I re-read it again over the next few days to savor it more slowly. I knew I'd never be able to sleep anyway without knowing how Benni and Gabe resolved their problems. I bought the book on the way home from work one evening, began reading right away, and stayed up till it was finished. My Mom loves 'em, too! So get a copy, wrap yourself up in your favorite quilt, and enjoy.Įarlene Fowler's 9th novel is the most riveting yet, right to the very end. I bought three copies of the book: one for myself, one for the library at the high school where I teach, and one for a favorite colleague of mine. This goes for male readers as well as for female readers. This is a wonderful novel and I recommend it highly. Included at the edges of this quilt are bits and pieces of San Celina's annual Mardi Gras celebration. Story blocks in this well-sewn quilt of a novel include the marriage of Emory and Elvia, the marriage of Dove and Isaac, and the possible breakup of Benni and Gabe Ortiz's two year marriage when an old partner and lover of Gabe's shows up in San Celina. This plays out against the backdrop of the ongoing lives of our favorite citizens of San Celina. The main mystery involves the unsolved murder of a prominent citizen of San Celina in the 1940's and Benni Harper's attempts to solve the murder 50 years later. Love and marriage are the threads that stitch together the various stories in Earlene Fowler's most recent Benni Harper novel, Steps To The Altar.
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