Well I picked this up from a bookcrossing shelf and although the look of the book should have alerted me to its content. I thought it would be worth a read as it was billed as a detective novel set in Carolina and based around a quilting group.It is a Mills & Boon style of book without the romance. The writing is amateur and the characters so cliched. the descriptions laboured and unimaginative and as for the dog called Noo noo - really!!I continued reading just to confirm that my efforts at spotting the murderer were accurate and indeed I was . This was a poor Miss Marple type story set around a quilting group of elderly ladies. Again the most unlikely group to be murdering a fellow quilter. the aspects of quilting were tedious and a bit irrelevant really, rather a forced connection.The tips of quilting at the end were useless fo a non quilter and obvious to someone who is a quilter. the recipe was also rather pointless as it wasn't at all relevant to the story.A cringeworthy book that I finished only because I always try to finish books to give them a fair judgement. i will certainly not be looking for other books in the series or by this author.Awful . Poorly written, wooden characters, terrible name for a dog and obvious murderer. I have really tried to like this author. She also writes under the name Riley Adams. The premise is good. Beatrice retires from her curator job and moves to a small town in the NC mountains. Upon arrival, her kooky next door neighbor drags her into the quilting guild. That week at the monthly bee, tempers flare and barbs abound. A member is found dead the next morning. I feel like I should have related more to the story. I usually enjoy a book set in my home state. I like quilting and I appreciate quirky characters. Unfortunately none of it clicked for me.
a great cozy read; looking forward to the next one in the series.
—lacey1228
A great start to a new series. Very fun characteres.
—YoBroh
Pleasant read but nothing special.
—starstruck07
Great beginning to a new series !
—myzflipz
It was o.k.
—Shaii
