Cloche and Dagger (Toppers Hat Shop Cozy Mystery #2)

Adeline’s stitching hats—and clues—in this killer seaside town!

Hatmaker Adeline Hart and her fellow shopkeepers are preparing for Brisa del Mar’s busy summer season, which can’t come soon enough for Toppers, the town’s beloved—but beleaguered—hat shop. While Adeline crafts custom hats for the first time in a decade, she desperately tries to boost sales and bring order to the shop.

When a famous horror author meets the sharp end of a dagger at the Summer Kick-Off Celebration, one of Adeline’s best customers, Hollywood legend Daphne Delaine, is the prime suspect. Daphne ropes Adeline into investigating, but Adeline soon wonders if she’s working for the killer. As she closes in on the truth, she uncovers a stunning twist involving one of Hollywood’s most iconic costume pieces. She also finds herself growing closer to the town’s personable mayor, Quinn Beckett, who has a habit of rushing in to rescue those in need.

But make no mistake, Adeline needs to be rescued like she needs a hole in her hat as she sleuths out who stabbed the horror author and tries to keep Toppers from dying.

Cloche and Dagger is Book 2 in the Toppers Hat Shop Cozy Mystery Series. This enchanting series in an unconventional seaside town in California follows Adeline Hart as she investigates millinery murders, mends her broken heart, and stitches together a whole new family.