title: Quilt Mysteries
author/editor: Earlene Fowler
reviewed by: Bill
QUILT MYSTERIES
Earlene Fowler is the author I have been reading. The series is called the "Benni Harper Mysteries." You'll want to read them in order because they're sequential:
- Fool's Puzzle
- Irish Chain
- Kansas Troubles
- Goose in the Pond
- Dove in the Window
- Mariner's Compass
- Arkansas Traveler
- Seven Sisters
They deal with a thirty- something widow who runs an arts and crafts center that concentrates on quilts. She just "happens" to get involved in all kinds of mischief. By reading the Benni Harper series I have learned a lot about traditional quilt patterns. Each book is named for a pattern that is also a clue to what the mystery is about. At the beginning of each book, she has a description and history of the pattern and various other names for it.
They're pretty well written.
Bill says, "I'm finished with the 8th book. There are one or two additional books but I don't know the titles yet. Two reasons I was intrigued by the series are, I love mysteries and my wife loves quilting."