Books

	Murder by Vegetable: The Baby Quilt Author: Barbara Graham Published: October 19, 2012 by Five Star/Gale Series Name: "A Quilted Mystery" Category: Cozy/Small town Main Character: Sheriff Tony Abernathy, Theo Abernathy, Harrison Ragsdale Spring fever, coupled with a full moon, arrives in tiny Park County, Tennessee, and induces the well-named madness in its residents and visitors alike. Sheriff Tony Abernathy and his small contingent of deputies must slog through the morass of stupidity and bad behavior. His wife Theo is overwhelmed with running her quilt shop, raising their children and listening in at "gossip central". Click for more info.

	Murder by Music: The Wedding Quilt Author: Barbara Graham Published: October 21, 2011 by Five Star/Cengage Series Name: A Quilted Mystery Category: Cozy Main Character: Sheriff Tony Abernathy, Theo Abernathy, Blossom Flowers The autumn weather may be cooling down tiny Park County, Tennessee but crime is heating up. Weevil Beasley, the county's loan shark, dies and the body count begins. Sheriff Tony Abernathy is soon up to the top of his bald head in murder and mayhem. Tony's wife, Theo, is in the thick of it. Not even the members of her quilting group are immune when she leads them on a thread-filled retreat. A killer follows. Soon, a celebrity murder throws the entire county into a frenzy. Click for more info.

	MURDER BY ARTIFACT: The Murder Quilt Author: Barbara Graham Published: November 18, 2009 by Five Star/Gale-Cengage Series Name: Quilted Mysteries Category: cozy mystery Main Character: Sheriff Tony Abertnathy, Theo Abernathy, Queen Doreen and Blossom Flowers In the middle of a scorching heat wave, Tennessee sheriff Tony Abernathy is plunged into a series of cold cases of murder. His antacid consumption skyrockets with the arrival of each anonymous envelope, each containing a different, old newspaper clipping. Someone is determined to drag him into the past. A more immediate, if less tragic problem, is lawn ornaments disappearing all over town and the owners clamoring for their return. Click for more info.

	MURDER BY SERPENTS: The Mystery Quilt Author: Barbara Graham Published: November 14, 2007 by Five Star/Gale Series Name: Quilted Mystery Category: cozy/traditional Main Character: Sheriff Tony Abernathy and quiltmaker Theo Abernathy Murder arrives in the Smoky Mountains. Tony Abernathy, sheriff of the smallest county in Tennessee, is not a happy man. Tony hates snakes. When a snake-handling preacher turns up dead, locked inside his own car, with his own snakes, Tony knows it wasn't an accident. But how would someone use the man's own snakes to commit murder? And why? Click for more info.