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Fatal Brushstroke

Aurora Anderson Mystery Series, Book 1

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Fatal Brushstroke

By: Sybil Johnson
Narrated by: Vanessa Daniels
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A dead body in her garden and a homicide detective on her doorstep....

Computer programmer and tole painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson doesn't envision finding either when she steps outside to investigate the frenzied yipping coming from her own backyard. After all, she lives in Vista Beach, a quiet California beach community where violent crime is rare and murder even rarer.

Suspicion falls on Rory when the body buried in her flowerbed turns out to be someone she knows - her tole painting teacher, Hester Bouquet. Just two weeks before, Rory attended one of Hester's weekend seminars, an unpleasant experience she vowed never to repeat. As evidence piles up against Rory, she embarks on a quest to identify the killer and clear her name. Can Rory unearth the truth before she encounters her own brush with death?

©2014 Sybil Johnson (P)2017 Tantor Cosy Detective Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths Women's Fiction

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I did enjoy this book but guessed fairly early who the killer was and the cause of the other little problems. The story started out good but slowed down in the middle, giving you a lot of information that had nothing to do with the case or repeating things. Otherwise it was a fun listen. The main characters past was unusual and I could see why the police chief had a problem with her but did wonder would he really have taken it that far? There were some oddball characters, that I am still not sure if they were friends of Rory's or just strange. At times Rory didn't help herself either and I was surprised she didn't learn from her mistakes, although she did work who the killer was nicely. The mystery besides being obvious was well worked with the crafting clues and I did finish it in only a few days.
Rory finds her art teacher buried in her back garden. A teacher that she argued with just days before. The police chief already has reason to hate her and doesn't need any more reasons to lock her up, so Rory uses her contacts in the art world to look for a killer. Namely her mother's crafting shop were the dead woman gave lessons. It seems everybody had a problem with the art teacher from her husband, son and even her best friend but who would want her dead? And more importantly frame Rory for the murder?
I liked the narrator. She used different voices to give life to the characters and being the story to life.

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