Arkansas Traveler (A Benni Harper Mystery #8)
Earlene Fowler has earned unprecedented acclaim for her "compelling" (Booklist), "brilliantly crafted" (The Mystery Zone) mysteries featuring folk-art expert Benni Harper. In Arkansas Traveler, Benni returns to the small Arkansas town where she spent her childhood summers, hoping to reconnect...
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Earlene Fowler has earned unprecedented acclaim for her "compelling" (Booklist), "brilliantly crafted" (The Mystery Zone) mysteries featuring folk-art expert Benni Harper. In Arkansas Traveler, Benni returns to the small Arkansas town where she spent her childhood summers, hoping to reconnect with her friends and family. But Sugartree isn't the peaceful place she remembers. It's torn apart by racial tensions-and murder... AUTHORBIO: Earlene Fowler was raised in La Puente, California, by a Southern mother and a Western father. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Allen, a purple pickup truck, and twenty-five pairs of cowboy boots. She is currently working on the next Benni Harper mystery.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780425178089 (0425178080)
Publish date: April 1st 2001
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
Series: A Benni Harper Mystery (#8)
I could have easily given this book a 4 instead of a 3 except for one thing that annoyed me greatly throughout the book Benni’s and Emory’s way of speaking seems to completely change from in the previous books in the series. Even Gabe’s seems to get a little simplified in a couple places. Gabe says ...
Another 'travel' book that defies my expectations. Earlene Fowler does a fantastic job (it helps that she brings the biggest characters along with Benni). The story was a great one and touched on a topic that is seldom brought up in present day plots: modern day de-segregation. I think she handle...
A strong female character.