The Art of Murder (Dead-End Job Mystery)

The Art of Murder (Dead-End Job Mystery) by Viets, Elaine. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780451476142.

From the national bestselling author of Checked Out, Helen Hawthorne must pose as a painter to catch an artful killer . . . The art world is a happening place—but a brush with death shouldn’t be in the picture. Unfortunately, that’s just what happens to Helen Hawthorne and her friend Margery. While touring gorgeous Bonnet House, a mansion turned museum, they note an up-and-coming artist in a painting class. When they later see her deadly end, Helen is hired to canvas the crime scene—undercover, of course. Sketchy suspects lurk in the victim’s past. Was the promising painter killed by her jealous husband? Her best friend? A rival using her artful wiles? With her husband, Phil, busy setting a trap for a gold thief, it’s up to Helen to paint this killer into a corner...