ystery from the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a new art studio has opened in the coastal California town of South Cove--but it's about to turn into a crime scene . . .

As the owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner likes to support other Main Street businesses, so she attends a paint-and-sip event where, sadly, her brushstrokes look more like blobs. It's still fun, though--aside from some disruption by a couple doing more sipping than painting. Jill's police-detective boyfriend is on alert, but a designated driver volunteers to take the drunken pair back to their bed and breakfast, and everything seems resolved. Until the wife's body turns up the next morning back in the studio.

The victim, Nan, is from out of town, so it's hard to imagine who'd have a motive aside from her spouse. Now, in between puzzling over her fortuneteller neighbor's strange behavior, preparing for her best friend's wedding, and pouring cups of java at the bookstore, Jill must uncover the secrets of Nan's life and find out who wanted her out of the picture . . .

Praise for Lynn Cahoon

"I love the author's style, which was warm and friendly . . . [A] wonderfully appealing series."
--Dru's Book Musings on the Tourist Trap Mysteries

"Well-crafted . . . Cat and crew prove to be engaging characters and Cahoon does a stellar job of keeping them--and the reader--guessing."
--Mystery Sceneon A Story to Kill