Goose in the Pond — Earlene Fowler

Meet Benni Harper... a spirited ex-cowgirl, quilter, and folk-art expert who's staking out her own corner of the contemporary American West. She's got an eye for murderous designs and a talent for piecing together the most complex and cold-blooded crimes...

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... .