Earlene Fowler
Author of Fool's Puzzle
About the Author
Earlene Fowler was raised in La Puente, California. She wrote literary and commercial short fiction for ten years without publishing success when she decided to write a mystery novel. Her first novel, Fool's Puzzle, was published in 1994. Her other works include Kansas Troubles, Seven Sisters, show more Arkansas Traveler, Broken Dishes, Delectable Mountains, and The Saddlemaker's Wife. She won the Agatha Award for Mariner's Compass in 1999. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Allen Fowler
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A Taste of Murder: Diabolically Delicious Recipes from Contemporary Mystery Writers (1999) — Contributor — 45 copies
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- Fowler, Earlene
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- Fowler, Earlene
- Birthdate
- 1954
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- female
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- USA
- Places of residence
- Orange County, California, USA
La Puente, California, USA (grew up)
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Earlene Fowler in Cozy Mysteries (April 2012)
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this volume in the series (the only one I've read) seems to be light on the mystery details--not only is our main character an amateur in her sleuthing, she's not even trying to solve this case, agreeing to "look into" a short list of suspects in order to pacify her boss and keep her from continuing to bug the police about a death that shows no indication of foul play. So there are some obvious threads at the start that won't get followed up on until the last half of the book, and hardcore mystery fans are likely to get impatient. It's not a particularly suspenseful or funny story, but if you like the sort of cozy narrative that follows characters around as they go about their wholesome lives (dogsitting, smoothing things over with the inlaws, helping a friend find flattering maternity clothes, organizing family gatherings), then here you go.
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