{"product_id":"a-catered-quilting-bee-hardcover","title":"A Catered Quilting Bee - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsis Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor sisters and business partners Bernie and Libby Simmons, catering a quilting showcase is about as tame as it gets--until murder put them in a bind!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuilts, quiet, and delicious food. That's exactly what Bernie and Libby expect as they build the menu for the Longely Sip and Sew Quilting Circle's first-ever exhibition hosted at the local library. The eclectic ladies of the group couldn't appear more harmlessly wholesome if they tried, especially mild-mannered kindergarten teacher Cecilia Larson, who hired A Little of Taste of Heaven to cater the event. So it's a complete shock when disturbing news drops about member Ellen Fisher, found hanging from a plant hook in her otherwise pristine sewing room . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll are very quick to deem the tragic death a suicide. All except for Cecilia. She believes something else happened to her best friend--who was busy adding the finishing stitches on her greatest work yet in hopes of displaying it at the exhibition--and looks to Bernie and Libby to expose the truth . . . and the killer. As Ellen's patchy past comes into focus along with a mysterious connection to a missing seven-hundred-year-old quilt fragment, can the sisters unravel the victim's final thread before another turns up dead?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIsis Crawford\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Egypt to parents who were in the diplomatic corps. When she was five, her family returned to the States, where her mother opened a restaurant in Upper Westchester County and her father became a university professor. Since then Isis has combined her parents' love of food and travel by running a catering service as well as penning numerous travel-related articles about places ranging from Omsk to Paraguay. Married, with twin boys, she presently resides in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, where she is working on the next Bernie and Libby culinary mystery. Visit her at IsisCrawford.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 8.35 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764424474912,"sku":"9781496734976","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/40d318768eed0ecaf9438453e27ff3de.webp?v=1780247916","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-catered-quilting-bee-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}