Crafts and Life

Sorting through the estate of a wealthy recluse may sound like a fascinating task, but when the skeletons in the closets turn out to be real, Martha and her quilting pals wish they'd stuck to basting and batting. . .

Martha Rose is stunned when she hears that her best friend from high school has passed away. Her shock doubles when she learns that Harriet Oliver made her the executor of her estate. But when investigators determine that Harriet was murdered, Martha recruits her fellow quilters to help find the culprit. She's mastered the art of piecing together blocks to create intricate quilts, but piecing together her friend's murder will prove far more challenging. . .

Martha is surprised to get a letter from a lawyer saying that she has been made the executor of her high school friends estate, stunned because they had drifted apart and had no contact for years, stunned because she didn't know that Harriet had died, stunned because the estate will pay her $10,000 a month to settle everything. When she meets the lawyer she discovers it isn't quite as straight forward as she thought, apparently Harriet died a while before being found, and it looks as though someone has been stealing from the house!  With the help of Birdie, Lucy, a forensic accountant, and the motorcycle club Martha with piece together the clues and find out what happened and why.

Another great story by Mary Marks, we are really starting to get to know the main characters and the supporting characters are wonderful, sometimes quirky and always fun (and yes I am including Bumper the cat and Arthur the retired Police Dog in that!), I am looking forward to number 4 in the series!