Reviews

• Most interesting plot I've read in years

  This was such an original plot that I have read in a long time. I enjoyed the new characters & a fresh view of California coast. Very entertaining! It kept me reading into the nights.

• Touched my heart…

  The loss of a Mother is hard no matter what age. I lost mine 24 years ago, but it sometimes still feels like yesterday. I loved this journey of Benni’s. Not only because of the story, but because I knew the places she’d been…I grew up around them myself. I loved this book. Simple as that.

• ... all of her books in this series it was fun to read and yet kept my interest and made ...

  As all of her books in this series it was fun to read and yet kept my interest and made me try to figure out the who done it

• This isn't really a "murder mystery" exactly

  It's not about quilting either, despite the title (although of this author's books have quilt block titles). The story involves Benni Harper inheriting a house and some money from a total stranger. Who is this man and why did he leave everything to her? The will has an odd provision -- in order to inherit, she has to spend the night alone in the house -- for two weeks. Benni's police chief husband is fighting her all the way on this (and this couple does seem to have a lot of conflict), but Benni is determined to do this on her own and without his protection. Benni finds herself on a kind of scavenger hunt begun by the man who left her the house -- who is taking a big chance, it seemed to me, that she'd pick up on the initial clue and be able to solve the puzzle of who he is and why he left her everything. Benni gets to know a number of people in the California coastal town that the house is located in, and quite a few of the people who knew the deceased (Jacob Chandler) them seem angry that Benni inherited. This makes both Benni and her husband Gabe nervous and adds to the tension. All in all, this book was a page turner -- so much so that I finally cheated and looked at the ending so I could get some sleep. There is indeed a murder in the book, but it seems less important than finding out who Jacob Chandler was and why he was "stalking" Benni.

• Treasure hunts, mystery, and coastal intrigue....

  This is a fine mystery... Benni finds herself the owner of a house in nearby Morro Bay, but there are "strings attached." You'll love following her through the fine weaving that Earlene Fowler has put into this story. No murders, no mayhem, but plenty of mystery!

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