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Patchwork #9
Bound in Love
Sewing up loose threads is her specialty...Meet Sarah Hart, an expert in vintage quilt restoration who has a knack for piecing together mysteries. Whether she's creating a log cabin quilt or delving into a real log cabin to find a clue, her keen eye and gentle faith always lead her in the right direction. Sarah understands that the key to making an intricate quilt--or solving an intricate mystery--is knowing how to put it all together.
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Camy Tang
63 books534 followersCamy writes Christian romantic suspense, contemporary romance, and cozy mystery as Camy Tang and Regency romance under her pen name, Camille Elliot. She grew up in Hawaii but now lives in northern California with her engineer husband and rambunctious dog. She graduated from Stanford University in psychology with a focus on biology, but for nine years she worked as a biologist researcher. Then God guided her path in a completely different direction and now she’s writing full time, using her original psychology degree as she creates the characters in her novels. In her free time, she’s a staff worker for her church youth group and leads one of her church’s Sunday worship teams. She also loves to knit, spin wool into yarn, and is training to (very slowly) run a marathon.
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April 18, 2017
RATING: 3.5
The Patchwork Mystery series is a group of books written by a variety of Christian authors. They all feature Sarah Hart who lives in Maple Hill Minnesota. She is an expert quilter and specializes in quilt restoration. This mystery revolves around a previous town resident, Debby Neely, who supposedly bombed a building in the 1960's. She was known for her beautiful quilted vests and dresses. Sarah finds a journal in a forgotten box in the library that seems to question whether Debby was really involved.
The Patchwork series are quick easy reads with enough clues and red herrings to keep a reader interested. I think they would especially be enjoyed by quilters or those interested in quilting.
The Patchwork Mystery series is a group of books written by a variety of Christian authors. They all feature Sarah Hart who lives in Maple Hill Minnesota. She is an expert quilter and specializes in quilt restoration. This mystery revolves around a previous town resident, Debby Neely, who supposedly bombed a building in the 1960's. She was known for her beautiful quilted vests and dresses. Sarah finds a journal in a forgotten box in the library that seems to question whether Debby was really involved.
The Patchwork series are quick easy reads with enough clues and red herrings to keep a reader interested. I think they would especially be enjoyed by quilters or those interested in quilting.
March 25, 2019
Sarah fins an anonymously published book hidden in the library and realizes she knew the woman the book is about. The book says Debby was jailed for a crime she didn’t commit. Sarah remembers the woman and her beautiful clothes she had made and wonders what happened to her and what the crime was. Sarah really has to be persistent looking for details and meeting set back after set back before figuring out the facts. Quilting plays a big part in solving the mystery.
November 23, 2014
This book is from the series Patchwork Mysteries written by various authors and featuring 60 something year-old Sarah Hart, who restores antique quilts. First of all, this book's title does not really fit the book. I realize that they try to keep quilting terms in the titles but I don't think "Bound in Love" fits this story at all. In this book Sarah finds an anonymous book in a boarded up room in the library and vaguely remembers the young woman that the book is about. It's a 50 year-old mystery about a young woman arrested by the FBI and the author of the story is riddled with guilt for not standing up for the woman. Sarah becomes incredibly nosy to the point of being over the top in her quest to find the author of the book and learn what happened to the woman. I mean, she even has a neurologist return her call so that she can learn about the symptoms and prognosis of a disease she suspects. That was totally unreal.
Despite that, this is a great cozy mystery series.
Despite that, this is a great cozy mystery series.
May 8, 2015
Sarah Hart found yet another mystery! Debby Neely's arrest by the FBI is the small town of Maple Hill 50 years ago is told in an anonymous book Sarah finds in the library. Sarah remembers that she quilted dresses. Is she innocent?
December 18, 2012
This one is back to Sarah solving the mystery from clues in the quilting. In this one she solves a 50 year old mystery using clues from the linings of quilted dresses.
December 15, 2016
It is amazing what one can learn from a few stitches. I do enjoy the vivid descriptions of the quilts, and the characters in this series. Easy read.
April 7, 2024
Maple Hill is a small town in which most everyone has known each other for generations. For Sarah, the library always gave her a sense of completeness. She was comfortable with the wisdom and stories that the library provided. Her discovery of an old storage area and a box of books would begin a mysterious journey to find out who Debby Neely was? Sarah is baffled with this biographical book about a woman who was only in their town for a short period of time. Why did she come to their town? Who was Debby Neely? Why was she taken outside of the church and transported to jail? Was her mother a part of Debby's story?
Sarah realizes that her mother once had a dress like the ones described in the book. Could she be the author? Why was this book donated to the library? Debby seemed quiet, a gifted quilter, someone known at the local church... there must be someone in town who remembers her, including the author of this mysterious book. What Sarah knows for certain is that Debby's story is not a book to be set aside.
Woven between Sarah's interviews around the town and the pages of the mysterious book, there are characters that are realistically portrayed, in fact you would have met them in any small town across America. In many ways... I felt as if I had just gone home to my Silverton youth. Since this is a Patchwork Mystery, I adored all the descriptions of Debby's skilled patchwork dress/skirt designs. There really is nothing better than a quilted blanket, skirt, vest, or even drapes! Inspiring creations abound!
If your first mystery series was Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden... maybe you read Cam Jansen or Friday Barnes... this enjoyable mystery will be like finding an old friend... grab a quilt and a cup of tea and enjoy a moment of just reading for enjoyment,
MrsK https://mrskbookstogo.blogspot.com/
Sarah realizes that her mother once had a dress like the ones described in the book. Could she be the author? Why was this book donated to the library? Debby seemed quiet, a gifted quilter, someone known at the local church... there must be someone in town who remembers her, including the author of this mysterious book. What Sarah knows for certain is that Debby's story is not a book to be set aside.
Woven between Sarah's interviews around the town and the pages of the mysterious book, there are characters that are realistically portrayed, in fact you would have met them in any small town across America. In many ways... I felt as if I had just gone home to my Silverton youth. Since this is a Patchwork Mystery, I adored all the descriptions of Debby's skilled patchwork dress/skirt designs. There really is nothing better than a quilted blanket, skirt, vest, or even drapes! Inspiring creations abound!
If your first mystery series was Nancy Drew or Trixie Belden... maybe you read Cam Jansen or Friday Barnes... this enjoyable mystery will be like finding an old friend... grab a quilt and a cup of tea and enjoy a moment of just reading for enjoyment,
MrsK https://mrskbookstogo.blogspot.com/
April 2, 2023
This is a good cozy Christian mystery series with some nice characters. Sarah restores antique quilts, takes in borders, enjoys a chai latte with whipped cream, and solves crimes based on the Seven Deadly Sins.
Sarah finds an anonymously published book in the library. The author believed that a girl, arrested by the FBI in Maple Hill in the early 1960's for a bombing, was actually innocent of the crime. Sarah decides to identify the author and find the falsely accused girl. Her interest in quilting helps Sarah in her detecting.
Peeves: Sarah's border falls at the beginning of the book and breaks her fibula. Since I am well-versed on fibulae, I was totally stumped as to the reason for using this particular bone as a plot device. I know a lot of people who have taken falls and almost all of them have broken an arm, not one has broken a fibula. Why had the author chosen the fibula instead? What possible purpose could a broken fibula serve?
Page 118: The rude boy at the Chamber of Commerce is totally unrealistic. I might believe that the person was unable to help because they were clueless, but it's really hard to believe that they would have someone who was outright rude working there. Actually, the most believable would be that they didn't keep records back to the 1960's. If they did, why did they have someone spend time loading them in a database? After all, history isn't really their balliwick.
Page 225: Sarah gets Martha to go detecting with her because Chloe's broken fibula prevented her from riding in a car. SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL!! Did she not get home from the hospital in a car? Yes, she did. Did she not clomp up a flight of stairs to her room when she got home from the hospital? Yes, she did. And now she's too critically injured to ride in a car? That is just stupid horse pucky!
If there is any connection between the title of the book and the story, I don't know what it is.
Sarah finds an anonymously published book in the library. The author believed that a girl, arrested by the FBI in Maple Hill in the early 1960's for a bombing, was actually innocent of the crime. Sarah decides to identify the author and find the falsely accused girl. Her interest in quilting helps Sarah in her detecting.
Peeves: Sarah's border falls at the beginning of the book and breaks her fibula. Since I am well-versed on fibulae, I was totally stumped as to the reason for using this particular bone as a plot device. I know a lot of people who have taken falls and almost all of them have broken an arm, not one has broken a fibula. Why had the author chosen the fibula instead? What possible purpose could a broken fibula serve?
Page 118: The rude boy at the Chamber of Commerce is totally unrealistic. I might believe that the person was unable to help because they were clueless, but it's really hard to believe that they would have someone who was outright rude working there. Actually, the most believable would be that they didn't keep records back to the 1960's. If they did, why did they have someone spend time loading them in a database? After all, history isn't really their balliwick.
Page 225: Sarah gets Martha to go detecting with her because Chloe's broken fibula prevented her from riding in a car. SWEET MOTHER OF PEARL!! Did she not get home from the hospital in a car? Yes, she did. Did she not clomp up a flight of stairs to her room when she got home from the hospital? Yes, she did. And now she's too critically injured to ride in a car? That is just stupid horse pucky!
If there is any connection between the title of the book and the story, I don't know what it is.
February 19, 2025
I loved the mystery of a random book about a home town, Maple Hill, being sent to the library published anonymously about a true story, Debby Neely. Everything about it was interesting. Finding out who she was, the time frame 1960-1962, the characters involved and the clues it unraveled throughout the town. Sarah was a good woman in wanting to investigate her new find and solve the mystery with some type of ending other than a cliffhanger. It was marvelous! A work of art and a great adventure! I enjoyed this book and had a hard time putting it down. The suspense would leave me almost wide awake at night just to read more. I recommend this book to mystery lovers all around. Guaranteed you'll love it and the quirky characters as well.
March 3, 2024
I really liked this book! Sarah finds an old book that has been in the library storage room for a long time. The book has no author and it is about a woman, Debby Neely who lived in Maple Hill in the early 1960's, and was arrested by the F.B. I. for a crime that she said she didn't commit. Sarah finds out before reading the book that her own mother donated the book to the library. Sarah reads the book to find out who not only wrote the book but who knew Debby. Also, Sarah finds out that Debby made quilt dresses which may help her find out if Debby was innocent. Lots of twists and turns. Oh, find out if Sarah goes out on a date with Liam. Happy reading.
March 31, 2021
Loved it. Loving all these patchwork mysteries.
September 6, 2021
As always, an entertaining read- good story line, good characters, and a twist to the mystery.
October 22, 2021
a really good cozy mystery
December 27, 2022
Fun mystery. Liked the characters and while a mystery it’s a nice light read.
August 27, 2014
Didn't like this one nearly as much as the others in the series.
Finished 3/1/14
Finished 3/1/14
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