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1) Irish chain
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1996, c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 16
Physical Desc
309 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ex-cowgirl and current sleuth Benni Harper is struck with surprises good and bad when she sponsors a "senior prom" at the local retirement home: first she finds herself dancing with an old crush from her teen years, and then she finds two dead bodies in one of the retirement home's rooms.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1999, c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
302 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When photographer Shelby Johnson is murdered during the San Celina, California, Heritage Days celebration, her friend Benni Harper, dedicated quilter, rancher-turned-museum curator, and new wife of Police Chief Gabe Ortiz, searches for the killer.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Berkeley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2001, c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sleuthing quilter and rancher Benni Harper is invited, along with her husband, to celebrate the engagement of her stepson Sam to the daughter of one of San Celina's wealthiest families, but the party takes a tragic turn when a member of the esteemed family is murdered, and Benni is reluctantly drawn into the investigation.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1998, c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Benni Harper, the sleuth whose crime-solving talents are as colorful and complex as the patchwork she loves, faces her most perplexing case yet as she tries to find out who killed the library storyteller, who was found facedown in the lake.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 13
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xvi, 299 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ex-cowgirl and quilter Bennie moves to California to start over after the sudden death of her husband. Working as the curator of a folk-art museum, Benni uncovers clues to a small-town murder. Now it's up to this crackerjack sleuth to solve the crime.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
322 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jacob Chandler knew everything about Benni Harper, and in his house were pieces of her life: a hand-carved statue of her childhood horse and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings that covered her work, her marriages, and the death of her first husband. And when Jacob Chandler died, he left his home in Morro Bay and all its contents to Benni - the only stipulation being that Benni had to stay in the house, alone, for two weeks before the inheritance became...
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
x, 290 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Spirited ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk-art expert Benni Harper is back, investigating the connection between her favorite author, the murder of a family friend, and a crazy quilt. And when she starts receiving strange phone calls and anonymous letters telling her she'll be the next victim, her interest in the case becomes even more urgent.
Author
Series
Benni Harper volume 11
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
ix, 271 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
While visiting a friend's Western dude ranch, Benni Harper stumbles upon the remains of a long-dead murder victim buried in a shallow grave and embarks on an investigation to reveal the truth behind the terrible crime.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2003, c2002
Physical Desc
306 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the California coastal town of San Celina, there are weddings and wished-for weddings, plus the threatened demise of Benni's two-year marriage to police chief Gabe Ortiz, brought about by the appearance of Gabe's former female partner, Del Hernandez. Just as Benni doesn't think she can keep one more plate spinning in her busy life, two crises crop up: first, Del starts deliberately going after Gabe and lets Benni know it; second, Benni is asked...
10) Fool's puzzle
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1995, c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
237 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirty-four-year-old widow Benni Harper takes a job as curator of the San Celina folk art museum, only to find herself embroiled in the murder of an artist and small-town intrigues that shed new light on her own late husband's death.
11) Kansas troubles
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
1997, c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
x, 306 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
After a whirlwind marriage to police chief Gabe Ortiz, quilter and amateur sleuth Benni Harper joins her husband on a trip to his Kansas hometown, only to become caught up in a murder investigation.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
x, 329 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the musical director of Benni Harper's church is called away, Benni finds herself "volunteered" to take over a children's play already in rehearsal. But the production comes to a screeching halt when Benni discovers the badly beaten body of the church handyman right in front of the altar. With a growing cast of suspects, and a small girl as the only witness to the crime, Benni must unravel a plot of theft and murder before it's curtains for her....
13) Spider web
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 15
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 320 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Memory Festival is a celebration of recollections and loved ones through crafts. But when a local cop is wounded by a mysterious sharpshooter who seems to have a vendetta against the police, Benni fears for "her" loved ones, especially her police chief husband.
14) State fair
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
288 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For Benni, the annual State Fair is a much anticipated break in her routine of overseeing museum exhibits, temperamental artists, and stubborn cattle. This year they are showing traditional African-American quilts. But when one is stolen and it leads to a cold-blooded murder, Benni realizes there is more to this fair, and she'll have to see who is really a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Author
Series
Benni Harper mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
305 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Folk-art expert Benni Harper is thrilled to be back in Sugartree, Arkansas, with her friend Elvira, who's this close to getting engaged to Benni's cousin. But Benni's got a bad feeling that she just can't shake, and soon she knows why. Racism has come to Sugartree and it's rearing its ugly head as the merger of two churches with racially mixed congregations comes under fire, and the first black woman to run for mayor faces opposition from a gang of...
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