Heist Along the Rails: Book 1 Winslow Quilting Mysteries

The spinster sisters, Dora and Josie Winslow who belong to the Hedge City, Nebraska Quilters' Guild present an idea for the guild's annual project. The guild decides on making a sampler quilt of 50 blocks representing every state in the USA. Although, the members can obtain the patterns without any trouble, the sisters volunteer on searching for appropriate quilt patterns while on their retirement trip across country via Amtrak. The group approves the plan in spite of a sister's and niece's concerns for their na?ve sisters and aunts' safety. The sisters leave on Amtrak from Nebraska and arrive in Chicago where their adventure begins. After touring Chicago, Dora reads in the newspaper that an art museum where they visited had been robbed of a painting. The sisters take it in stride until the robberies happen in other cities that they have just visited. The sisters become suspicious when they see passengers from Amtrak at some of the other sites they visit. It seems to them like they are always in the wrong place at the wrong time. And why do they keep seeing the same faces? Dora becomes very nervous and contemplates ending their excursion, but about when she decides to head back home with her sister, they meet Anthony on Amtrak who befriends them. He suggests they rent a car and drive through Texas and up the California coast to San Francisco where the sisters can board Amtrak on their way home to Nebraska. In the meantime, the sisters befriend an elderly couple. Dora is especially interested in the Spanish missions. While sight-seeing at one of the missions, a boy hands her a note and runs away. The note invites Dora and Josie to participate in a mystery quilt hunt, the clues being left at the missions along the Camino Real. Anthony encourages them to participate to get their mind off the art robberies that continue to follow their itinerary. While the sisters search for state quilt patterns and stop to visit missions where they find quilt pieces to sew together and another enticing clue to lead them to the next mission and a new hunt.In the meantime, Josie becomes interested in Anthony, who is hesitant to encourage her. Read to discover the surprise ending.