The Painted Lady
An Inspector McLevy Short Story

I received an ARC and I am voluntarily leaving an honest review. The story begins with Kate being called to a scene at a murder. The scene is made to look like a suicide, but it is determined that it is a homicide. The victim was the owner of an art gallery. The next day, Kate was called to another s......more

Once again Blair Howard touches on another situation that exists out there in the real world, that of the danger of members of the public taking action into their own hands as a result of bureaucratic delays and institutional irresponsibility, and he produces another different story – this one invol......more

Even though this is a “short story”, that doesn’t mean it’s missing any of the author’s trademark multiple suspects, murder, and intrigue. I learned a lot about art fraud and the negative impact it can have on the preservation of our history. The story starts out as a suicide investigation that does......more

Another cracking read from Blair. Kate and the team get a call regarding the death of a gallery owner, it was reported as a suicide but things are to perfectly staged and it soon becomes apparent that fowl play is a foot. When there's a second murder of a well known artist and sculpture, things are d......more

Kate and her team are called to investigate the apparent suicide of an art dealer which turns out to be a murder, then another similar death shows up, then a student goes missing, all with little evidence to help trace the perp. Add in pressure from the Police Chief, with instructions to solve it qu......more