Goose in the Pond - (Benni Harper Mystery) by Earlene Fowler (Paperback)

About the Book

When Benni finds a dead woman lying facedown in the lake, dressed in a Mother Goose costume, her investigation takes her inside the Storyteller's Guild. There she discovers that Mother Goose was telling more than fairy tales--she was a gossip columnist who aired the kind of secrets that destroy lives and inspire revenge.

Book Synopsis

Benni Harper--spirited ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk art expert--finds herself on the trail of a storybook killer in this mystery from Agatha Award-nominee Earlene Fowler.

Hoping to relax after solving a murder in Wichita, Kansas, Beni and her new husband Gabe Ortiz are back in San Celina, California. But while Benni is jogging in the park, she happens upon the dead body of a library storyteller. It's an odd and disturbing scene--the woman is still dressed in her Mother Goose costume, lying facedown in the lake.

Benni's investigation takes her inside the Storyteller's Guild, where she finds out that Mother Goose was telling more than fairy tales. She was capable of airing the kind of secrets that destroy lives--and inspire revenge...

Review Quotes

Praise for the Benni Harper Mysteries

"Fowler has a keen eye...her characters come alive on the page."--The New Times

"A neat little myster...her plot is compelling."--Booklist

"Benni Harper is bright, fresh--and enderaring."--New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Hart

"Earlene Fowler writes from the heart, and her Benni Harper is a true original."--Susan Rogers Cooper

About the Author

Earlene Fowler was raised in La Puente, California, by a Southern mother and a Western father. She is the author of the national bestseller, The Saddlemaker's Wife and the Agatha Award-winning Benni Harper Mysteries.