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#4189 of 8,085 books · #1271 in Crime & Thriller

Shortlisted for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel (1997).

Benni Harper—spirited ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk art expert—finds herself on the trail of a storybook killer in this mystery. Hoping to relax after solving a murder in Wichita, Kansas, Benni and her new husband Gabe Ortiz are back in San Celina, California. But while Benni is jogging in the park, she happens upon the dead body of a library storyteller. It's an odd and disturbing scene—the woman is still dressed in her Mother Goose costume, lying facedown in the lake. Benni's investigation takes her inside the Storyteller's Guild, where she finds out that Mother Goose was telling more than fairy tales. She was capable of airing the kind of secrets that destroy lives—and inspire revenge.

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Publisher
Penguin
ISBN-13
9781101501221
Topics
Murder investigationSmall-town secretsAmateur sleuth

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