Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee are back, attempting to solve a mystery as they work on their quilts. Sometime Bee member Candy Breckner is at the Palo Verde Care Center to recover from an auto accident; with two broken legs, she cannot manage on her own. Maggie and the Bee decide to visit, taking her a lap quilt they've made especially for her. (Pattern included) Candy breaks down when she sees them, saying that she's afraid there's an "angel of death" at work in the facility. Dismissing her ...
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Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee are back, attempting to solve a mystery as they work on their quilts. Sometime Bee member Candy Breckner is at the Palo Verde Care Center to recover from an auto accident; with two broken legs, she cannot manage on her own. Maggie and the Bee decide to visit, taking her a lap quilt they've made especially for her. (Pattern included) Candy breaks down when she sees them, saying that she's afraid there's an "angel of death" at work in the facility. Dismissing her story as a side effect of medication, the women begin to have second thoughts when she dies suddenly. Especially when police questioning seems to indicate an unexpected interest in Bee member Louise Lombard, who discovered the body. Using their own unique style of investigating, Maggie and the others find the proper mix between quilting and investigative work. But will it be enough to save Louise . . . and another potential victim? Annette Mahon is an avid reader who always wanted to write novels of her own. She is also a quilter, and enjoys including quilts and quilters in her novels. A native of Hilo, Hawaii, she now resides in Arizona.
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Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 1594143595. Signed by author on title page; book has couple tiny light soil marks to page ends, one bottom page corner has tiny crease; DJ in protective Brodart cover; Five Star First Edition Mystery Series; 263 pages; Signed by Author.
AN OMINOUS DEATH is a light mystery read with both a lovable victim and sleuth. The various clues lead in several directions and maintain the reader's interest. Readers who loved A PHANTOM DEATH will be happy to see another Arizona mystery.
Maggie Browne and the members of the St. Rose Quilting Bee visit their friend Candy Breckner at the Palo Verde Care Center in an attempt to cheer her up after having broken both her legs in a car accident. Agitated, Candy tells them that she fears for her life. An angel of death is taking her friends at night and sending them to their death. Although most of the Quilting Bee ladies attribute Candy's stories to her medication of the accident, Maggie does love a mystery after solving a murder in A Phantom Death. When Candy dies unexpectedly, the police begin questioning their friend Louise Lombard and Maggie is drawn deeper into the case... Although the local police probably wish she would leave the crime solving to the professionals, Maggie feels she owes her friend and must take on the case when the police do not seem quite as concerned as she is.
Maggie Browne's friends all call her the Jessica Fletcher or the Miss Marple of Scottsdale, Arizona. The label fits--just add an occasional horse ride through the less urban land to think through her cases. Many mysteries gloss over the victim but this mystery develops her character so that the reader, like Maggie, wants the culprit caught and punished. AN OMINOUS DEATH Death can definitely be read as a stand alone with very little reference to the first, or even in reverse order, except of course, Maggie Browne fans will want another read after discovering this sleuth and her quilting bee. AN OMINOUS DEATH includes some twists and surprises despite the possible hints in the beginning. A PHANTOM DEATH had a few less red herrings and the threads seemed tied together a bit more but these are minor compared to superb characterization, the great scene setting and the intriguing mystery that unfolds. This reader eagerly awaits the next Maggie Browne mystery.
