Light on Bone

Name: Light on Bone
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Kathryn Lasky
ISBN: 9798765046548

Author: Kathryn Lasky

Series: Georgia O'Keeffe Mystery #1

Narrator: Nancy Peterson

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/06/2022

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Kathryn Lasky has written an exciting new adult amateur sleuth mystery set in New Mexico in the 1930s. The sleuth is Georgia O'Keefe, who actually did suffer a nervous breakdown in 1933 when her husband Alfred Stieglitz had a somewhat public affair, was hospitalized for psychiatric treatment, and then traveled to the Ghost Ranch in New Mexico to paint. O'Keefe was approaching the peak of her fame and success, having just sold a painting for a record price. The narrative begins when she discovers the slain body of a priest in the desert. The plot includes several other murders, Georgia's burgeoning romance with the local sheriff, an international espionage plot involving Charles Lindbergh (who is staying at the ranch with his wife Anne), and lots of intricate twists and turns leading to a thoroughly unforeseen denouement. The strength of this story is how Lasky's elegant writing captures the emotional depth of this artist's turmoil and so stunningly reveals O'Keeffe's perception of the landscape that moves her to paint. It is not simply a who-dunnit mystery, but much more: It is a narrative of healing and resurrection of spirit.

About Kathryn Lasky

Kathryn Lasky is the award winning author of many children's books as well as several adult novels including Night Gardening and the Calista Jacobs mystery series. Her best selling series The Guardians of Ga'Hoole was made into a Warner Brothers movie Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole directed by Zack Snyder. She is the recipient of a Newbery Honor award and twice winner of the National Jewish Book Award, as well as recognition from Amnesty International for her novel The Extra. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by vicki on May 26, 2022

How clever to turn famous painter Georgia O'Keefe into a greenhorn sleuth as she uncovers murders and wrongdoings in her 1930s retreat at Ghost Rance. Stunningly capturing the New Mexican landscape, especially the gardens O'Keefe paints, the story is also wrapped around pre-WWII Nazi espionage she u......more

Goodreads review by CarolineFromConcord on October 27, 2022

Spies! Nazis! Georgia O'Keeffe! Not as farfetched as you might think. An intuitive artist like O'Keeffe could very well have noticed things other people didn't see. And besides, there really were strange things going on in places like New Mexico in the ramp-up to WW II. In Kathryn Lasky's book, Georgi......more

Goodreads review by Christie on February 14, 2025

In 1933, Georgia O'Keefe is making a new start in the desert of New Mexico when she stumbles across a dead body on an early morning painting expedition. Suddenly she finds herself engulfed in a murder investigation. Other bodies start piling up, reveling many sordid secrets, as well as international......more

Goodreads review by Kim on October 26, 2022

Everything came together a little too fast for me but I really enjoyed the mystery, history, characters and the lovely setting. I am happy that Lasky wrapped everything up so that I don’t have to reread to enjoy the next book in the series.......more