Keely first appeared in Four-Patch of Trouble and one of the best ways to learn about a person is by asking questions, so let’s get to know Keely.

What is your name?
Keely Fairchild.

How old are you?
Late 30s.

What is your profession?
Quilt appraiser at present, after a medical condition sidelined my work as a trial lawyer.

Do you have a significant other?
Yes.

What is his name and profession?
Matt Viera, journalist.

Any children?
No.

Do you have any sibling(s)?
No.

Cats, dogs or other pets?
Not yet.

What town do you live in?
Danger Cove.

House or building complex? Own or Rent?
I live in what used to be a small, local bank. I purchased it after the bank was bought up by a bigger one and the branch was closed. I had it renovated into a residence with space for meeting my appraisal clients. It still has the original bank vault.

What is your favorite spot in your house?
I like the glass-enclosed ATM area that now serves as a perfect space to appraise quilts, thanks to all the natural light. Matt has always been fascinated by the bank vault though, and I’ve come to appreciate it through his eyes.

Who is your best friend?
Not counting Matt, it’s Gil (short for Gillian but pronounced with a hard G) Torres, the director of the Danger Cove Historical Museum. She has an absolutely beautiful singing voice and will sing bits of pop tunes in the middle of conversations. It’s worth sticking around to closing time at the museum just to hear her sing Good Night, Irene over the public address system.

Amateur sleuth or professional?
Amateur.

Whom do you work with when sleuthing?
Anyone who will help! One of the local detectives, Bud Ohlsen, has come to recognize that I have useful insights, so I’ll happily share anything I learn with him. There’s another one though, Lester Marshall, who refuses to pay attention to civilians, despite being shown up by us repeatedly, so I just do my best to avoid him.

Favorite meal?
Anything I don’t have to make. Fortunately, the Smugglers’ Tavern offers take-out, and their food is both healthy and tasty.

Favorite dessert?
Anything fruit-based: pie, crisp, shortcake. Matt does amazing things with fruits from the Lighthouse Farmers’ Market, or else he’ll pick something up at the Cinnamon Sugar Bakery.

Favorite hobby?
Even though I know a lot about valuing quilts, I’ve only recently tried to make one with indifferent results. I don’t have any other hobbies except for reading.

Favorite vacation spot?
Matt Viera’s cabin in a secluded area on the outskirts of Danger Cove. Except I’d prefer it if we could eat in while we’re there. He’s been trying to find the perfect stove/oven combination for the last nine months, and until he does, we can’t cook anything there. And my house is too small for large groups, which is why my original plan for Thanksgiving dinner was to invite only Matt and two friends from the quilt guild. Of course, that plan went out the window pretty quickly.

Favorite color?
It changes from moment to moment, based on the last quilt I’ve appraised or studied. Recently I’ve been fascinated by the somewhat muted palettes generally seen in what’s known as “modern” quilts from the last ten years or so. Who knew there could be so many interesting shades of beige?

Favorite author?
Elizabeth Ashby, another resident of Danger Cove.

Favorite sports team?
The Danger Cove Pirates (the local high school football team).

Movies or Broadway?
Neither. If I want a visual experience, I go to a quilt show!

Are you a morning or a night person?
Night.

In a few sentences, what is a typical day in your life like?
I used to have very structured days as a lawyer, but now my schedule is a lot more fluid, depending on who has hired me and what they need from me. In any given week, I may travel a considerable distance to a quilt show or a quilt collector’s home to do a group of appraisals, or I may just walk a few blocks to the local museum where I give advice on quilt acquisitions. I also see individual clients (and their quilts) at my home, usually on weekends. And when work is done, whatever time that is, I spend my time with Matt, usually at my house in the center of Danger Cove, but sometimes at his more rural place.

Giveaway: Leave a comment below for your chance to win one of the books in the “Danger Cove Quilting” series (Four-Patch of Trouble, Tree of Life and Death, Robbing Peter to Kill Paul or Deadly Thanksgiving Sampler), either Kindle or Nook. The giveaway will end November 7, 2018. Good luck everyone! Bonus question: have you ever made a quilt?

You can read about Keely in Deadly Thanksgiving Sampler, the fourth book in the “Danger Cove Quilting” mystery series, coming November 6, 2018.

From USA Today bestselling authors Gin Jones and Elizabeth Ashby comes a fall fiasco of epic proportions!

Quilt appraiser Keely Fairchild just wants to have a quiet little Thanksgiving dinner at home with her boyfriend, but as the guest list grows, so do the distractions from meal preparations. First she gets dragged into investigating the theft of miniature quilts that were supposed to be featured in the guild’s entry in the Danger Cove Thanksgiving parade, and then she stumbles onto a bigger mystery: who killed a local quilter and what did her death have to do with a sampler quilt she’d made to depict her life’s story?

Keely struggles to figure out which elements of the quilt are clues and which are red herrings, and uncovers that the dead quilter and her mechanic husband may not have been as innocent as they seemed. Did the husband kill his quilting wife, or could it have had something to do with a stalker, an angry customer, or even a best friend who might actually be a frenemy?

If Keely can’t figure it out, her life—and death—may end up depicted in her own Deadly Thanksgiving Sampler.

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About the author
Gin Jones became a USA TODAY bestselling author after too many years of being a lawyer who specialized in ghostwriting for other lawyers. She much prefers writing fiction, since she isn’t bound by boring facts and she can indulge her sense of humor without any risk of getting thrown into jail for contempt of court. In her spare time, Gin makes quilts, grows garlic, and advocates for rare disease patients.

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