An Ominous Death A St Rose Quilting Bee Mystery Book 2 edition by Annette Mahon Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee are back, attempting to solve a mystery as they work on their quilts.
Sometime Bee member Candy Breckner is at the Palo Verde Care Center to recover from an auto accident; with two broken legs, she cannot manage on her own. Maggie and the Bee decide to visit, taking her a lap quilt they've made especially for her. (see Appendix for pattern) Candy breaks down when she sees them, saying that she's afraid there's an "angel of death" at work in the facility. Dismissing her story as a side-effect of medication, the women begin to have second thoughts when she dies suddenly. Especially when police questioning seems to indicate an unexpected interest in Bee member Louise Lombard, who discovered the body.
Using their own unique style of investigating, Maggie and the others find the proper mix between quilting and investigative work. But will it be enough to save Louise ... and another potential victim?
An Ominous Death A St Rose Quilting Bee Mystery Book 2 edition by Annette Mahon Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
this was a great story. The way the author wove in the quilting twist was very solid. I loved the quilting tips the author offered I will be buying more.Product details
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An Ominous Death A St Rose Quilting Bee Mystery Book 2 edition by Annette Mahon Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
In Scottsdale, Arizona part-time member of the St. Rose Quilting Bee, Candy Breckner breaks her legs in a car accident. Since no one is available or willing to care for her, Candy checks into the Palo Verde Care Center. When her quilting bee partners visit her, she hysterically tells them she fears for her life from an "angel of death" employed at the nursing facility.
Her friend write off her trepidations as drug induced until Candy is found dead by bee member Louise Lombard. The Scottsdale police believe a homicide occurred with Louise as the prime suspect. Maggie Browne and the other Bees, already horrified and feeling guilty over Candy's death, vow to find the real culprit before Louise is locked away.
Though the Quilting Bees know not to investigate after their previous homicidal escapades (see A PHANTOM DEATH), led by magnificent Maggie they cannot leave Candy's death alone especially when one of them is the suspect. Thus readers obtain a picturesque cozy as the Bees swarm all over the Arizona desert in between a stitch or two. The who-done-it is cleverly devised, but that takes a back seat to the busy Bees butting into police matters.
Harriet Klausner
AN OMINOUS DEATH is a light mystery read with both a lovable victim and sleuth. The various clues lead in several directions and maintain the reader's interest. Readers who loved A PHANTOM DEATH will be happy to see another Arizona mystery.
Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee visit their friend Candy Breckner at the Palo Verde Care Center in an attempt to cheer her up after having broken both her legs in a car accident. Agitated, Candy tells them that she fears for her life. An angel of death is taking her friends at night and sending them to their death. Although most of the Quilting Bee ladies attribute Candy's stories to her medication of the accident, Maggie does love a mystery after solving a murder in A Phantom Death. When Candy dies unexpectedly, the police begin questioning their friend Louise Lombard and Maggie is drawn deeper into the case...
Although the local police probably wish she would leave the crime solving to the professionals, Maggie feels she owes her friend and must take on the case when the police do not seem quite as concerned as she is.
Maggie Browne's friends all call her the Jessica Fletcher or the Miss Marple of Scottsdale, Arizona. The label fits--just add an occasional horse ride through the less urban land to think through her cases. Many mysteries gloss over the victim but this mystery develops her character so that the reader, like Maggie, wants the culprit caught and punished. AN OMINOUS DEATH Death can definitely be read as a stand alone with very little reference to the first, or even in reverse order, except of course, Maggie Browne fans will want another read after discovering this sleuth and her quilting bee. AN OMINOUS DEATH includes some twists and surprises despite the possible hints in the beginning. A PHANTOM DEATH had a few less red herrings and the threads seemed tied together a bit more but these are minor compared to superb characterization, the great scene setting and the intriguing mystery that unfolds. This reader eagerly awaits the next Maggie Browne mystery.
If you like character-driven mysteries featuring women "of a certain age," I recommend Annette Mahon's St. Rose Quilting Bee series. The Bee members are a cross section of women from all walks of life and of all personalities. Maggie Browne gave her north Scottsdale ranch to one of her sons and his family, and now she's enjoying horseback riding, theater, her children and grandchildren, and doing volunteer work through her quilting group. Maggie tends to be the most level-headed and inquisitive of the group, which also contains a retired nurse, a woman who compares clues to the mysteries she's read, and the resident curmudgeon (among others). There may not be any physical descriptions of these women in this book, but that's really not necessary. Their voices and behavior distinguish each one quite easily.
Having a killer in a nursing home easing the elderly out of their lives of pain and into the hereafter is an excellent plot device and really kept me guessing, and Mahon's skill with the Scottsdale, Arizona, setting gives you a real taste of city living in the desert.
You also get a taste for quilting (an art form I've always greatly admired) while reading An Ominous Death. Bee members even get several people-- women and men-- to take a class at the Palo Verde Care Center. I have to admit that my favorite part of the book was listening to all the women as they sat around the quilt frame, stitching together layers of fabric and batting and discussing each new scrap of information. It's like watching an entire group of Miss Marples, only these ladies don't pack knitting needles.
Annette Mahon has created a group of women that Miss Marple herself would be proud to know, and I think you'll enjoy them as much as I do.
As a quilter, I liked the special information about the details of quilting, and could picture the ladies sitting around the quilt, trying to solve the mystery, as they took their tiny stitches. Very much surprised at the ending-the murderer.
I found the story to be well written and could easily picture the ladies i intent to read more books by this author
Enjoyed reading this. Easy to follow but still suspenseful. Definitely recommend.
A good read.
this was a great story. The way the author wove in the quilting twist was very solid. I loved the quilting tips the author offered I will be buying more.
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