Disappearing Nine Patch

Harriet Truman / Loose Threads Mystery #9

by Arlene Sachitano

What happened to Amber?Loose Thread DeAnn Gault is happy her younger half-sister Molly has come home to visit Foggy Point, even after she asks Harriet Truman and the quilting group if they will make quilts as a reward for two $10,000 donors to the Carey Bates Missing and Exploited Children Center. The charity is near and dear to Molly’s heart, as she herself was a kidnap victim when she was five.But Molly has another agenda─she wants Harriet to figure out what happened to her friend Amber, who was kidnapped with her but never found.After Harriet’s Aunt Beth is injured in a car accident that may have been sabotage, the group Will someone go to any lengths to keep the secret of Amber’s disappearance? Or has Molly’s current work pursuing human traffickers made them a target?

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery

228 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 25, 2016

About the author

Arlene also teaches a group of creative women in the coastal town of Tillamook, Oregon how to make interesting things by wrapping string around two sticks. Supporting Arlene in her writing endeavors are her husband, children and her feline companion Lydia.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book started out slow and rather confusing but it picked up quickly. Deann is part of a quilter group that is making quilts for people who donate 10,000 to a missing and exploited children center. DeAnn is happy her half sister , Molly, has arrived but Molly wants the quilting group to help her figure out what happened to her when she was 5 and who killed her playmate. Lots of twists and turns before they figure it out.

[Josette D’Amato · Rating 3 out of 5]

I felt as if there were still a lot of loose ends at the end of the story. I am still confused on why things happened the way they did. What was the motivation? I suppose that may be how it really is with human trafficking.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent mystery

Human trafficking. Missing & exploited children and the Loose Threads quilters asked to make quilts for major donors to the cause.
What happened to Amber all those years ago that Molly can't remember or stop trying to unravel her memory? What will the quilters do to help?

[Sharon W. Cordray · Rating 5 out of 5]

a quilt to die for

Human trafficking has become a huge problem in our country today. I commend the author for her approach to this issue. The story line of this book got a bit confusing for this reader, fortunately it was cleared up in the end.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another enjoyable mystery in this series.

[Tracey Dirmeitis · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finish series Good stories and easy reading

[Adrianne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Ending

After lots of twists & turns the end comes out of place I never suspected!!
Love this series can wait to start the next one!

[Dorothy A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great book in a fun series about quilting and a small but apparently very dangerous town in the pacific nortwest.

[Judy Schulz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

This story is one of the most exciting I've read in a long time. The characters seem so real that I get lost in the story, then it's over before I realize it.

[Susie · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite series!

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another good fluff read in this quilting mystery series. This one held my interest. Book 10 is next!

[Kathy England · Rating 3 out of 5]

Murder mystery starring long-arm quilter Harriet Truman and her quilt group, the Loose Threads. The theme in this mystery is missing children and human trafficking.

[Patrizia · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stelle e mezzo. Un bel libro, con un mistero che non sono riuscita a risolvere ed il solito bel gruppo di personaggi. Questa serie è sicuramente fra le mie preferite.

[Jeannie and Louis Rigod · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was without question the best novel in this estimable series. I was enthralled with the plot, storyline, characters, and adventure. When you read the little blurb on the cover, you think 'ah, well this is another quilting cozy murder mystery.' What you get is pure logical, romantic, and current day issues that happen to occur to a quilting group of friends.

Harriet Truman, owner and quilter of a long-arm quilting business is implored by the half sister of one of the quilting group to aid in finding out what happened to herself and her friend twenty years ago. Molly survived but Amber never was found. Molly is damaged and has become obsessive over the past...leading to her asking the amateur sleuths (quilting group) to help her find the answers. What the group, and especially Harriet and her Aunt Beth finds, is they are now the focus of murderous intentions...but why?

What did happen to Amber and Molly? Twenty years and changes in technology may provide answers if only some one can find clues.

This novel grips you into the world of disappearing persons and children. It re-awakens you to the facts that our world is not insular and crime does happen in the most unlikely places.

An excellent read and I hope the Author is busy penning a new one.