Quilt patterns provide a real and metaphorical background.’ Chicago Sun Times’Her plots can be as outrageous as Ellery Queen’s, her turf is Ross Macdonald’s, and her tone is heir to Grafton and Paretsky.’ Nashville Scene’The patchwork quilt provides the guiding metaphor for Earlene Fowler’s Benni Harper series and in her latest, Seven Sisters, it becomes the perfect emblem for a universal sisterhood where women’s hearts are torn and tested, and unite to create a resonant story of complex patterns and hard earned grace.’ Jo Ann Mapson, author of The Wilder Sisters’Brilliantly crafted romantic suspense.’ The Mystery Zone Praise for the Benni Harper mysteries: ‘Captivating…Ī notable series.’ Publishers Weekly starred review’Fowler writes beautifully about the picturesque Central Coast, ranching and local cuisine, and her sympathetic, witty characters enlighten readers about California history and society.’ Booklist’Breezy, humorous dialogue of the first order… In the seventh book in the series, Benni becomes entangled in a feuding family’s tragic past and investigates a brutal crime that hits perilously close to home.

‘Earlene Fowler writes from the heart, and her Benni Harper is a true original.’ Susan Rogers Cooper, author of Doctors and Lawyers and SuchĮarlene Fowler’s Agatha Award nominated series featuring sleuthing quilter and rancher Benni Harper is beloved by critics and fans alike for its endearing characters, charming wit, and enchanting folk art elements. The waters are rough and the direction unclear as she finds herself setting a course to a time and place in her own past a place Benni Harper and Jacob Chandler both knew as home… To discover whether he is her guardian angel or personal demon, she must follow the scavenger hunt clues he has set up for her throughout his home. But Benni Harper has never even heard of Jacob Chandler.

When Jacob Chandler died, he left his home in Morro Bay and all its contents to Benni the only stipulation being that she had to stay in the house for two weeks, alone, before the inheritance became hers.

Jacob Chandler knew everything about Benni Harper, and in his house were pieces of her life: a scrapbook of newspaper clippings that covered her life and work. The ex cowgirl, quilter, and resident sleuth of San Celina, California, is back navigating her way through a stormy sea of puzzling clues to a home she never knew existed… The newest Benni Harper mystery from the three time Agatha Award Nominee and author of Dove in the Window.

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