Kill them with canvas

Bailee Abbott

Book - 2022

"Chloe Abbington and her sister, Izzie, are enjoying huge success running Paint with a View, their paint party business in the tranquil western New York lakeside town of Whisper Cove. Now, their aunt Constance--president of the local chapter of the Chautauqua Sisterhood--has hooked them up with a gig hosting a Halloween painting party. The guests will be painting a local ghost legend, the Lady of Chautauqua Lake, who died a hundred years earlier and rises from the lake every October to haunt anyone who dares venture out on All Hallows' Eve. The event seems to be going off without a hitch, until Chloe overhears an argument between Constance and Viola Finnwinkle, the Sisterhood director, about the fate of the local chapter. Both wom...en leave and the sisters finish their painting. But the next morning, Viola's body is discovered floating face down near the town ferryboat dock, her long red hair spread around her. Eerily, the image is an exact replica of a painting Chloe and Izzie had discovered at the event the night before. What's more, the police find Constance's purple knit hat lying on the ground near the crime scene. Constance pleads innocence, saying the hat mysteriously went missing during the event. Frantic that she might be charged with murder, she begs Chloe and Izzie to help her. The sisters believe their aunt is innocent, but if so, who's the real killer--and when will the next victim turn up? "--Amazon.com.

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Subjects
Genres
Cozy mystery stories
Detective and mystery fiction
Cozy mysteries
Published
New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books 2022.
Language
English
Main Author
Bailee Abbott (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
310 pages : 22 cm
ISBN
9781639101047
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Review by Kirkus Book Review

The Abbington sisters continue to display a talent for art and murder in western New York. Chloe and Izzie have opened a paint party shop in their hometown of Whisper Cove, on beautiful Chautauqua Lake, and they've run several successful workshops there. Unfortunately, the one they're running for their aunt Constance, president of the local chapter of the Chautauqua Sisterhood, goes awry with the announcement by Viola Finnwinkle, director of the Sisterhood's northern district, that Constance's chapter is being merged with two others; a heated discussion follows. When Viola's body is soon found floating near the ferry dock, Constance is the No. 1 suspect. Flushed with their success in solving a previous murder, the sisters set out to prove her innocence even though it means butting heads with the attractive Det. Hunter Barrett, who may have a romantic interest in Chloe. The amatory side of her life becomes more complicated when she calls on a once-and-maybe-future boyfriend, a top-notch criminal attorney, to represent her aunt, who refuses to account for her time between leaving the painting class and arriving home. Constance's self-involved daughter, Spencer, who turns up looking for money for a new investment, clearly has her eye on the family trust fund and thinks getting her mother declared unfit will be good for both of them. Miraculously, Constance avoids arrest, but if she's to stay out of jail, the sisters need to find some other suspects pronto. A middling mystery with pleasant characters and a light romantic touch. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.