Something Borrowed

Patchwork #27

by Camy Tang

the big day is almost here! As Sarah finishes final preparations for her wedding to Liam, her family and friends gather to work on a friendship quilt that they'r making as a gift.Her daughter Jenna arrives, bringing the quilt Sarah made for her when she got married, and plans to sew one of the squares into Sarah's friendship quilt. But when Jenna's heirloom wedding quilt disappears from the church, Sarah must track down who stole it. What could someone want with this piece of family history? Is there something in it that they don't want discovered?

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Christian

316 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Camy 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.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sarah is finally getting married and last minute preparations aren’t going the best. The bridesmaids dresses are late and then are totally the wrong style and size, her daughter has come home for the wedding and is having trouble in her marriage and her daughter’s wedding quilt has been taken. Sarah goes all out trying to find it and finds other secrets in town before finally getting married.

[Dina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the final book in the patchwork mystery series and I have to say, I'm a little sad to finish it. I've been reading through this series for about two years and have enjoyed each book. Sarah Hart and family, and Maple Hill will be missed!
In this book, Jenna's wedding quilt goes missing and Sarah tries to find out who took it from the church basement before her wedding day to Liam.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

OK so this is the end of the series. Sarah Hart has one last mystery before she becomes Sarah Connolly. What happened to Jenna's wedding quilt? Easy and sweet read, enjoyed getting to know the whole family and the town of Maple Hill.

[Lisa Wood]

Great series with mystery, but not over the top. I will miss this little town and the main couple.

[Bess · Rating 4 out of 5]

SADNESS. The series is over. : (

[Roberta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sarah's wedding is quickly approaching, family members are gathering and last-minute problems start cropping up. Jenna's wedding quilt goes missing from the church basement and Sarah sets out to find out who took it and get it back before the wedding. Meanwhile, Sarah is praying that Jenna and David can patch up their differences. Amy and Audrey order dresses for the wedding online and will have nothing to wear if they aren't perfect or don't show up in time. Have these girls ever watched YouTube? Don't they know what happens when you order a formal dress online? And (page 120) doesn't God have bigger fish to fry?

Nit picking: On page 46 the baby Leah is given an oatmeal raisin cookie. Speaking as someone with no teeth, how about giving her a shortbread cookie, a ginger snap or a vanilla wafer? Oatmeal cookies are a handful of crumbly lumps. May I remind you that 4,500 to 5,000 choking-related deaths occur in the United States every year and many of the people who die are children under three years old and adults over 75 years.

Nit pick #2: On page 161 Mrs. Bitty asks Sarah to bring her some cookies but, on page 189, Sarah brings her lemon poppy seed muffins.

Finally, the last book in the series. I spotted two places in this book that left loose ends that could provide openings for the series to continue. But it's been 10 years so I guess, if they were going to continue, the publisher would have put out another book by now.

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful series! Great for people who like to quilt and also for anyone who loves a good mystery.

[S Washam · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wedding...memorable at that.

[Kristina Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a delightful ending to the series. A cute mystery and a lovely wedding. I am sad that the series is over, but I enjoyed reading all the books in it.