Kristin Eckhardt
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
While snowed in at a country inn with her granddaughters, Sarah must figure out which of the other guests is guilty of the innkeeper's sudden disappearance.As the previous reviewer has stated this book is a bit different from the first 6 in the series. The first 100 pages or so are mostly setting the scene of Sarah and her granddaughters being stuck at the inn. The owner goes missing. Other guests at the inn include a single mom with a baby, a businessman,...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Mary Fisher's dream has come true. She's about to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in her beloved hometown of Ivy Bay on beautiful Cape Cod. But weeks before the grand opening, her shop is broken into and torn apart. Mary is stunned to discover that the only thing missing was an old, dusty photograph of the storefront. Who would have taken it, and why? With the help of her sister, a childhood friend, and decades of reading mystery novels, Mary searches...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
When Sarah's elderly father, William, takes a turn for the worse, Sarah summons her brother James, who lives in Italy, telling him that it is time to come home and say goodbye. But when Sarah discovers that their father's bank account has been drained, she must find out who stole his money. James was the only one who had access to the funds, but he denies any wrongdoing. If they don't recover the money soon, William will be forced the leave the nursing...
Author
Series
Patchwork mysteries volume 22
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
When Sarah's daughter-in-law, Maggie, inherits several items to sell in her store from her great aunt Myrna, Sarah is thrilled to see several quilts in the mix. She's especially interested in one that she recognizes as a pioneer quilt. Sarah explains to Maggie and the twins that this kind of quilt was used by women on the Oregon Trail to recount stories of moving out West in covered wagons. This is good news for the twins because their final project...
10) Giving thanks
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009], ℗♭2009
Description
With Thanksgiving around the corner, Pete and Dana are about to get married, and Christopher organizes a canned food drive at school but gets so engrossed in collecting the most cans that he forgets about helping the needy. Meanwhile, Sam tries to win a college soccer scholarship, and Emily feels left out when her best friend starts dating. All of these activities are temporarily forgotten when a fire breaks out in the tractor shed, and the family...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Sarah Hart couldn't be happier. Her son is moving home to Maple Hill with his wife and twin daughters, into the Victorian house that once belonged to Sarah's grandfather, Noah Drayton. Noah's wife Molly disappeared without a trace a century ago, and Noah was the prime suspect. But no one ever learned the truth. Now Sarah's granddaughters have found a forgotten passageway in their old house, and an antique quilt with a hidden message . . .
15) Lost for words
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Mary takes Katie, a woman suffering from amnesia, under her wing to discover who Katie really is and what or who caused Katie's memory loss.
17) O Christmas tea
Author
Series
Tearoom mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"It's Christmastime in Lancaster, Maine, and it's an occasion for carols, ornaments, and...poison? When a well-known food critic visits Tea for Two and becomes ill, Jan and Elaine set out to learn what put her there. Has someone tampered with their teas? And if so, who and why? With the critic in the hospital and the tearoom closed for a toxicology screening, the cousins have much riding omn their investigation"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Sadie Speers, Silver Peak's "Antique Lady," loves owning and running her shop, the Antique Mine. When Edwin, her high school sweetheart, shows her an old wedding dress he found in his attic, Sadie guesses the dress belonged to her great-aunt Rachel Wright, Silver Peak's famous runaway bride. But that's not all that's revealed: there's a hole in the bodice of the dress and a pistol inscribed with the initials of Sadie's grandfather. As Sadie searches...
19) Nobody's Safe
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.