Death of an Artist
- Author Kate Wilhelm
- Narrator Carrington MacDuffie
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 27 March 2012
- Run Time 8 hours and 2 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Crime and mystery: women sleuths.
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What to expect
In Kate Wilhelm’s latest crime novel, a small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder.
Silver Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town of under a thousand residents, is home to three generations of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter who is about to graduate from medical school; and Stef, mercurial and difficult, a brilliant artist who refuses to sell her work. When Stef discovers that Dale Oliver—the latest husband/paramour in a very long line—is trying to sell her work behind her back, she puts a stop to it and threatens to do the same to him. Shortly thereafter, Stef dies in an accident in her studio, and Dale shows up with a signed contract granting him the right to sell her work. Convinced that Stef was murdered to steal her artwork, Marnie and Van, grandmother and granddaughter, decide to do whatever is necessary to see that Dale doesn’t get away with any of it. This includes enlisting the help of the new stranger in town, Tony, a former New York City cop who might be the only one who can prove it was murder and bring the killer to justice.
Critics Review
“Even after the satisfyingly surprising climax, the reader may be loath to leave Silver Bay and these affecting characters.”
“The beautifully described Oregon setting, sympathetic characters, engaging plot twists, details of Tony’s step-by-step investigation, and art-world frame combine for a satisfying story.”
“The creator of attorney Barbara Holloway…forgoes hot-button legal issues for a case that…delivers the expected pleasures of the Howcatchem.”
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