Book Review: Mariner's Compass

Reviewed By: Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM

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Earlene Fowler
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Crafts
Series: Bennie Harper # 6
Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, 1999 322 pages

Of all the books in the series, this is my favorite so far (I'm reading them in order). When Jacob Chandler dies, Benni inherits his estate including a home, its furnishings, and his dog on condition that she live in the house alone for 2 weeks. During that time the deceased sends Benni on a scavenger hunt, and of course she has to solve a murder along the way. This tale brings a lot of new elements to the series, a new locale, new characters, new relationships, and lots of changes to the life of Bennie and and her husband chief Ortiz to keep the series fresh. I think it was the coziest so far in the series focusing a great deal on home and family and with a reduction in the angst so prevalent in previous books. She really had me hooked in the story line. At the end of the book I just wanted to grab the next one in the series and keep right on going. What happens next!!

Carol Schwaderer Dickinson - RAM

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