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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Wild Goose Chase

Wild Goose Chase (A Quilting Mystery, #1)


Wild Goose Chase is the first is Terri Thayer's quilt mystery series. This is a book that has been sitting on my bookshelves for ages along with book two and three. Time to immerse myself in the fun of quilting, fat quarters, rotary cutters and murder. Being a quilter makes this book all the more fun to read. 

Dewey Pellicano inherits her mother's quilt shop after her mother dies in a hit and run accident. It is the first time the shop Quilter Paradiso is setting up a stand at the state quilt extravaganza without Dewey's much loved mother. Dewey has taken over and is trying to install a new computerized sales systems while her sister in law Kym is trying to thwart it in all directions. Famed quilter Claire Armstrong offers to buy the shop from Dewey insisting she was already buying it from her mother. But when Dewey discovers Claire's dead body from an accident with a rotary cutter, she is stunned and wondering what to do next. When a second murder takes place, it is obvious that Claire's accident was not that at all and Dewey tries to piece together the puzzle of just who is at this quilt show with deadly intent before another body turns up. 

As with most of the cozy mysteries I read, I have trouble writing a review as I really would not want to give away any of the hints of the book. Dewey is a likable new sleuth. If you are a quilter like me, you will love this book. Even if you don't quilt yourself, it is a great start to a new cozy mystery series. 

Happy reading!
Heidi

4 comments:

Elizabethd said...

Haven't heard of this author before, but I'm going to have to read at least one!

Julie said...

Another new one to add to my list, this list is getting very long!

Nancy said...

Well, I am not a quilter, but the book still sounds cute. I will check for it on the Nook sometime.
Happy reading.
Love you, Mom
PS: I just finished Catherine Coulter's Backfire. I love her books but not sure you would.

Rhonda said...

Hello. I got this as a free kindle book awhile back and then saw that you wrote about it so I just started it.