Carola Dunn signs A COLOURFUL DEATH

06/10/2010 7:00 pm
06/10/2010 8:00 pm

Carola Dunn returns to the small Cornish town of Port Mayben with A Colourful Death on Thursday, June 10, at 7:00 PM. Eleanor Trewynn’s neighbor, artist Nick Gresham, returns from a trip to find his paintings have been destroyed in his studio. When the culprit is murdered, Nick is the prime suspect – but Eleanor finds that even in a small town, there are plenty of others who had issues with Nick’s rival artist, including the members of a local commune. Carola is also the author of 18 Daisy Dalrymple mysteries, and is planning at least two more in her historical British series.

$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312379469
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Minotaur Books, 6/2010

“Adept at showing character through witty dialogue, Dunn paints an amusing picture of a small town that readers will want to visit again soon.” —Publishers Weekly on Manna From Hades 

Eleanor Trewynn is a recently retired widow who has moved to the small village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall. Neither frail nor retiring, after a lifetime of traveling the world, she’s ready for an uneventful life with her dog and friends in this quiet town. Unfortunately, excitement seems to happen around her.

Her friend and neighbor, artist Nick Gresham, returns from a trip only to find several of his paintings slashed, reportedly by rival local artist Geoffrey Clarke. When Nick goes to have it out with him, with Eleanor in tow, they find Clarke’s body in his studio, fatally stabbed in the back. Accused of the crime, Nick ends up in jail, while Detective Inspector Scumble and DSMegan Pencarrow, Eleanor’s niece, investigate. But Eleanor isn’t leaving anything to chance—she starts doing a little investigating of her own, and soon learns that Nick is far from the only one with a compelling motive for murder.  

Location: 
Street:
Mysterious Galaxy
Additional:
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Suite #302
City:
San Diego
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Province:
California
Postal Code:
92111
Country:
United States