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  • Published: 16 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496725288
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $24.99
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Death a Sketch




In rural Kentucky, business is booming for Miranda Trent’s unique Appalachian adventure tour company, Paint & Shine. But sometimes murder lurks amid the peaceful mountains, scenic views, and moonshine …

In rural Kentucky, business is booming for Miranda Trent’s unique Appalachian adventure tour company, Paint & Shine. But sometimes murder lurks amid the peaceful mountains, scenic views, and moonshine …

Miranda’s business—combining Appalachian adventure tours with art and a bit of moonshine—is the perfect place for an outdoor sporting goods company to hold an employee retreat.  It’ll be a challenge, but the money they’re paying will definitely help with building her new distillery.
 
Miranda has lots of teamwork-fostering activities planned, from sketching classes to Southern cooking, but the executive running things prefers a more competitive spirit.  In fact, after the workers are split into teams, they’re told that only the winners will keep their jobs, and tensions begin to spike. Even after a participant is found dead, the contest continues—while Miranda starts drawing her own conclusions about the ambitious attendees. Now she just has to find the proof . . .

  • Published: 16 August 2022
  • ISBN: 9781496725288
  • Imprint: Kensington
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for Death a Sketch

Praise for Cheryl Hollon’s Paint & Shine Mysteries:

“Miranda’s interactions with her neighbors and friends are also such a delight to read, especially in combination with the rural Appalachian setting.” --Criminal Element on Draw & Order
 
“This book is well paced, anchored by an excellent central character, and infused with a keen sense of place. Veteran scribe Hollon makes it all look easy. Rocking in Miranda’s chair on the porch, sitting under a quilt and taking in the view sounds like a plan to me. Pass that moonshine.” —Mystery Scene Magazine on Still Knife Painting
 
“With its colorful characters, charming Southern setting, and well-plotted mystery, the Paint & Shine series is the perfect blend of all things cozy.” —Ellery Adams, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author
 
"Using a palette of clever plot twists and intriguing characters, Cheryl Hollon creates a richly drawn world that's both bucolic and dangerous in Still Knife Painting. Readers will take a shine to this addictive new series!" —Agatha Award-winning author Ellen Byron

"Set against the blazing backdrop of an Appalachian fall, Still Knife Painting serves up a tasty stew of murder and moonshine. In this series debut, Cheryl Hollon weaves a tale as complex and country as the antique braided rug that figures in the story." —Barbara Ross, author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries

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