Quilting Cozy Mysteries…

When you think of quilting cozy mysteries, more than likely you think of two authors: Earlene Fowler and Emilie Richards. But, there are more:

Earlene Fowler writes the Benni Harper Mystery Series. Each of the novels is named after a different quilt pattern.

Emilie Richards writes the Ministry is Murder Mystery Series. She also writes a non-mystery series which is called the Shenandoah Valley Series. The novels in this quilting series are named after different quilting patterns, and they have accompanying books that Leisure Arts publishes which actually have the directions for the quilts featured in the Shenandoah Valley Series. I think that's very clever…. and only wish that I quilted!

Sara Hoskinson Frommer writes the Joan Spencer Mystery Series. While the series is not a quilting mystery series, the second book in the series is called Buried in Quilts.

Terri Thayer's first book in A Quilting Mystery Series is due out in 2008. The book will be called Wild Goose Chase.

Sally Goldenbaum writes the Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Series: #1.  Murders on Elderberry Road  #2. A Murder of Taste  #3. Murder on a Starry Night. (Actually, I don't know if that last book is in the Queen Bees Quilt Mystery Series, but I can't find the information anywhere, and the book's cover looks like it has the same cat as the one on the first book of the series…. )

The Elm Creek Quilts Series is not a mystery series but it is very popular with quilters, as well as non-quilters!  This series is written by Jennifer Chiaverini. Chiaverini also has accompanying instructional books that feature the quilts in the novels.

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