Great story! I loved it!
I am a real fan of this series, and not just because I quilt. The author packs a lot of story into each book and I really get drawn into the relationship between the main character and her husband. It's not just a picture-perfect, happily-ever-after story. This book was particularly good and made me cry a little but was a terrific read.
The Benni Harper series is not only fantastic mysteries, but there's a little romance thrown in as well. And if you love quilting, this series is perfect for you!
Earlene Fowler does a magnificent job developing the characters of her "Benni Harper" novels. While the mystery takes action, the characters' hearts and minds get unraveled for the reader. From book to book, each of the main characters, and primarily Benni Harper, not only develop but learn and grow as people living with and loving the others around them. Earlene Fowler does not write a "canned" novel, one cut like a cookie from a recipe, but she writes engaging stories about people in the midst of a mystery. The mysteries themselves are also intriguing, creative, well-detailed, and full of surprising little twists. Earlene Fowler does a fantastic job weaving together the themes of different events taking place in the story with the main theme of the story, including symbolism and other creative ploys that are masterfully layered together like a tapestry...or a quilt! Of all the series' books I've read so far, one by one in a row, I have liked this one the best. It is beautifully written with the deepening of Benni's love for Gabe and the strengthening of their marriage despite nearly ending being the final victory of "Steps to the Altar".
If you like quilt tops, then this is a book for you. Not much is discussed about quilting, but there is some.
One of her best! Murder, love triangles and lots of twists and still an easy read.
