Murder by Serpents: The Mystery Quilt (Five Star Mystery Series)

Murder by Serpents: The Mystery Quilt (Five Star Mystery Series) by Graham, Barbara. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781594145902.

Spring in East Tennessee is normally the most beautiful of seasons, a time of growth and renewal. Residents of tiny Park County are shocked when it is also a time for murder. When a snake-handling preacher is murdered with his own snakes, Sheriff Tony Abernathy and his wife, Theo, a quilt shop owner are thrown into the search for a killer. From the beginning of the investigation, it seems like an unlikely choice of weapons. Why kill a man few people even knew existed? The trouble has just begun. Soon the entire sheriffs department is fighting rising water, more deaths and illegal drugs. Theo aides Tonys search as she runs her shop, designs a mystery quilt (pattern included) and is mom to their two young sons.