Ergebnis für "The Painting" in Cosy Crime

Leta Parker has rest and relaxation on her social agenda. Arriving at a luxurious Cotswold estate with her friends for a winter retreat, the recently engaged fifty-something is happily scouting for a wedding venue. But her peaceful trip takes a shocking turn when a viscount's brother winds up dead. Stepping in to assist the lead inspector on site, Leta and the Little Old Ladies Detective Agency discreetly follow clues, track down family tensions, and draft an alarming list of suspects. And as a snowstorm rages outside, she hopes to swiftly snare the killer hiding in the household.

Lacey Doyle has made a drastic change: She has walked away from the fast life of New York City and settled down in the quaint English seaside town of Wilfordshire. Fall has arrived in Wilfordshire, bringing with it fall festivals of food, charming holidays, and refreshing return to simple normalcy. To celebrate their new proposal, Lacey and Tom finally get a romantic countryside trip together, and Lacey is thrilled to stumble upon a rare painting in the most unexpected place - a shack on the side of the road. But Lacey has no idea how rare and valuable his painting actually is.

After inheriting her uncle's Red River Gorge homestead in Eastern Kentucky - smack dab in the middle of the Daniel Boone National Forest - Miranda comes up with a perfect business plan for summer tourists: pairing outdoor painting classes with sips of local moonshine, followed by a mouthwatering sampler of the best in southern cooking. To Miranda's delight, Paint & Shine is a total success - until someone kills the cook. As the town's outsider, suspicion naturally falls on Miranda.

Carrie Singleton has more than her fair share on her plate: her job at the Clover Ridge Library, preparing for her wedding to Dylan Avery, and hoping that the local art gallery doesn’t steal away one of her part-time employees. Her fiancé, Dylan, accompanies her to the beautiful home of Victor Zalinka—art collector and successful businessman—to select paintings for an art show at the library. While Carrie muses that Victor's home would be the perfect wedding venue, Dylan spots a forgery among the paintings in Victor's collection. Then Martha Mallory is found murdered in her art gallery.

L’automne est arrivé à Wilfordshire, apportant avec lui les festivals culinaires automnaux, des vacances charmantes et un retour rafraichissant à la normalité. Pour fêter leur nouvelle demande, Lacey et Tom partent ensemble pour un petit voyage à la campagne, et Lacey est ravie de tomber sur une peinture rare dans un endroit des plus inattendus – une cabane en bord de route.

When Danielle finally quits her boring accountant job and opens an antiques and stuff store, her life changes for the better. But soon, her happy life starts to spin out of control when the snobbish new owner of the couture mansion brings a seemingly worthless painting into Danielle’s shop. The ownership of the painting is questionable, and the town’s future is threatened by the plans of the ruthless, rich owner who wants to build a leather factory on the estate, too close to town.

Curators at the infamous Billamore Hall Museum and Art Gallery are being mysteriously murdered, and now no one will accept the job...except Sandra Peterson. The cozy Massachusetts town of Billamore has been home to the infamous Hall for over 200 years. Renowned for its rare and somewhat macabre collections, being curator there has been a life-long dream for the intelligent, level-headed Sandra. Unlike her best friend, Josephine, who believes in the existence of all things unseen and supernatural, Sandra refuses to be scared off by ghost stories and strange circumstances.

It's June in quiet Vista Beach, the place computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson calls home. Decorative painters are flocking to the newly built Akaw hotel to attend the Ocean Painting Society's inaugural convention. Rory plans on shopping the trade show floor, working in her mother's booth, and connecting with other decorative painting fans. She doesn't expect to witness her childhood friend collapse in class and die. When the police find no evidence of foul play, Rory embarks on her own investigation.