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Novelist, Arlene Sachitano, of Portland has written four stories for StoryQuilts, “Seams Like Murder”, Seams Like Halloween”, Nothing’s What it Seams” and Seams Like Christmas”. Quilt designers, Susan Bucharest, Helene Knott and Susan Morse, created block of the month quilts around each of these three stories. More information about these quilts is available on our block of the month page.
Featured below are five of Arlene’s published novels. If you wish to purhcase one of these books, just click on the “Add to Cart” button.
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Then one of the homeless men is strangled, and a few days later a second man is also murdered. Were they victims of a serial killer, or of someone closer to home?
With the detectives of the Foggy Point Police department trapped on the wrong side of a rock slide that isolates the community, and dead bodies at the homeless camp, it’s up to Harriet and the Threads to figure out who is killing people and why before they become the next victims.
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Copright 2012 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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worker who helmed the deal has gone missing.
Who was Neelie Obote, really, and who wanted her dead? What did Rodney Miller learn that earned him the same fate? And what part does Joseph Marsden play? Harriet and the Loose Threads are determined to find out, but as they dig deeper into the
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Copright 2011 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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appears, threatening to take her stepson Noah away. Harley needs to find out who killed Allan before her entire life falls apart.
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Copright 2010 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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And who is the mysterious young man with the military bearing who's drawn the admiration of Carla, the young woman the Threads have taken under their wing? Is he what he claims to be, or something much more sinister?
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Copright 2009 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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Quilter’s Knot
by Arlene Sachitano
Long-arm quilter Harriet Truman joins her quilt group the Loose Threads in what she hopes will be a fun week of stitching at the Angel Harbor Folk Art School. Member Lauren Sawyer is attending a two-year program at the school in part to learn original design techniques and quiet the accusations that she copies other quilters' work.
Then, at an exhibition by Lauren’s class, Harriet’s Aunt Beth announces she saw
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Lauren’s quilt in a gallery in Europe on her recent vacation. Lauren believes school owner and teacher Selestina Bainbridge is the copier and says so to anyone who will listen. In addition, she insists Harriet help her prove it.
Harriet meets Selestina's son Tom as he is having the school property surveyed, and wonders if he’s planning on selling it, a possibility that is even more interesting when Selestina collapses while teaching, a victim of poisoning.
Aiden Jalbert, Foggy Point’s newest veterinarian, is in Angel Harbor doing a spay-and-neuter clinic. He’s happy for the chance to make amends with Harriet for standing her up for their dinner date, but miscommunication has her dining with Tom instead.
Differences between the two are forgotten when a vehicle from the school runs Aiden's truck off the road, seriously injuring his assistant. Lauren disappears, and Aiden helps Harriet find her; and in the process discover who is behind both the murder and the quilt copying.
.Copright 2008 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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Quilt As Desired
by Arlene Sachitano
Harriet Truman's husband kept secret from her that he had a terminal genetic illness. Embittered and angry, she returns to Foggy Point, Washington, the small town where she spent some of her happier childhood years, to fill in at the long-arm quilting studio while her aunt Beth takes a well-deserved cruise of Europe. It's her aunt's plan to get Harriet back into living, and to that end she has signed over both her business and her house—which now belong to Harriet.
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In her first few days in town, Harriet meets her aunt's best friend, Avanell Jalbert, and the other members of their quilting group, the Loose Threads. She also meets Avanell's younger son Aiden, a handsome veterinarian newly returned from a stint in Africa who doesn't hesitate a second making it clear he finds Harriet more than interesting.
Then Avanell is murdered, and no one seems to have any idea why. The same night, Harriet's studio is vandalized. Before too long, it becomes clear the two events are related. The question is, can Harriet figure out what that connection is before whoever killed Avanell decides to do the same to her
.Copright 2007 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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Chip and Die
by Arlene Sachitano
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Harley Spring is a supervisor with a problem. She has to get her group through a certification inspection or Sil-Trac, the large computer chip manufacturer she works for, will lose millions of dollars in contracts.
When Mike, the worker in charge of figuring out why the numbers don't add up disappears, Harley receives an unusual ransom demand. Before she can respond, Mike's girlfriend finds him--dead. The race to solve the numbers problem is on and each time Harley gets close, another worker dies.
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Meanwhile, Mike's Uncle Andrush has his own agenda. Andrush believes Mike brought a priceless family icon to America when he immigrated, and Andrush has nothing but debts to lose. Harley finds herself in possession of the icon and the target of whomever wants the production counts to stay scrambled. If she doesn't solve the count problem, she'll lose her job. If she does, it could mean her life.
Copright 2003 Arlene Sachitano, all rights Reserved
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