A Patchwork of Clues (Queen Bees Quilt Shop Book 1)

 Sunday Cozy Mystery and Tea


On her morning jog, Portia Paltrow comes upon the dead body of antiques store owner and college professor Owen Hill, sprawled across the back doorstep of Selma Parker's fabric and quilt shop on Elderberry Road. The site of their Saturday morning quilting bee just became a crime scene. Violent crime is rare in the charming village of Crestwood, Kansas, and rumors are soon circulating of a burglary gone wrong. But who would rob a quilt shop? No, Owen Hill has been murdered.
 
Selma and her assistant manager Susan are understandably at loose ends over the crime. So while the tightly knit covey of quilters—who range from a new mother to a wise octogenarian—work together on a Crystal Pattern quilt for Selma's store's anniversary, they also get busy stitching together a patchwork of clues. But they'd better work fast—before a crafty killer bolts

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A good First book about the power of friendship and women. The characters written as your friends, colleagues and your neighbors. A feel good result to some nasty crimes. People you want to know and care about who will keep you coming back to learn their individual stories. I will be back for their next adventures.



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