Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (USA 2013) From the Publisher: 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 DS Megan Pencarrow, Eleanor's niece, investigate. But in A Colourful Death, the second Cornish Mystery from Carola Dunn, 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. Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9781250036247 (October, 2013), 337 p., $15.99.
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Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (UK 2013) From the Publisher: After a lifetime of travel and experiences, widow Eleanor Trewynn is more than happy to retire to the sleepy village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall - but unfortunately, excitement seems to follow her around! Her friend and neighbour, artist Nick Gresham, discovers several of his paintings in his shop have been slashed and destroyed. The finger of suspicion rests on rival local artist Geoffrey Monmouth but when Nick and Eleanor go to have it out with him, they find Monmouth's stabbed body in his studio - and Nick is immediately flagged up as most likely suspect. DI Scumble and DS Megan Pencarrow, Eleanor's niece, have been assigned to investigate the murder but Eleanor isn't leaving anything to chance - but once she starts investigating she learns Nick is far from being the only candidate with a compelling motive for murder... Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. Constable & Robinson Crime, ISBN: 9781780336497 (June, 2013), 352 p., £7.99.
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Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (USA 2010) From the Publisher: 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 DS Megan 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. Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9780312379469 (June, 2010), 337 p., $24.99.
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