The Art of Murder

<p><strong>The art world is deliciously petty.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Until the stakes are raised to murder.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Cornwall 1936.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our intrepid trio descends on a Cornish island for an art competition to settle old scores. But someone's new scorecard adds up to murder.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>A delightful weekend away on an island halts with the coming storm. Cut off from the mainland Ruby Fina and Pixley must sharpen their wits against a cunning murderer quite content with bumping off the next guest without a second thought. A tangle of international intrigue and the London Art world brings together a vivacious New York painter a mysterious Barbadian sugar-company officer a larger-than-life host an eccentric Welsh painter a frenetic gallery owner an Irish psychotherapist an heiress to a fortune a loyal valet and a devoted secretary. But which of them dares to dabble in the art of murder?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Our trio must solve the murder before everyone on the island becomes victim to this artist's experiments in erasure.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>If you love golden age detection with a dash of history join our fashionable Oxford sleuth-spies in a delightful mystery romp through the 1930s. Ruby and Fina wager that you'll never guess who did it.</strong></p>