The plotting was fairly good and it was certainly cosy,
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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.
2341271
Three and a half stars for a book which was easy to read, had an interesting plot and offered a sympathetic heroine.
289817
If this is the end of the series, which it very well could be, it was a pleasant enough wrap-up.
1554904
plot was predictable but good enough to hold interest.
4860356
While I wasn't moved by this story, it was sweet enough to pass the time. The characters were likeable and the plot, while predictable, was entertaining enough.
2077428
The pacing was quite good.  The plot was involving and entertaining.  It had good historical (worldly and US) references.
1119056
The plot was compelling and the characters well drawn. It was a good read. The heroine might have been a little over the top.
2634913
the plot flowed, as it does in so many of tamora's books, although it wasn't super exiting...
2642314
The ending was relatively predictable, but the story up to that point was agreeable.

Don't just take my word for it though.
3168391
This is a likeable cosy mystery with a suitably knotty plot. I thought that the characters were well defined, especially those of Jean and Karen, the two main characters.
The only reason I have reduced my assessment from 5 stars to 4 is, without spoiling the plot too much, that I thought that having 2 sets of villains in such a small town was a bit far-fetched, as were the rather extreme attempts to eliminate Jean and Karen.
However it still made an enjoyable and satisfying read, with a great fast pace to the storyline.
I did receive a free copy of this book from the author, and voluntarily provided this review.
2181631
I found the plot engaging and the characters fairly well developed. WHY the two men were attracted to her was missing some development there would have greatly enhanced the narrative
3081616
The  plot was pretty predicable, as well as the characters after the first chapter.  Something to take up some slack time on a rainy day.
1549208
That said, it was still an enjoyable read with familiar characters and a plot that carried me rapidly to the end.
4300802
This is an OK romance, a bit in the style of a classic regency with a little (really, not much) explicit sex. Nothing original but the writing is fairly good, if a little like an old fashioned melodrama as there's some excessive nobility and self sacrifice involved. That kind of thing usually annoys me but the story kept my attention enough so that I liked it overall. There's Lucy, a runaway heiress with a mysterious threat hanging over her, Colin, a wounded war hero whom she helps and the various villains they are each trying to vanquish. Lucy and Colin are appealing characters, with Lucy having an especially unusual background with both sniper and medical experience. The weakness here is that there seem to be three parallel plots going on - one involving the threat to Lucy, another involving Colin's political mission and then there's the romance between the two of them. The romance is straightforward but neither of the other two plot lines are sufficiently explained until the end. Lucy's threat plot line also turns bizarre and complicated, while Colin's gets pretty short shrift. We are instead introduced to several villains without knowing their ultimate purpose or motivation. This is the first of a series (so parts of these plots may show up again - who knows?) and the author chose to show it by leaving a dangling thread that will need to be tied up in another book. The different plots mostly get resolved in this one, but the story does get bogged down at times. I liked it enough to look for the next in the series, when it comes out.
3948199
the writing is better then most and the plot was certainly interesting. some of the subplots seemed pretty extraneous but over all a fun read.
2540048
I thought that this book was very well written with an interesting plot.
132388
It was a good but basic plot. I like the fact that there were some plot twists although some of story was predictable.