Perils Portrait

Book excerpt: Welcome to the Stone Boat Art Studio. Where creativity shares a palette with murder. Playing piano for the painting classes at the Stone Boat Art Studio, Violet has seen a killer portrait or two. Though when an oversized paint brush is stabbed into grumpy artist, grumpy uncle Edmund, Violet realizes that someone in MooiKill has a talent for murder. Yet they are no lover of the arts. Violet must race to connect the dots and reveal the killer’s web of lies, betrayal and revenge. All the while, Gus and Willow, Edmund’s faithful cat and dog, are inspired to make bold strokes to sniff out those responsible and avenge his murder. As the hues of mystery swirl, Violet must also prove that Benjamin, her on again, off again love, is being framed by officials eager to draw conclusions. And if that’s not enough, a darker dab with an old vendetta by a nun with a mother superiority complex, threatens Violets efforts to solve the murder. With so many clues erased to time, this is no easy paint by numbers. Who killed uncle Edmund? And who might be next! Join Violet and the Stone Boat gang in their first-ever sleuthing adventure, as they race to uncover the murder and save the historic art studio before their legacy is painted over forever. Read this heartwarming cozy today. Book One of the Stone Boat Cozy Mystery series.