Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder

Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder
Author: Jessica Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2011-10-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101544627

FRAMED? Jessica’s art-viewing Italian vacation is interrupted by a pair of gunmen who steal a painting and kill a retired police officer in the process. Agreeing to help identify the crooks should they be caught, Jessica returns to Cabot Cove and puts the shocking experience behind her. Months later, Wayne Simsbury, the stepson of an old friend, comes to her for help. Wayne’s father has been shot to death. Not only has Wayne’s stepmother, Marlise, been charged with the murder, but Wayne himself claims to have witnessed the crime. Unsure what to do, he has sought out Jessica—the one person his stepmother had always claimed could help with any problem. Now, on top of a seemingly open-and-shut murder case to crack in Chicago, Jessica finds herself back in Italy helping the police make their case against the art thieves—and she faces a looming danger that may connect the Italian killers to the fate of her old friend....

The Fine Art of Murder

The Fine Art of Murder
Author: Emily Barnes
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1629534781

Former Police Chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. When Katherine returned to her hometown, her only thought was to comfort her recently divorced daughter. That was before a young woman was found murdered on the estate of the town's richest family. Now, in order to track down the killer, Katherine must uncover the generations of secrets that at least one person as already killed to protect in this charming and smart series debut, The Fine Art of Murder.

Nashville Noir

Nashville Noir
Author: Donald Bain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2010
Genre: Music publishers
ISBN: 9781101404003

Jessica Fletcher knows that creativity must be nurtured. So when a young lady from Cabot Cove shows promise as a singer and songwriter, Jessica and a local citizens committee send Cyndi on a scholarship trip to Nashville, Tennessee, where she can benefit from professional instruction. Only weeks later, Cabot Cove is shocked to hear of the cold-blooded murder of a brash country music publisher -- by the young talent Cyndi! And as Cyndi's mother begs Jessica to help her daughter, Jess heads to the country music capital of the world to help the wayward starlet. Jessica finds that the murdered man was no country gentleman, with a list of ex-wives, cheated partners, swindled singers, and stolen songs that has Jessica swinging to-and-fro in the search for a killer. And if she can't uncover the culprit soon, Jessica knows that poor Cyndi will never get the chance for an encore ...

Murder as a Fine Art

Murder as a Fine Art
Author: David Morrell
Publisher: Mulholland Books
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2013-05-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316216771

A brilliant historical mystery series begins: in gaslit Victorian London, writer Thomas De Quincey must become a detective to clear his own name. Thomas De Quincey, infamous for his memoir Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, is the major suspect in a series of ferocious mass murders identical to ones that terrorized London forty-three years earlier. The blueprint for the killings seems to be De Quincey's essay On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts. Desperate to clear his name but crippled by opium addiction, De Quincey is aided by his devoted daughter Emily and a pair of determined Scotland Yard detectives. In Murder as a Fine Art, David Morrell plucks De Quincey, Victorian London, and the Ratcliffe Highway murders from history. Fogbound streets become a battleground between a literary star and a brilliant murderer, whose lives are linked by secrets long buried but never forgotten.

Murder, She Wrote: Killer in the Kitchen

Murder, She Wrote: Killer in the Kitchen
Author: Donald Bain
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0451468392

When competing restaurants open in Cabot Cove, Jessica must track down who killed one of the chefs.

Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death

Murder, She Wrote: Debonair in Death
Author: Jessica Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593333624

When a local art shop owner is murdered, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to once again be working alongside her old friend MI-6 agent Michael Haggerty to solve the case in the newest mystery in this USA Today bestselling series. When Nelson Penzell, co-owner of a local art and treasure store in Cabot Cove, is murdered, the nail tech from Jessica Fletcher's favorite beauty parlor is the main suspect. After all, she's the one who ran out of the store screaming, covered in blood, and holding the murder weapon. Jessica is positive that despite the circumstances, Coreen can't possibly be guilty, and is determined to prove it. When Michael Haggerty, handsome MI-6 agent and Jessica's old friend, is caught snooping around the victim’s home, it's quickly apparent to her that she was right. Nelson has always had a bit of a reputation for being a rake, but Haggerty is sure his sins go far beyond what anyone in town imagined. If she wants to clear Coreen's name, Jessica will have to work alongside Michael to find out who killed Nelson—and maybe help bust a crime ring in the process.

Trouble at High Tide (LP)

Trouble at High Tide (LP)
Author: Donald Bain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Large type books
ISBN: 9780451236326

" While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to hear the local population is abuzz over a trio of murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings. Jessica dismisses the panicked chatter as just that-until her friend Thomas Betterton's niece is found dead on the beach after a party. And when Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland arrives to investigate, Jessica can't help but get involved-an act that brings her dangerously close to a killer..."--Provided by publisher.

Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels

Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels
Author: Jessica Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2011-09-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101551089

Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic voyage on the legendary Queen Mary 2. Now, she's finally getting her chance. But when the investigation of a stolen diamond follows her up the gangplank, she must try to enjoy the sumptuous seaborne surroundings while searching for a priceless diamond-and the person desperate enough to take a life for it.

Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice

Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice
Author: Jessica Fletcher
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2012-10-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101606673

HOMEGROWN HOMICIDE Jessica is volunteering at the Cabot Cove women’s shelter when a woman walks in bruised physically and mentally. Her husband is a well-respected businessman in town. Could this paragon of virtue be abusing his wife? Despite Jessica’s support and advice, the woman refuses to stay at the shelter, press charges, or even report the abuse. But a few days later the entire town is shocked to hear that domestic abuse has turned to murder. Investigating the crime, Jessica soon discovers that the woman’s family has secrets and lies that go beyond domestic violence—and that the real killer may be hiding behind a wall of silence that could send the wrong person to prison....