Deadly Notions — Elizabeth Lynn Casey

South Carolina's Sweet Briar Ladies Society sewing circle is one tight-knit group -- if you cross one lady, you cross them all. But when one of the town's most insufferable moms is murdered, the group finds itself fraying at the seams...

Ever since she joined the circle, librarian Tori Sinclair has known she'd do anything for her new friends -- including throw a birthday bash for a fellow sewer's daughter. While the party is a hit, self-important pageant mom Ashley Lawson and her rude attitude leave the ladies wanting to permanently shut her high-maintenance mouth. But when Ashley turns up dead, the sewing circle is shocked -- because as much as they wanted to strangle her, none of them actually would.

With the town aware that the entire club made threats against Mrs. Lawson, Tori and the girls need to band together to figure out who really murdered the monster mom, before the finger-pointing and gossip cause their friendship to unravel...