Quilt City Murders, Bruce Leonard
Quilt City Murders, Bruce Leonard
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Quilt City Murders
A Hadley Carroll Mystery

Author: Bruce Leonard

Narrator: Biz Lyon

Unabridged: 7 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/08/2024


Synopsis

Quilter Hadley Carroll thinks her life can't get any worse after being demoted from reporter to newspaper courier and having her fiancé, Matt Ackerman, dump her without explanation. But then, while chucking a sack of newspapers into the Ohio River in Paducah, Kentucky—known as Quilt City—she finds Matt's body snagged under the transient dock. She knows she'll never find peace if she doesn't figure out why he left her and who killed him, so she gets to work.

As QuiltWeek Paducah, the largest quilting event in the world, approaches, then fills the small town with 30,000 textile connoisseurs, quilters turn up dead. Paducah's mayor tries to instill calm as citizens panic, protests flare up, and visiting quilters flee by the thousands.

Despite grieving the loss of Matt, Hadley perseveres, strengthened by her troubled upbringing and aided by her weekly quilting group. She uses her investigative skills and impressive intellect to solve the murders, to bring peace back to her hometown, and to get a good night's sleep—finally.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Shanessa on April 20, 2022

I had so much fun reading Quilt City Murders. A whip-smart protagonist, fantastic cast of supporting characters, snappy dialogue, and a mystery that kept me guessing led to me finishing this book in one sitting. Leonard skillfully combines suspense and laughs in this well-written, surprising gem of......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on February 09, 2022

With Mickey Spillane caliber atmosphere, Quilt City Murders, Bruce Leonard’s murder mystery from Touchpoint Press, is a fast, fun, gritty ride, first of more to come, perhaps, in A Hadley Carroll Mystery series at its beginning. Leonard’s book delivers great dialogue, intrigue and a smart, observant......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on January 22, 2022

As fluent in sarcasm as she is keen on tidy grammar, journalist, Hadley Carroll, is mildly misfit into the small, southern town of Paducah, Kentucky. As the usually sleepy town anticipates the buzz of its annual, well attended Quilt Week, multiple murders fray the edges of the merriment. Reluctantly......more

Goodreads review by Rob on February 20, 2022

I'm not too familiar with the cozy mystery genre, but if other cozies are like Quilt City Murders, I'm hooked. This was such a fun book! Filled wry humor and a remarkably relatable-and memorable--main character, Bruce Leonard's novel is a joy to read from beginning to end, which I did in one day. I......more

Goodreads review by Jenny on March 09, 2022

Finally a cozy mystery that you can't put down! The first in the Hadley Carroll Mystery series by Bruce Leonard, this is definitely a stellar kick-off to a series. Follow Hadley as she toughs out her reporter's beat during Quilt Week in Paducah, Kentucky, fighting the bullies, standing up for her jo......more