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| Title | : | Fool's Puzzle (Benni Harper #1) |
| Author | : | Earlene Fowler |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 256 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1995 by Berkley (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Cozy Mystery. Fiction |
Earlene Fowler
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 256 pages Rating: 3.96 | 4987 Users | 232 Reviews
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Leaving behind memories of her late husband, Benni Harper is making a fresh start...Moving to the trendy California town of San Celina, she takes an exciting new job as director of a folk-art museum. While setting up an exhibit of handmade quilts, she stumbles upon the body of a brutally stabbed artist. Hoping to conduct an investigation on her own, she crosses paths with the local police chief, who thinks this short and sassy cowgirl should leave detecting to the cops and join him for dinner. But it's hard to keep a country girl down, and soon Benni uncovers an alarming pattern of family secrets, small-town lies--and the shocking truth about the night her husband died...List Books Supposing Fool's Puzzle (Benni Harper #1)
| Original Title: | Fool's Puzzle |
| ISBN: | 042514545X (ISBN13: 9780425145456) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Benni Harper #1 |
| Setting: | California(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Agatha Award Nominee for Best First Novel (1994) |
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Ratings: 3.96 From 4987 Users | 232 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books Fool's Puzzle (Benni Harper #1)
What a great cozy. It had a good mixture of everything I love in my cozies - mystery, romance, humor, and believability. It was also short and sweet, so no parts felt like they dragged on at all. I will definitely read book 2.I keep doing this, finishing books and not reporting on them. I am surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I read it for the Cozy Monograph, particularly for Chapter 5. I was curious as to how the protagonist of the long series got involved in detection in the first book. I had read another book by Fowler that won the Agatha and did not like it. This book was actually pretty good. I did not establish a liking for the protagonist (though I didn't hate her), but it was a good story, and nice
FOOL'S PUZZLE - GFowler, Earlene - 1st in Benni Harper seriesThirty-four-year-old widow Benni Harper takes a job as curator of the San Celina folk art museum, only to find herself embroiled in the murder of an artist and small-town intrigues that shed new light on her own late husband's death.It was good, light reading
The writing style was fine but the too many poor decisions on Benny's part and out of nowhere instant romance with the police chef, despite her still mourning her late husband, just killed it for me.
Even though this is a series of cozies, I hadn't read any of them so the main character, Benni Harper was new to me. Bennie Harper's husband died and she wanted to get away from the ranch from everything that reminded her of him. She would miss the family but now that he was gone, she felt disconnected from them. She needed to get away and start living her own life. So she took a job as a director of a folk art museum in San Ceclina, California. I really like the setting; I love folk art,
Well, definitely better than the rest of the romantic mystery novels I've been reading likely. I like the couple, generally. I like that they didn't fall into each other's arms. I like that things seem to be progressing slowly. That is a nice change. The pace seems right at this point.I did find a few things irritating. The protagonist's refusal to tell the police anything for a start. I'm sorry, but if you walk in on a murder scene, I am of the opinion that you tell the police everything. Even
I've read a couple reviews that suggest that the writing improves throughout the series. I don't know if I will ever find out. a couple issues, in brief:*despite the narrative indicating that benni is good at everything she tries (accounting, managing horses, investigating etc), she sort of bumbles through the story, giving everyone attitude and thinking of little but herself.*what is the point of making such a big deal of her deceased husband AND the lightning quick romance with the new police
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