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Death on Drunkard's Path

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but the quality of writing wasn't very good. I more or less plowed my way through very average writing.

There's quite a bit about quilting shows in this book but much less about quilting. The murder takes place in the booth at a quilting show in the Ozarks. The owner of a local B & B is there helping friends by selling raffle tickets when the murder occurs. She has "helped" the ungrateful local police in the past and because she knows many of the people regarded as suspects, she feels she can help again, so she starts questioning people (she obviously has no fear for her own life, for reasons that escape me). There are quite a few descriptions of the beautiful bed and breakfast place (so fancy one wonders how she manages to make any money off of it).

To be honest, although I think there are readers who will enjoy this book (think Nancy Drew style book), I really don't think I'll read more by this author. I read it because I'm a quilter who loves mysteries, but after reading people like Elizabeth George, the wooden writing in this book irked me.

The annual quilt show sets the stage for murder when a famous quilt artist and TV personality is murdered. Fun reading for quilt fiction and murder mystery fans.

In the 3rd book in the Iris House Mystery series, we find that Tess Darcy, owner of an upscale Bed & Breakfast in Victoria Springs, Missouri is hard at work with a new project. Normally busy with her own business venture, Tess has focused her energy for the week at the annual quilt show and sale benefiting the Victoria Springs Quilter's Guild. Tess had inherited her beautiful old house from Aunt Iris, and has used every bit of her monetary inheritance and life savings to transform the old mansion into a lovely garden inn. Even though the main participants in the show and sale are staying at her inn, Tess focuses much of her energy on the quilt show and her friend, Mary, who is in charge of the raffle ticket sales. Several mishaps occur to Mary, and Tess begins to be suspicious that someone is out to hurt her. When Mary's good friend is found murdered, Tess jumps to the conclusion that the killer mistook the victim for Mary during the blackout that occurred during the murder. Tess helps the police with their bumbling investigation, much to their chagrin, and must work quickly to solve the case before the quilt show wraps up for the weekend.

I picked up the first book in the series while browsing at my local library, and was pleased to find such an interesting mystery. I like the "cozy feeling" with this series, and really enjoy the character of Tess. Unlike the first book, I was able to figure out the killer about halfway through the book. However, this was a light, quick read, and was a great book to read at the beach. This is a fun, interesting cozy series, and I look forward to visiting the Iris House again very soon!

The first book in this series is "Blooming Murder". Enjoy!