| The Lover's Knot: A Someday Quilts Mystery | 
 enlarge | Author: Clare O'donohue
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 60324
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: First with 293 pages
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0452289793
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780452289796
ASIN: 0452289793
Publication Date: September 30, 2008
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Product Description
In the tradition of Jennifer Chiaverini and Emilie Richards, a debut quilting mystery
Nell Fitzgerald is thrilled when she receives a gorgeous handmade quilt in a lover?s knot pattern from her grandmother Eleanor as an engagement gift. Her joy is short-lived, however, when her fiance announces he?s calling off the wedding. Heartbroken, 25-year-old Nell flees New York City for her grandmother?s home in quaint Archers Rest. In this small town Eleanor?s life revolves around her quilt shop, Someday Quilts, and the members of the shop?s quilting circle.
When the body of a local handyman known for his flirting is found in the quilt shop, murdered with a pair of quilting scissors, Nell finds herself drawn into the case? and drawn to the handsome police chief. As a pattern of clues begins to emerge, one of the prime suspects is Nell?s ex-fiance, whose arrival in Archers Rest seems suspicious. The ladies of the quilting circle continue to piece together their quilts as Nell unravels the mystery. For quilters and mystery lovers alike, The Lover?s Knot is a delightful and promising debut.
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Great! December 30, 2008
I, too, am anxiously awaiting her next book. I concur with all of the other reviews. While I have been quilting for a while, I liked the fact that she explained some terminology that a newby to quilting wouldn't get.
Excellent.......I hope she writes fast.
Dinner was late! December 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book in 3 days and dinner was late on the last day. *grins* Definitely 5 stars.
I found all the characters -- even the "bad" ones -- likeable, and I enjoyed the way they interacted with each other. I found "meeting" each of the characters fun. Just as in real life, the author allowed the reader to unfold little scraps of information about each character as the story progressed; and by the end of the story I felt that I "knew" each of the main characters. I also liked the way the secondary story was interwoven into the main story, and the way both stories were resolved -- leaving some things to the readers imagination.
If you enjoy a light/cozy mystery but aren't a quilter, don't shy away from this book. There is much more here than quilting. The author wove together family relationships, the death of a loved one, broken relationships and how we struggle with the decision to mend them or not, plus a mystery, and yes, some quilting talk.
Clare has a writing style that is fresh and welcoming. Every chapter ended on a "turn the page" note -- and usually that's what I did. It was difficult to put down.
I hope this lady writes more books. My own desire would be that we move on to new characters, but I know that the publishing world is hung up these days on serials. *Sigh*
Personally, serials can become boring unless the characters change and grow. In this case, growing would mean that Grandma Eleanor, Barney the dog, and the members of the Friday night quilting club would advance in age; and given their present ages, it would mean taking the reader through their deaths -- and that's not why I read non-fiction. I read as a diversion from the stress of life and would rather not have to deal with the "emotional" loss of beloved characters; but that's my own personal preference. Still, if the next book continues with these wonderful characters, I'll likely read it -- and keep reading the series until I can't take it anymore.
Loved It!! December 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really don't read mystery books, and if Lovers Knot had not been recommended to my by a friend, I don't think I would have read it, and that would have been my lose.
There is more to this book than, the mystery part. It is also about a young woman coming into her own, and it is amazing how life "is" like making a quilt...
If you enjoyed the Ya Ya Sisterhood books, than you will love this book too. What are you waiting for...buy this book...Are you still reading...Buy the book already.
Ms. O'Donohue you have me hooked. When is the next one due to be released?
Pieced, Sewed, Solved! November 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
For a novice quilter like me, The Lover's Knot was a happy discovery. The latest trend in the "cozy" mystery genre is to write a series of books based on a particular career or hobby. There are mystery novels set in the world of knitting, scrapbooking, cross-stitch, bridge and dogwalking, with some of the best of these reviewed at StoryCircle Book Reviews. I love them all, but this was the first quilting mystery I've read. It was a welcome treat.
The story begins when Nell Fitzgerald, a young layout artist for a Manhattan publishing house, has her heart broken by a fiance with cold feet. She heads for the Hudson Valley town of Archer's Rest, New York to seek the comfort of her grandmother, Eleanor, owner of the Someday Quilts shop. The lovers' knot of the title is the pattern on the quilt Eleanor has made for her granddaughter's wedding. In a very short time, Nell falls in love with the town and the art of quilting.
Meanwhile, her fiance Ryan tries to win her back and becomes a suspect in the murder of Marc, a local handyman known for his flirting. A fistfight occurs, a child's paternity is questioned, someone greases the shop stairs with quilter's hand cream and a load of money is found hidden in the shop. The women of the Friday Night Quilt Club, Barney the golden retriever and the handsome widowed police chief round out the cast of characters. (Barney has his own stash of five small quilts with dog fabrics or appliqued bones lining his bed!)There is enough going on in this story to keep you guessing until the very end.
Quilting jargon like UFOs (Unfinished Objects), stash and fat quarter (twenty-two inches by eighteen instead of a quarter yard) are scattered through the book like fabric scraps on a cutting table. O'Donohue is an avid quilter herself and former producer of the HGTV program "Simply Quilts." She's also skillful in piecing together the ordinary things that can make life difficult: mother-daughter clashes, the death of a spouse, and the shaky steps to recovery after rejection by a lover. She cleverly leaves a few of the personal issues unresolved, so that the reader wonders what the main characters are doing after the novel ends.
I've read a lot of "cozies." They are the books I'm most likely to pick up at the end of a long day or take with me on vacation. The Lover's Knot went in my travel bag on a recent weekend, and was as much fun to read as I hoped it would be. I look forward to my next visit to Archers Rest and the women of Someday Quilts.
by Linda Wisniewski
for Story Circle Book Reviews
reviewing books by, for, and about women
Entangle yourself in the Lover's Knot! October 25, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
As an amateur quilter I found myslef longing to be part of a quilting circle. I could connect with the characters and had fun trying to unravel the mystery. All you will need is a rainy day, a cup of tea and you will not put the book down until it was finished. I hope there are more books to follow!
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