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 Seven Sisters byEarlene Fowler Berkley Prime Crime 320 pages, April 2000 ISBN 0425172961 Reviewed by Nancy Mehl Read our review of Mariner's Compass (1999) by the same author "There’s those, though, that just defy everything God ever intended. You want to believe they have a soul, but you can’t imagine, can’t imagine on this earth, why they do what they do. Do you understand what I’m saying?" I nodded and didn’t answer. Then she told me a story that would darken a piece of my heart until the day I died." - From SEVEN SISTERS Benni Harper is married to Gabriel Ortiz, the police chief of San Celina, California. When stepson Sam becomes involved with one of Gabe’s rookie cops, Bliss Girard, her wealthy and powerful family also enters their lives. The Browns preside over San Celina society with their quarter horse breeding ranch and popular winery, the Seven Sisters. Unfortunately, the Browns bring much more into Benni’s family than horses and wine - they also bring a mysterious death. The murder of Giles Norton, a Brown family member by marriage, throws Benni into an investigation that twists and turns like the dirt roads that wrap around the community of San Celina. While her husband is busy with his beautiful ex-wife, Benni travels the back roads with a handsome cowboy-type detective - nicknamed Hud. Benni and Hud will travel to places they never intended to go, looking for the answer to their only clue, a headstone rubbing of a Lily of the Valley. But where is the original headstone? And when they find it, what will it tell them about the murder? Could Cappy Brown, the reigning mistress of the Brown family, possibly be involved? Earlene Fowler crafts a novel that is near perfection. The residents of San Celina and the surrounding countryside are presented in all their glory and imperfections. The characters are rich and complex. The mystery holds steady until the very end and the secrets revealed are emotional and mind numbing. Like the intricate and magnificent quilt pattern the SEVEN SISTERS is named for, this novel is a masterpiece of mystery, murder and madness. Readers will not be disappointed. Highly recommended. |
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