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Behind the Writing of Raining Quilts and Dogs
Tell us about the background for the theme, what inspired it or why you wanted to write in this setting, or with play with these tropes?
The fictitious town of Heatherton Maine is based on the IRL town of Eastport, Maine where I’ve vacationed several times. https://www.eastportchamber.net/
Tell us about character traits that were fun or hard for you to include in the book.
I did a tremendous amount of world building before starting this new series of quilting cozy mysteries. My author friends and I took inspiration from role playing games and created a master spreadsheet of character traits. We played games together working out various character traits for the characters in our books. It was super fun!
What do you hope readers will take away from this story?
I hope readers will have a few laughs and come away from the story with a smile on their face. And wanting more from the series, of course! I thoroughly enjoyed writing this book and am very proud of it.
Indie Author: Yes
Kindle Unlimited: Yes
Publication Date: 12-29-2024
Sub-Genres:
Non-Paranormal
Cozy Mystery
Quilting
Page Count: 220 Pages
Synopsis:
Raining Quilts and Dogs: A Quilting Cozy Mystery (Heatherton Series Book 1)
A crafty new series from award-winning author Kathryn Mykel stitches levity and suspense together with the charm of a fictitious small town on the coast of Maine, in this page-turning cozy mystery.
Will the roof cave in on Elizabeth’s new endeavor, or will she catch the murderer before she’s basted.
Interior designer Elizabeth Purdy has a notion to restore the Saint Christina’s Monastery into a quilting retreat center but torrential downpours threaten to destroy the historic landmark before she even begins.
When Elizabeth finds Heatherton’s favorite neighbor and retired private investigator, Mr. Jenkins, murdered, face down in a puddle, she realizes that Mother Nature, isn’t the only villain on the loose.
With the deed and keys to the nunnery in hand, Elizabeth is in a race against time to pin down the culprit before tensions rise like the flood waters in this quiet, oceanside town. The quilters just wanna quilt, the neighborhood pets are barking maine-iacs, and the town is completely cut off from their emergency services.
Raining Quilts and Dogs is the gripping first book in this new Quilting Cozy Mystery series. Stitched with suspicion, calamity and threads of doubt, it will leave you needling for the next book.
Buy Raining Quilts and Dogs to uncover an unexpected crime today!
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