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Title details for State Fair by Earlene Fowler - Available

State Fair

#14 in series

by Earlene Fowler
Johanna Parker
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National best-selling author Earlene Fowler delivers the 14th installment in her popular Benni Harper series. Following the tradition she began in Fool's Puzzle and has continued through Tumbling Blocks, Fowler crafts a tale as enthralling as the quilting pattern she selected for the title. As Benni becomes embroiled in a new mystery, listeners can be sure she won't rest until she corrals the truth and hog-ties the culprits.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Benni Harper

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 3, 2010

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781456104542
      • File size: 260370 KB
      • Duration: 09:02:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Earlene Fowler has a devoted following for her series featuring Benni Harper, a quilter, deep-fried food fanatic, and reluctant sleuth. Narrator Johanna Parker captures Benni's bright, breezy personality and portrays the many folksy incidents that take place during the California Mid-State Fair. One of these is a murder, and a Miss Marple-like aunt meddles in the case, creating what passes for suspense. Parker does a credible job depicting characters as diverse as African-American ladies and defiant teenage boys. Her skill brings this chatty mystery alive. D.L.G. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 29, 2010
      Set in 1997, Fowler's folksy 14th Benni Harper mystery (after 2007's Tumbling Blocks
      ) 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.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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