabric isn't decorative. It's a record. And the woman who made it died three years ago under circumstances nobody in this close-knit town has ever questioned out loud. The deeper Nora pulls at the threads, the more she understands that Ruth didn't just leave behind a quilt. She left behind a confession - stitched piece by piece into fabric no one was supposed to know how to read.
Every square is a date. Every pattern is a name. And the man at the center of it all isn't a stranger. He's been sitting at the center of this community for thirty years - trusted, celebrated, untouchable. Nora has the evidence. She has the proof. What she doesn't have is time, because someone in Millhaven has figured out exactly what she's unraveling - and they are not going to let her finish. How far will a town go to protect a secret - and how far will a woman go to honor a dead woman who hid the truth in the only place she knew no one would look? Perfect for Readers who Love:  Amateur sleuth with expert skills Outsider comes to small town Secrets buried with the dead The hidden message / found evidence Trusted community figure as villain Race against time Women protecting each other Found family / community of women New bride / fresh start disrupted Grief channeled into obsession