Artistic License to Kill: 1 (A Fine Art Mystery)

In this cozy mystery artist Amanda Trent accompanied by her beloved golden retriever Laddie and her persnickety calico cat Mona Lisa is determined to start a new life after her husband divorces her to marry a younger woman but it isnt easy.After a disastrous interview at the prestigious Roadrunner Gallery in Lonesome Valley Arizona far away from her previous home in Kansas City Amandas afraid that shell fail at her new career. But her prospects begin to improve when shes accepted as the newest member of the cooperative gallery. Then on her very first day she discovers Janice the stern director has been murdered right in the art gallery and the Roadrunners members including Amanda herself become suspects. Which gallery member murdered the unpopular director? Or was the killer an outsider with an ax to grind?Includes recipes.