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670 __ |a Forget me knot, c2014: |b title page (Mary Marks) back cover (Born and raised in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, Mary Marks earned a B.S. in Anthropology from UCLA and an M.A. in Public Administration from the American Jewish University in Los Angeles.)
670 __ |a marymarksmysteries.com, via WWW, 7 May 2015: |b (Mary Marks became an award-winning quilter after an early retirement from her job in administration on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles. After twelve years of sewing twenty four/seven, she came up for a breath and started writing about some of the nearly one hundred quilts she’d created. She held administrative positions at UCLA until a physical condition stemming from a bout with childhood polio forced her into early retirement. She moved to Israel for a year and returned to L.A. to start her adventures in quilting and murder.)
670 __ |a escapewithdollycas.com, 8 January 2014: |b (Mary Marks; I didn’t start writing until I reached my sixties. I also chose to set my stories in Encino, California, the suburb of Los Angeles where I live.)
670 __ |a linkedin.com, via WWW, 7 May 2015: |b (Mary Marks, writer, Encino, California; Avid quilter from 1992 to present; A year in Israel 1991-1992; Early retirement in 1991. UCLA, B.A., 1961-1965)
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Born in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION:UCLA, B.A.; American Jewish University, M.A.; UCLA Extension Writer’s Program.
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Writer. New York Journal of Books, reviewer. Worked formerly as a quilter and in administration at the University of California Los Angeles.
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SIDELIGHTS
Mary Marks is a writer and former award-winning quilter. She was born in Los Angeles and grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. She attended college at UCLA, where she received a B.A. in anthropology. Marks took a break from her studies to raise her three children, after which she enrolled in the American Jewish University in Los Angeles and earned an M.A. in public administration and management.
Marks worked in administration at the University of California Los Angeles for many years. Following an early retirement, she began a second career in quilting. After twelve years of quilting, she turned her attention to writing. She enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program and focused on writing mysteries. Marks lives in Camarillo, California.
Forget Me Knot
Forget Me Knot, the first of the “Quilting Mystery” series, opens in San Fernando Valley, California, as Martha, Lucy, and Birdie are considering ways to liven up their quilting club. The three retirees hope to expand their weekly Quilting Tuesdays by inviting newcomer Claire Terry to join the group. At forty-years-old, Terry is quite a bit younger than the three members, but the women hope that Terry’s youthful energy is just what the group needs. With the prestigious quilt show coming through town, they need all the inspiration they can find. It does not hurt that Terry is a prize-winning quilter.
When the three women show up at Terry’s to invite her to join the group, they are shocked to find her dead in her home and her prize-winning quilts nowhere to be found. A few days later, the quilts of the Quilting Tuesdays crew are also snatched. Martha is worried the attacker will strike again, and she takes it upon herself to get to the bottom of the deadly quilt mystery. A contributor to Dru’s Book Musings website described the book as “a fast-paced, fun and lighthearted whodunit,” adding, “you don’t necessarily have to be a quilter to enjoy this book, but the tidbits and tips will add to a quilter’s repertoire.”
Gone But Knot Forgotten
In Gone But Knot Forgotten, Martha is faced with another mysterious death. When she receives a call informing her she has been named the executor of her childhood friend Harriet Oliver’s estate, she immediately senses something is not right. Martha begins researching the life and death of her old friend. It appears that Harriet lived a lonesome and tragic life; her son died in a drowning accident when he was five and her husband left her.
The estate is worth millions, and Martha uncovers the fact that someone had been embezzling funds from Harriet’s account. More sinister is the fact that the woman was not found until 10 months after her death, yet there are clear signs that someone had been going into the house to steal valuable items. As Martha digs deeper into the death of her friend, plot twists and more unsolved mysteries surface. “Marks did a wonderful job of bringing all the threads together to form a complete and delightful story,” wrote a contributor to Online Book Club website.
Knot My Sister's Keeper
In Knot My Sister’s Keeper, Martha’s mystery-solving skills get personal when she learns she has a half-sister. Giselle Cole is wealthy, snobby, thin, and does not quilt, so Martha is surprised that, despite their differences, the two half-sisters hit it off. Martha hopes to learn more about their father from Giselle, but he left her mother when she was only a child. There are some indications that the man may have been murdered, so the two sisters start an investigation to learn who their father really was.
A contributor to Kirkus Reviews described the book as “a mystery combined with wry humor.”
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Kirkus Reviews, May 2, 2017, review of Knot What You Think; June 1, 2018, review of Knot My Sister’s Keeper.
ONLINE
Dru’s Book Musings, https://drusbookmusing.com/ (January 16, 2014), review of Forget Me Knot.
My Reading Journeys, http://myreadingjourneys.blogspot.com/(August 2, 2018), Grantham Lynn, review of Knot My Sister’s Keeper.
Online Book Club, https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/ (August 31, 2015) review of Gone But Knot Forgotten.
RT Book Reviews, https://www.rtbookreviews.com/(January 7, 2014), review of Forget Me Knot; (August 25, 2015), review of Gone But Knot Forgotten.
About
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Mary Marks became an award-winning quilter following an early retirement. After twelve years of sewing twenty four/seven, she came up for a breath and started writing about some of the nearly one hundred quilts she’d created.
Then the writing bug bit her and she enrolled in the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program. A love of reading mysteries led to a four-day mystery writing workshop where she discovered a new creative passion.
Her first novel, FORGET ME KNOT, was a finalist in a national competition, and was published when she was 70 years old. Out of that success came the Martha Rose quilting mystery series. Her books have been best sellers and won an award in 2015.
Mary was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Southern California and the San Francisco Bay Area. She moved back South to attend UCLA and earned a BA in Anthropology. The next years were spent raising three children. She enrolled in the American Jewish University in LA and earned an MA in Public Administration and Management.
A physical condition stemming from childhood polio resulted in early retirement. She moved to Israel for a year to regroup, and then returned to LA to start her adventures in quilting and murder.
She currently lives on the Central California Coast with her dog Ginger and her fluffy orange cat Louie.
ABOUT MARY MARKS:
Mary Marks is the author of the award-winning Quilting Mysteries featuring Martha Rose, a zaftig, Jewish divorcee of a certain age living in the San Fernando Valley. The first book in the series was published in 2014 when Marks was 70, proving that anything can happen with persistence and a little bit of luck. The author lives in Camarillo, California with her dog Ginger and her orange cat Louie.
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Knot What You Think - Mary MarksMary Marks is an award-winning quilter and author. She’s created over one hundred quilts and has just released her fifth book in the Martha Rose Quilting series, Knot What You Think. With a love for quilting and writing, what could be a better combination than creating quilts and murder on the page?
A late start
“I spent the first years of my retirement from an administrative job making quilts,” Marks said. “Lots of them. Then I got bored. So for a change of pace, I took writing classes at UCLA. My first book, Forget Me Knot, was published when I was 70. I’m now 74 and along the way I’ve won awards and have been on the Best Seller’s list. I’m quite astonished by this success so late in life, but also very grateful. I’m living proof it’s never too late to try something new and follow a dream.”
Facing challenges head on
Marks added, “Like Martha, I also suffer from fibromyalgia, and some days the chronic pain gets the best of me. But I still sit down and write because, like Martha, I refuse to be a victim.”
She also said she’s saddened by developments in our society. “We’re so polarized these days, we’ve abandoned the common decency and civility I was taught growing up in the 50s. We’re missing the ability to listen to those who think or live differently than we do. We’ve lost the ability to laugh at ourselves. So I try to draw my characters as whole people. The good guys have foibles and the villains don’t always start out with evil intent. I find this makes for more interesting reading and provides me with lots of material for laughter.”
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While Marks doesn’t set out to write about issues, they always seem to seep into her writing. She said, “The protagonist in my stories is older, overweight, disabled, Jewish and a woman. She already has five things going against her. Everyday life for Martha can present both physical and social challenges impossible to ignore. But she’s both smart and assertive and confronts those trials head on. Martha is too sassy to be a victim. I inject a lot of humor and quirky characters to keep it light.”
Knot What You Think — the plot thickens
Mary MarksMarks would be classified as a pantser, a writer who doesn’t create a detailed plot and lets her characters run the show. “The story emerges from some hidden place in my head, and I give them the lead, because my characters often have a better grasp of what needs to happen than I do.” As with many pantsers, Marks said she’s surprised when the story comes together neatly in the end.
One character in Knot What You Think is Jazz Fletcher, a successful men’s fashion designer with a boutique in West Hollywood. He and his little Maltese Zsa Zsa were so popular in the previous book that Marks brought back in a starring role. She felt the best way to do this was to put Jazz in danger of being arrested and charged with murder.
“Martha is a loyal friend with a sensitive radar for injustice,” Marks said. “When her friend is falsely accused of murder, she plunges head first into an investigation to clear his name. Along the way, they break into the victim’s house in the dead of night, visit a psychic, attend a séance, and interview an aging female impersonator.
“She also wrestles with an active love life, juggling two men who are rivals for her affections. Her 80-year-old Uncle Isaac wants her to marry one of them. He reminds her to ‘Take all the time you need to decide, but hurry up. You’re not getting any younger.’ However, Martha can’t seem to find the courage to get past her trust issues and make a commitment.”
Will there be more quilts?
“I don’t sew anymore because writing uses most of my creative juices. But when I was quilting, I made blankets for all my friends and loved ones. I’d spend dozens of hours hand stitching and praying for that person. I was told many times, ‘I don’t know what it is, but I just sleep better under your quilt.’ That was so deeply satisfying.”
Marks does have one quilting project she’s working on. “Recently, a close quilting friend of mine died. Her daughter handed me an unfinished quilt her mother had been making for her when she passed away. The daughter said her mother wanted me to finish it. How could I say no?”
Learn more about Mary Marks at marymarksmysteries.com.
Marks, Mary: KNOT MY SISTER'S
KEEPER
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The results of a DNA test change a woman's life.
Quilting expert Martha Rose (Knot What You Think, 2017, etc.) never knew her father. Her mother lived in
a world of her own, so Martha was raised by her grandmother and Uncle Isaac, who moved the family from
Iowa to California to escape the stigma of Martha's illegitimate birth. All she knows of her father is that he
was a redheaded artist whose first or last name was Quinn. A DNA test her daughter Quincy has sent her
reveals that Martha is half Ashkenazi Jewish on her mother's side, the father's side mostly Irish and English.
Martha soon learns that she has a half sister on her father's side, Giselle Cole, who agrees to meet her.
Although Giselle is wealthy, outspoken, snobbish, and younger and thinner than Martha, they hit it off, and
Martha is soon inviting Giselle to Friday night dinners with Uncle Isaac and her fiance, ATF agent Yossi
Levy. While Giselle is learning about Martha's Jewish heritage, Martha finds out that their father, Jacob
Quinn Maguire, was a famous artist who married Giselle's mother, left one day for a gallery opening in New
York, and was never seen again. As they explore their shared background, the sisters discover that Quinn
was quite a womanizer who may have fathered other children. Using her police connections to get
information, Martha finds that the investigation into their father's disappearance was dropped quickly. She
and Giselle suspect that his death was probably covered up, perhaps by Giselle's wealthy and powerful
grandfather. Traveling the country in Giselle's family's private jet, they dig up plenty of information they
hope will tell them whodunit and why.
A mystery combined with wry humor.
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How many yentas does it take to solve a puzzling murder?
Martha Rose is a zaftig middle-aged quilter with a complicated love life and some great friends. Among the latter is Jazz Fletcher, a talented couturier with an unusually well-dressed Maltese. Although he’s expanded his business to dog couture, he’s been unable to make a delivery to Dolleen Doyle, whose Chihuahua, Patti, was to be the recipient of a gorgeous new wardrobe. When he still can’t get in touch with Dolleen the next day, Jazz, Martha, and their quilting friends Lucy and Birdie all troupe over to her house, where they find a frantic Chihuahua and a dead Dolleen. Jazz tops the list of suspects because he was seen at the house the night before and owed Dolleen money. Not for the first time (Something’s Knot Kosher, 2016, etc.), the ladies decide to investigate. They promptly get on the wrong side of Martha’s former boyfriend, police detective Arlo Beavers. Although Martha and Arlo still have feelings for each other, she’s now seeing Yossi Levy, aka Crusher, a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who may also be doing some black ops work for Israel. Dolleen’s incarcerated husband, David Shapira, is a West Coast Bernie Madoff with so many enemies that the sleuths hardly know where to start. A little breaking and entering provides them with a key to a storage locker filled with information, including the fact that Dolleen was slowly repaying some of the money Shapira had embezzled to some of his poorer creditors. Ever since her divorce, Martha’s been gun shy even though she’s juggling two suitors who both want to marry her. Hints from a psychic and conversations with annoyed relatives of Shapira put the sleuths on the trail to success and danger.
Filled with translated Yiddish, dippy characters, and superfluous lectures on a wide range of topics: a joyous romp with a special appeal to quilters and devotees of delicatessens.
Pub Date: July 25th, 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4967-0182-4
Page count: 288pp
Publisher: Kensington
Review Posted Online: May 2nd, 2017
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 15th, 2017
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Characters are brilliantly written in vividly entertaining situations. Marks takes a group of 50+ year-old women and shows them as heavy-duty quilters in one scene and gun-wielding super sleuths in another. Gone are the stereotypes of mature women expected to stay home and knit quietly by the fire. Readers are introduced to a character who is intelligent, strong, sexual and ready to do what it takes to get what she wants; in short, a woman to emulate.
Martha Rose gets a phone call out of the blue that she has been named the executor of her childhood friend Harriet Oliver’s estate. Martha puts on her sleuth hat when she discovers that someone has been embezzling funds from Harriet’s account and that some of the more priceless items are missing from the house. Add in an abusive husband whose body is discovered in Harriet’s backyard, and the fact that Harriet’s body wasn’t discovered until she had been dead for 10 months, and Martha has her hands full solving one mystery after another. (KENSINGTON, Sep., 288 pp., $7.99)
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While most mysteries tend to have a hero who’s young, gorgeous and willing to scale fences, Marks does a great job of setting her tale apart by making the lead character an elderly woman. It’s refreshing that Martha’s ability to gather clues is not dependent on or limited by her age. The storyline is realistic in its simplicity and overall a delightful read.
Martha Rose and her quilting friends Lucy and Birdie visit Claire Terry, a prospective new member to their Quilt Guild. When they discover her dead body, they are shocked. The theft of Claire’s, Martha’s and Birdie’s quilts days later raises even more suspicions. At the insistence of Claire’s mother, Martha studies her collection of quilts in an effort to interpret their stories and discover who killed Claire. (KENSINGTON, Jan., 384 pp., $7.99)
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Forget Me Knot by Mary Marks
Jan 16, 2014
Forget Me KnotForget Me Knot by Mary Marks is the first book in the new “Quilting” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, January 2014
Welcome to San Fernando Valley, California, where Martha Rose and her coterie of quilters are enjoying life on the good side of retirement—until murder pulls a stitch out of their plans.
Martha and her besties Lucy and Birdie are set to expand their Quilty Tuesdays by inviting newcomer Claire Terry into their group. Though at forty Claire’s a tad younger than their average age, her crafty reputation could perk up their patchwork proceedings, especially as they prepare for the fancy quilt show coming to town. But when they arrive at Claire’s home and find her dead inside the front door, and her exquisite, prize-winning quilts soon missing, Martha is not one to leave a mystery unravelled. Especially if she wants to stop a killer from establishing a deadly pattern.
The author did a good job in delivering a fast-paced, fun and lighthearted whodunit centered around three quilters who happened to find the dead body of another quilter and what followed was their eagerness to find a murderer who’s hiding in plain sight. With plenty of suspects to choose from, I loved the twists and turns the mystery took as it rapidly pulled me into an intriguing storyline where secrets are uncovered and threats are made. Everyone had a role to play and it was done in a way that each clue gathered took us closer to the killer’s identity.
This was an enjoyable read featuring a lovable cast of characters and good conversations in this engaging debut novel. You don’t necessarily have to be a quilter to enjoy this book, but the tidbits and tips will add to a quilter’s repertoire. I look forward to more exploits with Martha and her friends in this lovely new series.
FTC Disclosure – The author sent me a copy of this book, in hopes I would review it.
previously posted on the Cozy Chicks blog
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Gone But Knot Forgotten by Mary Marks
Ms. Marks has Martha Rose and her two best friends back in the thick of things again. This is the first of her books I have had the pleasure of reading; I found it delightful as only cozy mysteries can be.
Martha is Jewish, her two friends, Lucy and Birdie, are not; this does not stop the intrepid trio from being fast and loyal friends, who respect each other, quilt together, and get in scraps together. I loved the fact that Ms. Marks explained a lot of the Jewish traditions especially in regard to the Sabbath and funerals. This added to the story and I loved the information she included, it was educational and interesting as well as adding to the depth of the story.
In this book, Ms. Marks has Martha named as the executor of her old high school friend, Harriet Oliver’s estate. Martha hasn’t been in touch with Harriet for years. Harriet’s estate is worth millions and something seems fishy to Martha about the scene of her death. She was not found for 10 months after she died; it appears that Harriet led a sad and solitary life, her son drowned at five, her husband disappeared and was declared dead, and she had few friends. To make things even more interesting, Birdie is a walking talking CSI expert from watching television; she is up on all the latest “speak” in regard to criminal investigation.
What follows are plot twists and turns, mysteries, murders, an entire list of suspects, antiques, a priceless quilt and other extremely valuable items are missing, greedy family members, and a body is found buried in Harriet’s garden. Things are really getting interesting in the quilting world.
Martha also has new man, Crusher, in her life; will this be the real thing or does he have secrets? Is Martha’s luck about to change in regard to relationships and just why is Arlo Beavers sniffing around again? Sorry, I can’t spoil the story and tell you.
There are quite a few plots going on in this story and Ms. Marks did a wonderful job of bringing all the threads together to form a complete and delightful story. You will not be bored with this book. Ms. Marks also included a small tutorial on quilting at the end of the book that I found fascinating.
I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a solid cozy mystery with a lot of interesting elements, plots, twists, turns, and quilting.
I received this book from the publisher and Netgalley in return for an honest review.
Knot My Sister's Keeper by Mary Marks-Great Escape Tour Review
About the book
In tracing her ancestry, quilter Martha Rose discovers a ritzy half-sister, a stash of family secrets, and a decades-old mystery that only she can unravel . . .
Martha Rose is shocked to find she has a half-sister, especially one so different from her. Giselle Cole is wealthy, widowed, and lives a glamorous life in West Los Angeles. At least her grandmother was a quilter! But Giselle can’t answer Martha’s many questions about their father—he disappeared when she was only a child and the few clues left behind indicate he may have been murdered. So Martha and Giselle team up on an investigation that weaves them through the streets of L.A., their father’s hidden love affairs, and into some mysterious unfinished Cole family business . . .
And I thought
Delightful. This newest book in the Quilting Myster Series is even better than the last. (Knot What You Think click here to read my review).
In this newest installment #6 Martha is surprised, cautious and aprehensive to find out she has a half sister. Not only that when she meets her half sister she finds out their father disappeared just before Martha's 21st birthday. Giselle who Martha begins calling 'G' is rich, loud at times and says what she thinks without thinking.
In the beginning Martha almost loathes her but Giselle being Giselle seems to worm her way into every ones affections.
As the two connect and decide to investigate their fathers disappearance together they become close and end up really liking and then loving each other as sisters.
I loved Giselle's character. She was obnoxious at times but she is also tender hearted and lonely. Maybe the over the top attitude hides her loneliness.
All of Martha's friends are back with the exception of Birdie who got married at the end of What Knot To Think she is traveling with her new husband.
Jazz of course is back along with his little dog. Jazz is hard not to like even if you don't agree with his 'lifestyle'. I began to really like him in the last book. He's a good friend and he is a designer providing wedding gowns for his friends when needed.
As with the last book this one ended with a wedding. Hmm I wonder if the previous 4 ended with nuptials?
Martha and Giselle take the reader along for the ride as they travel to Arizona, NYC, Vegas and a few other places as they look for answers and actually have a little fun too. As they begin to find a few answers they begin to realize that their father was quite the
womanizer when it's discovered that they have a brother also that they didn't know about.
I really enjoyed Knot My Sister's Keeper and I hope to read the new book in the series. I hope that Giselle and Martha become a team!
If you enjoy cozy's this series is a great one to get into. The author gives a lot of interesting information about the Jewish faith and weaves the art of quilting into the stories.
I received a complimentary copy.
My review will retail sites, Net Galley and Good Reads.