Kirkus Review

A group of quilters are the latest pool of unlikely candidates to murder or be murdered. Bernie and Libby Simmons, sisters who own a bake shop and have a formidable reputation as amateur sleuths, meet Cecelia Larson at the local library to discuss catering a reception for the Longely Sip and Sew Quilting Society, whose members know a lot about modern and ancient quilts, some of them very valuable. The meeting ends when one of the quilters dashes in and announces that member Ellen Fisher has apparently died by suicide. Several weeks later, Cecelia and the quilters hire the sisters to investigate what they've come to believe is Ellen's murder. Although the police chief understandably hates them, the sisters have friends in the department who listen when they explain that Ellen had been in a great mood ever since having one of her quilts featured in a national magazine and was unlikely to have killed herself, despite going through some rough times. Doing a deep dive into Ellen's history turns up the fact that she didn't seem to have a history. Was she a criminal on the run or a member of the Witness Protection Program? Her house has been torn apart by someone searching for a small item, she'd been packing for a trip to Mexico, and she'd kept a loaded gun in her nightstand. The realization that they're being followed lends more credence to the sisters' murder theory. Maybe they can find Ellen's killer--if only they can discover who she really was. Scads of suspects, a paucity of motives, and a bombshell reveal make for exciting reading. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.