Index to Murder

No one could be more orderly or organized than dedicated librarian Helma Zukas. No one could be more rash and raucous than avant-garde artist Ruth Winthrop. Yet the two women are best friends and a resourceful ingenious crime-solving team. So when two of Ruth''s latest paintings—each depicting an ex-lover who met a very untimely and mysterious end—are stolen the amazing amateur detectives get to work. But digging through Ruth''s romantic rendezvous turns up more than broken hearts. There''s an angry ex-wife a jealous fellow artist and a rampaging group of local tree-huggers. There''s trouble brewing in Bellehaven . . . and only Helma and Ruth can make certain that mayhem doesn''t lead to murder.