Author: Rankin, Ian

My to-read shelf is getting taller every week with Pat bringing home books from the library sales. This was one of ours and I was ready for a good detective story and this author never fails.

Rebus is newly retired but hasn’t yet quite let go of the excitement of the chase. An old, unsolved case comes to his attention and to fill his time he starts digging. During his search he encounters several cronies from his past but a more current crime seems to be more intriguing than solved the cold case. And Rebus inserts himself into the investigation.

Goodreads Rating: * * * *

This was the last project in the Little Handfuls of Scraps book that Stacia, Deloise and I worked on each month for the past couple of years. I finished it at the Guild’s January retreat this year, well behind Stacia and Deloise.

I originally intended to use straight lines down and across (maybe with my serpentine stitch) but everyone thought I should blanket stitch the butterflies. I was afraid to start that but once I got going it went quite quickly and I was pleased with the results. I used the serpentine stitch to outline each of the blocks.

I fully intended to pass the book along when I finished this last project but in the meantime I’ve used some of the patterns, or pieces of the patterns, for other projects so I think I’ll hang on to it.