State Fair (Benni Harper #14)

By: Earlene Fowler

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Synopsis: Folk art museum curator, rancher and sometime sleuth Benni Harper returns with a long-awaited new mystery that has her attending the State Fair--a place for caramel apples and 4-H calves, colorful quilts and homemade jams, and maybe just a little murder . . . For Benni, the annual San Celina Mid-State Fair is a much anticipated break in her normal routine of overseeing museum exhibits, temperamental artists and stubborn cattle. Even her police chief husband, Gabe Ortiz, takes time from his busy schedule to enjoy the fair's activities and exotic fried foods. This year there is a special showing of traditional African American quilts cosponsored by the folk art museum and the Ebony Sisters Quilt Guild. When the exhibit's main attraction--a replica of a story quilt made by historical quilting icon Harriet Powers--is stolen, Benni and her visiting Aunt Garnet suspect it is more than mere thievery. Benni soon learns that underneath the fun, the fair has become a focal point for certain people who are angry at this year's choice for fair manager, Levi Clark. And when the theft leads to a cold-blooded murder, Benni will have to search through a crazy quilt of clues to discover who in San Celina's seemingly idyllic society is really a wolf in sheep's clothing.