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Annie's Attic Mysteries #18
The Tapestry In The Attic
Annie Dawson was just a child when she first noticed the small tapestry hanging on a wall in Grey Gables, the Victorian home bequeathed to her by her grandmother, Betsy Holden.
But when Annie and the members of the Hook and Needle Club search for props for a play to be held in Stony Point's Cultural Center,they discover a secret hidden for more than 45 years in the old home's attic. There is a sister tapestry —this one a wall-size work by the same needle artist based on the ideal woman as described in Proverbs 31 in the Bible.
What artistic hand stitched the tapestries of Grey Gables? The mystery deepens as Annie and her friends discover that the larger tapestry, like the Proverbs 31 woman, has a "price above rubies." Will the path to solving the mystery once again put Annie's life in jeopardy?
Annie and her friends are drawn into the production of the play because it will benefit a fund for breast cancer research, a matter most urgent since the very disease the Hook and Needle Club members are fighting strikes one of their own.
Join our mystery-solving band of handcrafters needlecrafters as they tackle another whodunit from the labyrinth of Annie's attic.
But when Annie and the members of the Hook and Needle Club search for props for a play to be held in Stony Point's Cultural Center,they discover a secret hidden for more than 45 years in the old home's attic. There is a sister tapestry —this one a wall-size work by the same needle artist based on the ideal woman as described in Proverbs 31 in the Bible.
What artistic hand stitched the tapestries of Grey Gables? The mystery deepens as Annie and her friends discover that the larger tapestry, like the Proverbs 31 woman, has a "price above rubies." Will the path to solving the mystery once again put Annie's life in jeopardy?
Annie and her friends are drawn into the production of the play because it will benefit a fund for breast cancer research, a matter most urgent since the very disease the Hook and Needle Club members are fighting strikes one of their own.
Join our mystery-solving band of handcrafters needlecrafters as they tackle another whodunit from the labyrinth of Annie's attic.
223 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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February 20, 2018
Book # 18 has been read. I am really enjoying this series of books. Annie is such a good observer of people. She gets to participate in a production of a play along with the others from the Hook and Needle Club. This brought out hidden talents of each woman. One of the women in the group had a scary, "real life" situation to deal with. The others in the group dealt with this situation with grace and assistance. This is how God wants us to treat others. I am so thankful for great stories with great outcomes.
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May 1, 2018OK an easy fast read...somewhat believable and yet it is a tad crazy how many rather trivial mysteries can come from one attic!
November 15, 2018
Yet another enjoyable mystery in this series.
July 8, 2021
Annie's Treasures. This book goes deeply into breast cancer, friendships between women plus family relationships. Much of it is taken from Proverbs 31, King Lemuel. The play is set not in Biblical times, but during the late medieval periods. Costumes and music are taken from that time period, the environment inside the Cultural Center's theater up is made to look like back in medieval time.
Characters are very busy doing their regular jobs and keeping up with the work of the play. Readers meet interesting characters.
The story begins when Annie notices a small tapestry that has always hung in her house. She barely notices it, it has been there so long. In the attic there is a beautiful tapestry worth much money that can be used in the play. The seven ladies of the Hook and Needle Club are very involved. Some of them meet with bad luck.
The book takes place during the cold, hard Maine winter and goes on toward spring.
The play is written by Jacob Martin who is originally from Stony Point. He wants the proceeds to go to breast cancer which his wife died from. He has a thirteen year old daughter who goes to boarding school in California. His in-laws, Dolores and Cyril Fortescue, were theater performers in New York, and Jacob Martin's in-laws. They are estranged. A college professor, Rudyard Howell will direct the play. This is quite a project for Stony Point. There will be a large number of characters involved, some from the local college where the professor teaches.
The book is good, Annie is happy, being involved in looking behind the scenes and into mysteries, she gets her friends involved.
Characters are very busy doing their regular jobs and keeping up with the work of the play. Readers meet interesting characters.
The story begins when Annie notices a small tapestry that has always hung in her house. She barely notices it, it has been there so long. In the attic there is a beautiful tapestry worth much money that can be used in the play. The seven ladies of the Hook and Needle Club are very involved. Some of them meet with bad luck.
The book takes place during the cold, hard Maine winter and goes on toward spring.
The play is written by Jacob Martin who is originally from Stony Point. He wants the proceeds to go to breast cancer which his wife died from. He has a thirteen year old daughter who goes to boarding school in California. His in-laws, Dolores and Cyril Fortescue, were theater performers in New York, and Jacob Martin's in-laws. They are estranged. A college professor, Rudyard Howell will direct the play. This is quite a project for Stony Point. There will be a large number of characters involved, some from the local college where the professor teaches.
The book is good, Annie is happy, being involved in looking behind the scenes and into mysteries, she gets her friends involved.
July 25, 2018
Annie’s friend Stella has a new project for the ladies of the Hook and Needle group, this time to be involved in a play! They are assigned positions whether they are to be in the play or behind the scenes and go to Annie’s attic to search through her grandmothers , Betty’s , belonging hoping to find some things up there that would be great to use for the play.
While they were digging through thinga, they find a piece of artwork that has the same initials as one of her hanging pieces of artwork in her house. Who is L.C. and why does this person mean so much to her grandmother , especially enough to have multiple pieces of the artwork and hanging up.
When she went through old boxes of letters , out fell one in particular that has a college name and again, L.C. but this time with it, was a name. Who is this Lily person? Was she a professor at the college oe just a old roommate of her grandmother?
What a find for Annie at the college to see another tapestry and who Lily really was! Unfortunate for her as well to have what happened to her later but you have to read the book to find out.
While they were digging through thinga, they find a piece of artwork that has the same initials as one of her hanging pieces of artwork in her house. Who is L.C. and why does this person mean so much to her grandmother , especially enough to have multiple pieces of the artwork and hanging up.
When she went through old boxes of letters , out fell one in particular that has a college name and again, L.C. but this time with it, was a name. Who is this Lily person? Was she a professor at the college oe just a old roommate of her grandmother?
What a find for Annie at the college to see another tapestry and who Lily really was! Unfortunate for her as well to have what happened to her later but you have to read the book to find out.
July 16, 2024
My favorite so far! This one starts out differently as one of the members of the needlework club is diagnosed with a serious disease and the girls work to be supportive. Annie faces danger again based on her finding another valuable item in the attic. The build up to the end as a perfect pace! I had an idea who was the bad guy in the end, but I couldn't be sure. A thoroughly enjoyable read!
February 2, 2020
Another volume in the Annie’s Attic Mysteries series. Another easy fun filled mystery. Easily read in one sitting. I will say that Annie has a huge attic, and mysteries do have a way of finding her.
December 18, 2018
This wasn't one of my favs in the series.
October 18, 2019
Each one is fantastic.
April 9, 2020
This series is a pleasure to read especially during this crazy time...
January 8, 2021
Mystery, action, greed all wrapped up in one great read!!
December 18, 2022
Very nice
September 17, 2023
good and easy read this series of mystery are very good and the friends who come together are interesting
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December 26, 2023Very good read!
February 23, 2016
I picked this up at the library last week, knowing that it was part of a series. However, there was no indication that it was #18 in the series! I found out later only by checking it out at Amazon. Anyway. This is a simple story: The members of local needlework club agree to participate in staging a play at the newly opened town cultural center. Annie, who lives in an old house she inherited from her grandmother, finds a gorgeous tapestry in her attic which she agrees can be part of the stage set for the play. The tapestry is stolen, and a mysterious accident injures one of the participants in the play. Since this is a "cozy" mystery, all's well that ends well.
The plot was overly simple, and it was pretty clear from the start, who the bad guy was. I also found the frequent Christian messages distracting. Some authors (Jan Karon, for example) do it well because it's woven seamlessly into the story. In this book, I felt that the narrative was interrupted by the "Christian message" break, just like a commercial break on TV. I doubt I'll be reading others in the series.
The plot was overly simple, and it was pretty clear from the start, who the bad guy was. I also found the frequent Christian messages distracting. Some authors (Jan Karon, for example) do it well because it's woven seamlessly into the story. In this book, I felt that the narrative was interrupted by the "Christian message" break, just like a commercial break on TV. I doubt I'll be reading others in the series.
November 13, 2012
When Annie & her friends are rummaging in the attic of Grey Gables looking for items to be used in a theatrical production the community is going to take part in, they come across a tapestry that Annie has never seen before. The theater decides to use the tapestry for a backdrop in various scenes but, the tapestry disappears from the storage area of the theater.
The proceeds from the play will be donated to breast cancer research so theres's a lot of enthusiasm in the cast members. Twists and turns as the mystery of the missing tapestry unfolds surprised me and I enjoyed reading this book!
The proceeds from the play will be donated to breast cancer research so theres's a lot of enthusiasm in the cast members. Twists and turns as the mystery of the missing tapestry unfolds surprised me and I enjoyed reading this book!
February 13, 2013
Annie and her friends are going to help in putting on a play as a fundraiser for breast cancer. Mary Beth gets a terrifying diagnosis. While looking for props in Annie's attic they find a tapestry rolled up in a rug. Annie consents for it to be used in the play, but before the performances it is stolen!
September 21, 2016
Best book of the series so far. Loved all the activity the characters did to put on the play. The author did well with tying on the cancer theme with the characters and making everyone show what good friends they really are.
July 5, 2014
Another lovely story about the treasures in Annie's attic... This story involved a lovely Tapestry and tracing it's history..
February 13, 2017
This one was mysterious and had the whole community involved in a work of charity. Everything tied together well. Culprit caught and fences mended.
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