Easier Dead Than Drawn: A Paint by Murder Mystery Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series (1st with this publisher) Setting – New York Publisher : Level Best Books (May 7, 2024) Print length : 272 pages ASIN : B0D15342M1
I’m so excited to be a stop on the blog tour for author Bailee Abbott and her newbook Easier Dead Than Drawn. It is the third book in her A Paint By Murder Mystery.
Easier Dead Than Drawn: A Paint by Murder Mystery by Bailee Abbott
Easier Dead Than Drawn is my favorite book in this series. A creative theme, evolving characters, and a well-plotted mystery made for a thoroughly entertaining mystery. Love was in the air at the ending and I loved that. ~Escape With Dollycas Into A Good Book
When the town council hires Chloe Abbington’s close friend, famous wall muralist Lana Easton, to paint a mural advertising the return of the floating amphitheater, not everyone in Whisper Cove is happy about the theater or Lana. Naysayers think the noise from concerts and visitors will disrupt their quiet community. It doesn’t help that a lot of money taken from the town’s budget is being used to pay the muralist for her services. The mood turns even more grim when Lana is found dead, and since Chloe was there alone to discover her body, that makes her the prime suspect.
Before Chloe finds herself painted into a corner as the killer, she and sister Izzie hurry to solve the case and find the real criminal. The suspect list grows to include Lana’s boyfriend and her intern, as well as a couple of local residents. The task is a tall order for the sisters, and it doesn’t help that the detective on the case is someone who doesn’t seem to care for Chloe or her interference. Clues about Lana’s past surface and point to more than one suspect. The challenge will be to decide which one is the real killer.
Bailee Abbott is a native Ohioan who spends her days plotting murder and writing mysteries. She’s a member of Sisters in Crime as well as of International Thriller Writers. Bailee lives with her husband and furry friend Max in the quiet suburbs of Green, Ohio. Visits to Bemus Point, a town along the Chautauqua Lake in southwest New York inspired the setting for the PAINT BY MURDER mystery series. Bailee also writes the SIERRA PINES B&B MYSTERIES and the MACKENZIE BLUE MYSTERIES as Kathryn Long.
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I can’t wait to read the book.