Lasky Kathryn - Mortal Radiance - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: Painter and amateur sleuth Georgia O Keeffe investigates a tragic death when she returns to Taos in the second instalment of this twisty historical mystery set in the 1930s by multi award - winning author Kathryn Lasky." Step aside Miss Marple Eugenia Potter and Kinsey Millhone - Georgia O Keeffe is the new sleuth in town!" Award - winning author Katherine Hall Page New Mexico 1935. Painter Georgia O Keeffe is at her friend Mabel Dodge Luhan's home Los Gallos a house inhabited by a colorful range of artists authors and society figures to attend the memorial service of the renowned writer D. H. Lawrence. Georgia has been commissioned to design the stained - glass windows for the small memorial chapel in Lawrence's honor. But when she checks to see how the light comes through the glass another much more horrible sight awaits her: beloved Navajo potter Flora Namingha is dead her face smashed in with a stone With Flora's fianc locked up as the obvious suspect and the local police negligent in its investigation it seems like no one other than Georgia is capable of solving the murder and making sure justice is done. When Georgia's lover Sheriff Ryan Mc Caffrey comes to town unannounced things get more complicated and Georgia suddenly finds herself in a complex tangle of revenge international espionage Nazis and thugs that will require all her artistic sensibilities and amateur sleuthing skills to unravel! Kathryn Lasky brings Georgia O Keeffe considered one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century to vivid life along with her set of eccentric famous friends. Lovers of twisty historical mysteries with authentic characters stunning settings and strong female amateur sleuths are in for a treat!
Title: Mortal Radiance
Author(s): Lasky Kathryn
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781448313846
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 7/2/2024
Series: A Georgia O’Keeffe Mystery
Category: Historical Mysteries