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State Fair (2010)

by Earlene Fowler(Favorite Author)

3.79 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0425234223 (ISBN13: 9780425234228)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Berkley Hardcover

series

Benni Harper

review 1: This was a little lighter novel that made the reader want to go to a state or county fair to see the sights and eat the food. There were a lot of descriptions of fair life as Benni volunteers there and finds a dead body. Aunt Garnet is out for a visit and seems to be channeling Miss Marple and Jessica Fletcher both as she assists Benni in looking for the killer. It seems to be racially motivated and I was a little annoyed with her naivete, especially since "Arkansas Traveler" involved hate crimes and was rather powerful in its evocation of prejudice. I thought it a little disingenuous that Benni has a Hispanic husband and long-time best friend and spent summers in Arkansas with black friends and has never really considered racial issues and their impact on people of co... morelor. It seemed a strange theme after the previous book. That having been said, this was another fun romp with the quirky characters we've grown to love as Benni finds the murderer and is caught in a perilous situation.
review 2: Another solid entry in a great series! Benni's nutty family is at it's best, and the murder mystery is a good one with an ending I found satisfying for not being the predictable heroine-does-something-stupid-to-solve-the-mystery type of ending. The state fair wasn't my favourite setting, but really that's just me being picky. I'm looking forward to reading the next one, while also being disappointed about being caught up and no longer having a backlog of Benni books to look forward to. less

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