Death of an Artist, Kate Wilhelm
Death of an Artist, Kate Wilhelm
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Death of an Artist

Author: Kate Wilhelm

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 8 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/27/2012


Synopsis

In Kate Wilhelms latest crime novel, a small Oregon town is rocked by a wheels-within-wheels case of art, fraud, and murder. Silver Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town of under a thousand residents, is home to three generations of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter who is about to graduate from medical school; and Stef, mercurial and difficult, a brilliant artist who refuses to sell her work. When Stef discovers that Dale Oliverthe latest husband/paramour in a very long lineis trying to sell her work behind her back, she puts a stop to it and threatens to do the same to him. Shortly thereafter, Stef dies in an accident in her studio, and Dale shows up with a signed contract granting him the right to sell her work. Convinced that Stef was murdered to steal her artwork, Marnie and Van, grandmother and granddaughter, decide to do whatever is necessary to see that Dale doesnt get away with any of it. This includes enlisting the help of the new stranger in town, Tony, a former New York City cop who might be the only one who can prove it was murder and bring the killer to justice.

About Kate Wilhelm

Kate Wilhelm (1928–2018) was the bestselling author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among her novels are the popular courtroom thrillers featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. Her other works include the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cherie

I enjoyed this story, narrated by Carrington MacDuffie. The artist and what drove her to paint, to be the odd, eccentric person she was, was very interesting. Her mother and daughter and grandson all had a part in her life and in her story. There is a secondary story of a retired, dis-abled NYC poli......more

Goodreads review by Mikkee

Death of An Artist was described as a mystery, but the page turning type of mystery that keeps you wondering and guessing at the "who dun it?". The author spent a lot of time in establishing all the characters in the book at the front end, and I was almost a third of the way in before the murder hap......more

Death of an Artist doesn't follow your typical murder mystery format. In fact, gbgyyyucvfyvyvyttggeu. Sorry, my dog decided to try her hand at typing. With her tongue. It was a sticky situation. ;) Kate Wilhelm really likes slow plots and many, many details. The storyline went a little slow for me, a......more