Quilt As Desired

Harriet Truman's husband kept secret from her that he had a terminal genetic illness. Embittered and angry, she returns to Foggy Point, Washington, the small town where she spent some of her happier childhood years, to fill in at the long-arm quilting studio while her aunt Beth takes a well-deserved cruise of Europe. It's her aunt's plan to get Harriet back into living, and to that end she has signed over both her business and her house-which now belong to Harriet.In her first few days in town, Harriet meets her aunt's best friend, Avanell Jalbert, and the other members of their quilting group, the Loose Threads. She also meets Avanell's younger son Aiden, a handsome veterinarian newly returned from a stint in Africa who doesn't hesitate a second making it clear he finds Harriet more than interesting.Then Avanell is murdered, and no one seems to have any idea why. The same night, Harriet's studio is vandalized. Before too long, it becomes clear the two events are related. The question is, can Harriet figure out what that connection is before whoever killed Avanell decides to do the same to her. Attempted murder, theft, drug rings, battered women, death threats, and more sordid affairs than she could count were the more exciting experiences from Arlene Sachitano's nearly thirty years in the high tech industry.Prior to writing her first novel, Chip and Die, Arlene wrote the story half of the popular Block of the Month quilting patterns "Seams Like Murder" and "Seams Like Halloween" for Storyquilts.com, Inc. The second title in the Harley Spring mystery series, The Widowmaker, was published in 2009. She has also written a scintillating proprietary tome on the subject of the electronics assembly. In the small town of Foggy Point WA, Harriet Truman finds new friends and unexpected adventure as she and the ladies of the Loose Threads quilting group weave the threads of mystery.