Embroidering Andrea is now live!

Embroidering Andrea went live on December 5, in Kindle format. The paperback is on the way. This is the description blurb:

"When the members of Quilted Secrets meet for their latest quilting bee in the urban loft of artist Andrea Kelly, the secrets unfurl with the quilt they are stitching and once again, retired librarian-turned-private investigator Rachel Lyons finds herself on a case involving one of her quilting sisters -- a case that takes her into the artsy, boho world of a Southern California gay enclave in search of a missing young woman."

We are really very excited to bring you this third book in the Quilted Mystery series. Rachel Lyons does it again! Find your copy of this new book on amazon.com

Thanks! And Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,
Barbaa Sullivan

Christmas is coming...and so is Embroidering Andrea!

Still editing, but getting very close, my team of experts and I are aiming for December to publish this third installment of the Quilted Mystery novels. I know you'll love it. I know you'll want to read it the day after Christmas!

Whatever else you do in your life, have fun!

Another Free Day on Kindle for Ada Unraveled.

Book one of my Quilted Mystery novels will be available for FREE on Kindle July 27th. But why wait? This fascinating mystery/thriller is available now on Kindle for a mere $3.99!

Two of my readers have just given this book 5 stars (out of a possible 5). Visit amazon.com now to read them. http://www.amazon.com/Unraveled-Quilted-Mystery-novel-ebook/dp/B00D538844/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373980889&sr=1-1&keywords=ada+unraveled+in

A Cold Day for Murder (Kate Shugak #1), by Dana Stabenow, is a masterful tale of generational conflict, of culture conflict, of the conflict between an aboriginal peoples and the moderns who are absorbing and erasing them using the ageless change makers--corruption and greed. But maybe the aboriginals are winning this one. Certainly with the help of author Dana Stabenow, the moderns are learning a new truth or two about life.

A Cold Day for Murder is a powerful tale of survival on an icy downhill slide. And Dana Stabenow is a brilliant writer filled with the passion of the Aleuts. This is her Edgar. You should have read this already. I’m racing back to amazon.com to purchase the rest of her works. I’ve just now found this splendid writer.

Oh, and yes, it is also an excellent mystery.

ADA UNRAVELED AND RIPPING ABIGAIL--FREE ON YOUR KINDLES

FREE on your Kindle! Ada Unraveled, Quilted Mystery novel #1. And so is Ripping Abigail, Quilted Mystery novel # 2...on the same days!



 JUNE 15 and JUNE 29!

Don't miss this opportunity to download Ada Unraveled for your Kindle, for FREE. The first book in the Quilted Mystery series begins Rachel Lyons escapades as she learns the ropes of PI work with hubby Matt Lyons.

Ada Stowall's body has been found...just days after her father-in-law's corpse stopped a group of conservationists dead in their tracks. Rachel's assignment? Solve the mystery of her death using the details sewn into Ada's last quilt, researching the family tree, and sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong.

Pushy? Sure. She's a PI. But it doesn't come naturally for this retired librarian, so sometimes she stumbles. Sometimes she gets lost.

Read this mystery-thriller with a touch of the unbelievable on your Kindle for FREE. June 15, 20 and 29.

Also free on the 15th is the second book of the Quilted Mystery series, Ripping Abigail.

ADA IS BACK, BETTER THAN EVER

Ada Unraveled is the complete, professionally edited edition of the murder of Ada Stowall. Lots of new facts, a more complete story on many levels, this book is now available on your Kindle, paperback, and coming this fall in large type. Amazon and Createspace are two online sources. Here's the blurb.

Private Investigator Rachel Lyons discovers a corpse while hiking the recently burned hillsides of Southern California. While the coroner rules the old man's death an accident by wildfire, Rachel's keen eye and instincts lead her to a more disturbing conclusion. When she gets invited to a secretive quilting group that meets not far from where the body was found, she begins to unravel a tangled web of terrible family secrets through the clues hidden in the stitches of a mysterious quilt. Her involvement with the close-knit quilters quickly becomes a dark and dangerous investigation.

Ada Unraveled will be available on your Kindle for FREE many Saturdays. And, June 15 and 20 will be the first two free days. Give this new and improved story a try. Book Two, Ripping Abigail is the continuation of the Stowall saga. Stay tuned for the third book, out next year.

Brought to you by Quiltmyst Publishing. This is the first in the Quilted Mystery novel series. A third is in the works.

http://www.amazon.com/Ada-Unraveled-Quilted-Mystery-Volume/dp/1484814150/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1370611393&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Ada+Unraveled

RIPPING ABIGAIL At Its Best

Ripping Abigail brings a level of excellence to the world of mysteries. But this book is not just a mystery--it is also a general fiction that happens to have a protagonist who is a PI.

That protagonist is Rachel Lyons, and she also quilts. Rachel Lyons is a retired librarian as well, who loves to find answers to questions--thus the mystery genre selection. I must confess: I am a retired librarian. I love to quilt. And I love to read mysteries. You will sometimes find reviews on this site of other authors’ works. I also love to read thrillers—and Ripping Abigail is a thriller--so I add here a positive word for the books of author Lee Child.

My books, Ada Unraveled and Ripping Abigail are independently published novels, indies. I've learned a great deal over the past few years about publishing and publicizing my books, but more importantly how important proper editing of a book is. I appreciate the patience of my readers as I've moved along this continuum.

The third of my books should be even better than the first two.

A Beautiful Mystery, by Louise Penny--a Review

I love Louise Penny's writing. The extravagantly emotional and sensual thoughts of a now love-besotted Jean-Guy Beauvoir lift and carry us into the snowy world of a French-Canadian Gilbertine monastery, where the younger man's internal music combines and contrasts with that of his older mentor, the ever patient, stable-to-the-point-of-solidifying, Chief Inspector Gamache.

One of twenty-four monks has murdered a brother inside the cold complex of stones and secrets. And this vile act threatens to take the entire structure down. Only one of the many subtle references to present-day pressures that eternally work to unhinge our happy, peaceful lives from a comfortable old reality.

Though Gamache struggles to contain his equilibrium between the increasingly erratic Beauvoir and the perfectly evil Francoeur--who inexplicably drops in from the sky--we all know that something must give.

Beware of the mind-numbing rhythm of plainchant woven through the plot. Something jarring is this way coming. An apparent setup for the next novel, I resent the tease but know I will buy it the moment it goes into print. Because secretly I long for an end to the torment of our implacable hero Gamache, who must exist in the midst of impossible forces.

It's why he's implacable. (Spoiler alert: keep a fresh bowl of chocolate covered blueberries nearby--only understand, the real thing won't match Penny's uncanny, drool-making descriptions.)

From Unraveling Ada to Ada Unraveled

Coming soon is a completely rewritten, professionally edited and vastly improved first book in the Quilted Mystery series. This new volume one will be titled Ada Unraveled.

Ripping Abigail remains a great read--one you can enjoy as a standalone novel. I hope you will give it a try.

Our target date for publishing Ada Unraveled is in March.