A Crafter Quilts a Crime by Holly Quinn

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A Crafter Quilts a Crime

by Holly Quinn

Series: Handcrafted Mystery #3
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Published by Crooked Lane Books on February 11, 2020
Genres: Cozy Crafts and Hobbies Mystery
Pages: 320
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: A Crafter Hooks a Killer

Perfect for fans of Betty Hechtman and Maggie Sefton, Holly Quinn's third Handcrafted mystery aspires to wrap you in its warmth.

Community Craft proprietor Sammy Kane must piece together a patchwork of clues when a "live" mannequin ends up stone-cold dead.

Snowcapped pines and glittery dusted sidewalks adorn tranquil Heartsford, Wisconsin, while residents cuddle beneath heirloom quilts in front of cozy wood fires. But come the next day, the below-zero temperatures won't keep the locals away from Heartsford's annual Fire & Ice event. To boost customer traffic at Community Craft's one-night-only sale, Samantha "Sammy" Kane persuades a few of the craftspeople who sell their wares at the store to participate in a live mannequin window display contest.

Local quilter Wanda Wadsworth emerges as a favorite to win the contest, as she manages to not move a muscle for an unusual amount of time. Onlookers outside the window try everything to get her to crack--tapping on the glass and making funny faces--but nothing disrupts Wanda's stillness. When the eagle-eyed spectators realize Wanda isn't breathing, a blanket of grief and fear descends upon the wintry town.

Detective Liam Nash can't seem to piece the clues together. Fortunately, Sammy's cousin, Heidi, and her sister, Ellie, are on hand to reconvene their detective team, S.H.E. They set out to solve Wanda's untimely death before the case grows as icy as a sub-zero Wisconsin winter. But they are all too aware that the killer is too close for comfort.

A Crafter Quilts a Crime by Holly Quinn is such an incredible mystery filled with family love, town pride, and revenge.

Will S.H.E. figure out what happened to Wanda before they share her fate?

Sammy owns the Community Craft Store. One of her live window mannequins dies during the town’s Fire and Ice Festival, which leaves Sammy at a loss and her curious nature in overdrive. So, she invokes the powers of S.H.E. to figure out what happened to Wanda and where is Wanda’s husband Marty.

In this installment, there are some substantial personal changes for Samantha, Heidi, and Ellie. I don’t want to spoil anything, but…Yay! It doesn’t matter what the girls get into; they always have each other’s back. You can see how much they love each other. However, these girls continually manage to get themselves into trouble. I know they don’t go looking for dead bodies, but the girls find them just the same.

Mystery

A friend dies, and her husband is missing, a coincidence, or did he kill his wife? And where is the husband? These are the questions that Sammy, Heidi, and Ellie are trying to figure out. So, I caught on to the why in the story, but I got the culprit wrong. I suggest you pay attention to the clues as Ms. Quinn is a sneaky one.

5 Stars

I have to say that I enjoy this series. Sammy has a wealth of love, compassion, and curiosity. Heidi is a secret store of knowledge into the workings of the local farmers, and her loyalty to her cousins is magnificent. Ellie brings the level head, the voice of reason that Sammy lacks. The three of them compliment each other wonderfully. The mysteries that Ms. Quinn brings to life are so inventive, true to human nature, with a shocking amount of real-life issues added in for good measure. Therefore, my rating is five stars. I highly recommend this book and the first two in the series too.

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