Part philosopher, part astronomer, Ollie Harrington II was a gentle soul who was happiest when looking up at the night sky. Even at fifty-two, his child-like amazement of the universe had never dimmed. Now Ollie is dead - murdered in his home, the Harrington mansion. Why would anyone want to kill him?
When Ollie's sister cruises into Crestwood, she turns the sleepy little town on its head in no time at all. There had been speculation about what would happen to the Harrington mansion, but Adele puts them all to rest: she's going to turn the Harrington mansion into a B & B. And since the Queen Bees have been commissioned to create quilts for the bedrooms, they'll be in close proximity to the murder investigation, and may be able to "help."
Sally Goldenbaum has set her Queen Bees quilting cozies in the fictitious college town of Crestwood, Kansas. Led by Portia "Po" Paltrow, a merry band of eight quilters - the Queen Bees - gathers at Selma's fabric shop each Saturday morning to quilt, sort through their lives and the lives of their neighbors and friends, and to solve perplexing mysteries that disturb the quiet college town.