| Author: | Barbara Sullivan | ISBN: | 9780996320818 |
| Publisher: | Barbara Sullivan | Publication: | April 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Barbara Sullivan |
| ISBN: | 9780996320818 |
| Publisher: | Barbara Sullivan |
| Publication: | April 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
A riveting mystery wrapped in a disturbing family, Ada Unraveled is the first of the Quilted Mystery novels. Central to the story is the Stowall family, headed by a simple father obsessed with the fear that his branch of a mountain clan would bring dishonor to them all.
But first we are introduced to an enigmatic being with the words, “His mom brought him a friend. He was astonished, frozen on his bed. He couldn’t even remember what his tongue and lips were for. He watched his mom leave them alone, sneaking upstairs with a smile on her old face. What was she thinking? He couldn’t have guests. He was in a prison, a cage….”
Rachel and her Marine husband Matt had arrive on the west coast after early retirement from their respective careers. They establish a private investigations business and ply their trade successfully. Growing restless in the mostly male, home-based business, Rachel searches for female friends through her hobbies, one of them being hand quilting. So she shouldn’t have been surprised when a chocolate voiced woman phoned to woo her into attending an all-night quilting party the following week. But she was. She’d barely told anyone about her yearning to locate an old fashioned bee.
As she arrives in the small town of Iguana, high on Cleveland Mountain, the skies open and let loose a torrent of rain. Rachel races to the front door of a broken house that looks as if it were built one room at a time over a period of years. She is led down a twisted hall, turning this way and that, to a back bedroom for the bee.
The night of endless stitches and shared childhood secrets grows stranger as the hours tick by and Rachel becomes more suspicious of the young and old women she’s joined. But the biggest surprise comes at the end when the group hires her to investigate the death of the one whose place she has taken. They say good-bye, giving her a magnificent quilt, a genealogy and a small leather diary. The name on the diary is “Ada Stowall.”
This sophisticated exploration of family secrets and violence isn’t just about solving a crime. It’s also about an evil obsession and how it destroys everything in its path.
A riveting mystery wrapped in a disturbing family, Ada Unraveled is the first of the Quilted Mystery novels. Central to the story is the Stowall family, headed by a simple father obsessed with the fear that his branch of a mountain clan would bring dishonor to them all.
But first we are introduced to an enigmatic being with the words, “His mom brought him a friend. He was astonished, frozen on his bed. He couldn’t even remember what his tongue and lips were for. He watched his mom leave them alone, sneaking upstairs with a smile on her old face. What was she thinking? He couldn’t have guests. He was in a prison, a cage….”
Rachel and her Marine husband Matt had arrive on the west coast after early retirement from their respective careers. They establish a private investigations business and ply their trade successfully. Growing restless in the mostly male, home-based business, Rachel searches for female friends through her hobbies, one of them being hand quilting. So she shouldn’t have been surprised when a chocolate voiced woman phoned to woo her into attending an all-night quilting party the following week. But she was. She’d barely told anyone about her yearning to locate an old fashioned bee.
As she arrives in the small town of Iguana, high on Cleveland Mountain, the skies open and let loose a torrent of rain. Rachel races to the front door of a broken house that looks as if it were built one room at a time over a period of years. She is led down a twisted hall, turning this way and that, to a back bedroom for the bee.
The night of endless stitches and shared childhood secrets grows stranger as the hours tick by and Rachel becomes more suspicious of the young and old women she’s joined. But the biggest surprise comes at the end when the group hires her to investigate the death of the one whose place she has taken. They say good-bye, giving her a magnificent quilt, a genealogy and a small leather diary. The name on the diary is “Ada Stowall.”
This sophisticated exploration of family secrets and violence isn’t just about solving a crime. It’s also about an evil obsession and how it destroys everything in its path.
