When your not quilting
why not.....
Curl Up
with a
Good Book!
why not.....
Curl Up
with a
Good Book!
Set in 1997, Fowler's folksy 14th Benni Harper mystery finds the
avid quilter, museum curator, and reluctant sleuth readying
herself for the annual San Celina (Calif.) County Mid-State Fair.
Racial tensions revolving around the fair's first black general
manager, Levi Clark; Levi's half-white daughter, Jazz; and Jazz's
various suitors stir the plot. So, too, does the visit from Arkansas
of Benni's great-aunt, Garnet Wilcox. Garnet and her sister,
Dove, Benni's grandmother, get along “like two bobcats trapped
in a burning outhouse.” A valued African-American quilt stolen
from a fair exhibit and a corpse in another exhibit add fuel to the
fire. Fowler's congenial mix of humor (prickly, surprising Garnet
applies lessons learned from mystery books and cop shows),
folklore (the history of black cloth dolls), and murder makes this
Agatha Award–winning series as much fun to visit as a county fair
and a likely ribbon winner.
avid quilter, museum curator, and reluctant sleuth readying
herself for the annual San Celina (Calif.) County Mid-State Fair.
Racial tensions revolving around the fair's first black general
manager, Levi Clark; Levi's half-white daughter, Jazz; and Jazz's
various suitors stir the plot. So, too, does the visit from Arkansas
of Benni's great-aunt, Garnet Wilcox. Garnet and her sister,
Dove, Benni's grandmother, get along “like two bobcats trapped
in a burning outhouse.” A valued African-American quilt stolen
from a fair exhibit and a corpse in another exhibit add fuel to the
fire. Fowler's congenial mix of humor (prickly, surprising Garnet
applies lessons learned from mystery books and cop shows),
folklore (the history of black cloth dolls), and murder makes this
Agatha Award–winning series as much fun to visit as a county fair
and a likely ribbon winner.
First in the series. Meet Dewey Pellicano as she navigates the quilting
world, only to find murder-and love.
Dewey has things under control. Or so she thinks. But a dead body in
the alley and a sister-in-law bent on ruining her life say otherwise.
A rogue wave sweeps a woman into the ocean. A mountain lion roars
in the night. A missing sewing box. April must connect the dots before
someone close to her is sacrificed.
world, only to find murder-and love.
Dewey has things under control. Or so she thinks. But a dead body in
the alley and a sister-in-law bent on ruining her life say otherwise.
A rogue wave sweeps a woman into the ocean. A mountain lion roars
in the night. A missing sewing box. April must connect the dots before
someone close to her is sacrificed.
