ICYMI: my quest to highlight books you may have missed
The Benni Harper series by Earlene Fowler consists of fifteen books published between 1994-2011. The protagonist, Benni Harper, has moved to fictional San Celina, California after losing her husband a few months earlier and is managing an artist’s co-op and art gallery. When she encounters a fellow artist’s dead body, she decides to play amateur sleuth and try to solve the mystery.
I really enjoyed these cozy mysteries. I liked the main character a lot, even though she is quite headstrong, and appreciated the inclusion of the arts. Each book title was taken from the name of a quilt pattern, which I found really charming.
The book names in order:
- Fool’s Puzzle
- Irish Chain
- Kansas Troubles
- Goose in the Pond
- Dove in the Window
- Mariner’s Compass
- Seven Sisters
- Arkansas Traveler
- Steps to the Altar
- Sunshine and Shadow
- Broken Dishes
- Delectable Mountains
- Tumbling Blocks
- State Fair
- Spider Web
Have you ever run across these? Are you familiar with any of the quilt patterns?
In So Many Words 