In the sleeping town of Archers Rest, Nell Fitzgerald is finishing her first quilt and preparing for her first date -- with Police Chief Jesse Dewalt. When Jesse stands her up, it turns out he has a very good reason. The body of a murdered young woman has been discovered by the Hudson River.
Meanwhile, the members of Nell's quilting circle encourage her to take drawing classes with the famous artist Olive White. When Nell's professor meets her grandmother, Eleanor, owner of the Someday Quilts Shop, he seems instantly smitten. But once another woman's body is found outside her grandmother's home under a blanket of snow, Nell begins to patch together the clues and follow a twisting path of evidence that suggests that her professor may have also perfected the art of murder.
