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Artist, Carolyn Hudson, finds herself in a compromising position when she awakens in a hotel room in a pool of blood. The dead man lying next to her is the acclaimed politician, Adam Burke, who had, only a week earlier, commissioned her to paint his portrait. She has no idea how she got there. She only knows that she was drugged and soon learns she is the killer’s next victim. Carolyn must go into hiding and accept police protection. Still, nothing can prevent her from investigating on her own and clearing her name, even if it kills her.

In The Quiltmaker's Daughter, Alaina Neilson, a sometimes artist is taking a Caribbean Cruise with her best friend to recover from yet another failed marriage. Her life is a mess and it's about to get worse. Her estranged mother, a master quilter, suffers a stroke. Though reluctant, Alaina knows she should go home, but isn't sure she can. Her mother had abandoned her years ago and Alaina feels nothing but resentment toward her. Still, Alaina can't fight the urgent need to see her mother before she dies. Once home, she is not only faced with her mother'd debilitating stroke, but a suspicious stranger who has eased his way into her mother's life, the theft of her mother's highly valued quilts, and murder.

Another intriguing mystery from Edgar nominated mystery writer, Patricia H. Rushford Lindsey Montgomery has only begun to explore her true nature, that of being an artist. Art tames the tensions and dark days caused by her depression and abusive past. Her decision to leave the family’s lucrative business to become a full-time painter nearly kills her father and opens a Pandora’s box of family secrets. Deception, lies, and murder follow Lindsay as she struggles to pursue her dreams. Mark Owens, Lindsay’s crush from high school, has come home to take over the business and wants Lindsay to stay in the company and in his life. Can Mark and Lindsay uncover the truth before the killer takes another life? "Patricia Rushford has no equal when it comes to building complex characters, then thrusting them into intriguing situations." _______Sandy Dengler, Phd, Author of the Jack Prester Mysteries