In writing her two mystery series, Barbara Workinger, draws on her background as a research journalist, an antique dealer, and an interest in the art of quilting. She combines them with a fascination for the Amish area where she lived for over twenty years. Ten of those years were spent in researching the Amish.

      The first series features irrepressible Amish quilter, Hannah Miller, A.K.A. "Granny Hanny," and her formerly Amish granddaughter, Caroline, now a Lancaster attorney. In the first book, "In Dutch Again," Hannah's neighbor, antique dealer Annette Adams is found murdered, and Hannah is drawn into the investigation. "In Dutch Again," takes place against the colorful background of autumn in Central Pennsylvania.

       The sequel, "Shoofly-Pie-to-Die," released late in 2005, is set in spring. In each book in the series, well researched details of everyday Amish life and special events are woven into the fast paced mysteries.

      The first book in the second series, "Plain and Deadly," features Domestic Investigator, Ellerie March and her assistant, former big band singer, Rosie Fox. The two women jump into trying to find out who left an Amish baby on the doorstep of a midwife. When the murdered mother of the child is found in a cornfield, solving the crime becomes urgent before the killer comes to claim the baby. The book was a finalist in the Malice Domestic Best Unpublished First Mystery Contest.

       A fourth generation Californian and University of California alumnus, Barbara now lives in suburban Portland, Oregon. She and her husband Paul have seven grown children and one very spoiled cat. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters-in-Crime, and Pennwriters.

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Brown, Lizbie  -  Jacob's Ladder

Brown, Lizbie  -  Shoo-Fly

Brown, Lizbie  -  Turkey Tracks

Chiaverini, Jennifer -  Round Robin

Chiaverini, Jennifer  -  The Cross-Country Quilters

Chiaverini, Jennifer -  The Quilter's Apprentice

Chiaverini, Jennifer  -  The Quilter's Legacy

Chiaverini, Jennifer -  The Runaway Quilt

Odom, Nancy Elm  -  Creek Quilts

Dallas, Sandra  -  Alice's Tulips

Ferris, Monica  -  A Murderous Yarn

Ferris, Monica  -  A Stitch In Time

Ferris, Monica  -  Framed In Lace

Ferris, Monica  -  Hanging By A Thread

Ferris, Monica  -  Unravelled Sleeve

Fowler, Earlene  -  Arkansas Traveller

Fowler, Earlene  -  Dove In The Window

Fowler, Earlene  -  Fool's Puzzle

Fowler, Earlene  -  Goose In The Pond

Fowler, Earlene  -  Irish Chain

Fowler, Earlene  -  Kansas Trouble

Fowler, Earlene  -  Mariner's Compass

Fowler, Earlene  -  Seven Sisters

Fowler, Earlene  -  Steps To The Altar

Frommer, Sara Hoskinson  -  Buried In Quilts

Hager, Jean  -  Sew Deadly

Jonas, Ann  -  The Quilt

Lipsett, Linda Otto  -  Pieced from Ellen's Quilt

Page, Katherine Hall  -  The Body in the Vestibule

Palmer, Catherine  -  A Victorian Christmas Quilt

Sachitano, Arlene  - Quilt as Desired

Webb, Aliske  -  Murder at the Quilt Show

Webb, Aliske  -  Scrap Quilt Memories

Webb, Aliske  -  The Phoenix Quilt

Whitson, Stephanie Grace  -  Sarah's Patchwork

Mahon, Annette -  Phantom Death

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