Mortal Radiance, Kathryn Lasky
Mortal Radiance, Kathryn Lasky
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Mortal Radiance

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 7 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 12/10/2024


Synopsis

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 fiancé 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 McCaffrey 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!

About Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky is the award winning author of many children's books as well as several adult novels including Night Gardening and the Calista Jacobs mystery series. Her best selling series The Guardians of Ga'Hoole was made into a Warner Brothers movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. She is the recipient of a Newbery Honor award and twice winner of the National Jewish Book Award, as well as recognition from Amnesty International for her novel The Extra. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robin on July 01, 2024

I truly enjoyed the first novel in this series, Light on Bone, despite initial reservations about Georgia O’Keeffe as a detective. Lasky ably uses O’Keeffe’s artistic skillset to solve the crimes presented to her, and I am always in favor of a sleuth using an actual skill they already possess. Set i......more

Goodreads review by Sue on July 01, 2024

A sharp mystery, although with maybe a few too many historical personages… I am a big fan of mysteries that use real historical figures as protagonists and/or supporting characters, and I also like mysteries set in the US Southwest, where my dad’s family mostly lives. So I was intrigued by the possib......more

Goodreads review by Karen on April 02, 2025

Georgia O'Keeffe is involved with a whole new set of famous people in this story set in San Cristobal near Taos, New Mexico. She is staying with Mabel Dodge Luhan at Los Gallos but prefers the solitude at the Pink House. Until she can get away she is forced to participate in dancing lessons and have......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on September 17, 2024

Lasky is at the top of her game in this series! I am truly impressed with her lyrical prose that incorporates a wonderful sense of an artist's view of the world, a fascinating slice of history, a very puzzling mystery, and a peek into could be the unique mind of one of America's best artists. All th......more

Goodreads review by Annarella on July 08, 2024

I found it fascinating and well researched. It made me learn more about Ms O'Keefe as person. Well plotted, a bit slow at times, it kept me guessing. Recommended. Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine......more