Death of an artist : [a mystery] / Kate Wilhelm.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, c2012.Description: 279 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0312658613 (hbk.)
- 1429942231 (ebk.)
- 9780312658618 (hbk.)
- 9781429942232 (ebk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Main Library | Mystery | Wilhelm Kat | Available | 33111006706705 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In Kate Wilhelm's latest crime novel, a small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.
Silver Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town with nearly a thousand residents, is home to three generations of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter, who is about to graduate medical school; and Stef, mercurial, difficult, and a brilliant artist who refuses to sell her work.
When Stef discovers that Dale Oliver--the latest husband/paramour in a very long line--is trying to sell her work behind her back, she puts a stop to it and threatens to do the same to him. Shortly thereafter, Stef dies in an accident in her studio, and Dale shows up with a signed contract granting him the right to sell her work.
Convinced that Stef was murdered in order to steal her artwork, Marie and Van--grandmother and granddaughter--decide to do whatever is necessary to see that Dale doesn't get away with any of it. This includes enlisting the help of the new stranger in town, Tony, a former New York City cop, who might be the only one who can prove it was murder and bring the killer to justice.
Subtitle from jacket.
A small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.