Hidden in the Stars
September 16th, 2014. Filed under: Tuesday's Tempting Reads.
Quilts tell stories of love and loss, hope and faith, tradition and new beginnings. The Quilts of Love series focuses on the women who quilted all of these things into their family histories. A new book releases each month and features contemporary and historical romances as well as women’s fiction and the occasional light mystery. You will be drawn into the endearing characters of this series and be touched by their stories.
Hidden in the Stars
By Robin caroll
A quilt holds the secret to a killer still at large—and who his next victim will be.
Following an attack that killed her mother and stole her ability to speak, 21-year-old Sophia Montgomery has no choice but to accept her estranged grandmother’s offer to return to their family home. Although detective Julian Frazier is working hard on the case, Sophia unknowingly frustrates him because her inability to speak thwarts her eyewitness evidence. The fact that Julian is undeniably attracted to Sophia doesn’t help either, so Julian hides his feelings as concern for a trauma victim and focuses instead on finding the killer.
Little do they know, the clues to solving the case may be right in front of them, displayed in Sophia’s mother’s “special” quilt design. Who will realize the secret Sophia’s unwittingly been hiding in plain sight? When the truth comes to light, will Sophia find her voice again? Or will the murderer—still at large—silence her forever?
ISLAND BREEZES
Stars, ballet shoes and balance beams dreams. These are set in the quilts of this mystery.
Sophia’s mother was an up and coming star in the world of ballet. Sophia was an up and coming star in the world of gymnastics, and had just been granted a spot on the Olympic team.
And all this became dust in the wind as she and her mother were attacked. Both Sophia’s mother and her dreams were killed in that attack.
No one seems to be able to tell Detective Frazier what those thugs had been after. They destroyed the house and everything in it trying to find something. The only thing that remained unharmed was the quilt made up of bits of all her mother’s ballet costumes. Little did they know the importance of that quilt.
Thank you, Ms Caroll, for a mystery that held me rapt all the way through. I’m looking forward to reading more by you.
***A special thank you to litfuse for providing a review copy.***
Robin Caroll is the author of 22 published novels. When she isn’t writing, Robin spends time with her husband of 20-plus years, her three beautiful daughters and two handsome grandsons, and their character-filled pets at home in Little Rock, Arkansas. She gives back to the writing community by serving as conference director for ACFW. Her books have been named finalists in such contests as the Carol Award, HOLT Medallion, Daphne du Maurier, RT Reviewer’s Choice Award, Bookseller’s Best, and Book of the Year.