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Sto caricando le informazioni... Broken Dishesdi Earlene Fowler
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Well done. My first adventure with Earlene Fowler and it was fun and well written. Plot will keep you turning pages particularly when you realize that Earlene Fowler avoids each and every cliches you think you see coming. Her characters, including the protagonist Benni Harper, are real people, some of whom you might would to know. Others remind you that you know someone just like that! After you have that thought when you meet Rita, Benni Harper reminds you that kindness and grace are more important than dismissing someone who just can't help it. Looking forward to the other 11 novels in the Benni Harper series. ( ) Well, I suppose it has to happen at least once in every series, but at least in this series, it took 10 books before I found one I didn't think was excellent. The plot was good, but I guess I just didn't like that Benni was without her usual cast of friends and family (they were there, but all much more in the background than usual). I didn't feel the empathy I'm sure the author was aiming for in the plight of the ranch owners, and I just didn't click with the story overall. It happens. But I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this series to anyone enjoying cozy mysteries. Benni has pitched in to help her father's old friend's daughter, Shawna, turn the failing ranch her father left her into a viable "guest ranch," catering to the desires of "city folk" to experience the world of Western cattle ranching first-hand. Shawna and her husband are newlyweds, barely into their 20's, and if this venture doesn't succeed, they'll lose the ranch that has been in the Darnell family for generations. Benni is determined not to let that happen. She's helped Shawna book the ranch with its first group of guests, a motley assortment that includes several quilters there for a quilting seminar and several boisterous "city folk" eager to strut around in brand new Western gear. When a ranch dog comes trotting out of the woods up to Benni carrying what turns out to be part of a human femur bone, Benni and Shawna try their best to keep the guests' minds off the sheriff's team of investigators digging up a decades old skeleton. But why did it turn up now, this particular week, when so much hangs in the balance for this raw new business venture? The answers aren't going to be easy to find and Benni finds herself up to her neck in the investigation despite her determination not to get involved. Another well-plotted adventure. Benni and her family are so well-written that I feel like I know these folks. The only complaint I really have about these stories is that it always seems to be Benni who stumbles across dead bodies. Just once, I'd like it to be her husband or her grandmother. I can almost hear Dove's comments now. This is the first of the Benni Harper Mysteries that I had read and, unfortunately, it will probably be the last. Although it had all the ingredients for a fine story - a mystery that is complex enough to be interesting and has a few twists thrown in; some romance, conflict and humour - I found that I just couldn't connect with the characters. Any of them. I wasn't invested in what was happening to them and was left feeling fairly indifferent as to how it would all work out for them. It took me a full week to read this 284 page paperback. (In contrast, I read the 326-page "Love Her To Death" (Linda Palmer) in less than 24 hours.) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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