Murder at the Art & Craft Fair

Murder at the Art & Craft Fair
Author: Steve Demaree
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2017-08-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781974369331

When a homicide detective in a medium-size town is coerced into attending and art and craft fair, he has no idea that what he finds there will keep him working for several days, but then he never expected to find a dead body in such a large crowd of people.

Murder at the Arts and Crafts Festival

Murder at the Arts and Crafts Festival
Author: G.P. Gardner
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-12-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1516109031

It’s late March in Fairhope, Alabama, and artists from around the country are flocking to the bayside town’s Arts & Crafts Festival. The annual tradition has something for everyone, only this year, the main attraction is murder . . . Cleo Mack’s life has been a whirlwind since she inadvertely became the executive director of Harbor Village, a retirement community bustling with energetic seniors. Juggling apartment sales, quirky residents, and a fast-moving romance is tricky business. But on-the-job stress develops a new meaning when Twinkle Thaw, a portrait artist known to ruffle a few feathers, arrives unannounced for the weekend’s festival and drops dead hours later—mysteriously poisoned . . . Twinkle’s bizarre death doesn’t seem like an accident. Not with a sketchy newcomer slinking around town and a gallery of suspects who may have wanted her out of the picture for good. As Cleo brushes with the truth, she soon finds that solving the crime could mean connecting the dots between a decades-old art heist and an unpredictable killer who refuses to color inside the lines . . .

Murder Most Crafty

Murder Most Crafty
Author: Maggie Bruce
Publisher: Berkley Hardcover
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780425202067

15 all new stories of criminal handiwork and the art of deduction.

Stitched in Crime

Stitched in Crime
Author: Emmie Caldwell
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0593101707

When murder pierces the fabric of the close-knit Crandalsburg Craft Fair, it's up to the Ninth Street Knitters to make a killer slip their stitch. The Craft Fair may have hit a few snags lately, but knitting enthusiast Lia Geiger is hopeful her quiet life will return to its usual patterns in no time. Her daughter has officially moved back home, and sure, the house is a little crowded with Hayley's take-home work from the alpaca farm, but that's a price Lia will happily pay. All seems well until Cori Littlefield, a new vendor with a gift for crochet, is found dead, sending shock waves through all of Crandalsburg. What begins as a tragic accident turns into a snarled spool of lies that only the combined efforts of the Ninth Street Knitters can untangle. When Lia makes a connection between Cori's death and a decades-old murder, it's up to her to weave together the clues and find the truth.

Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork

Murder Can Haunt Your Handiwork
Author: Rose Pressey
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020-12-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496721659

In Rose Pressey's third Haunted Craft Fair Mystery, a Gilded Age ghost helps psychic painter Celeste Cabot catch a killer during the Biltmore Estate's annual craft fair in North Carolina... Rising up against the beautiful backdrop of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Biltmore Estate is a magnificent mansion in Asheville, North Carolina, built as a summer home for George Washington Vanderbilt II--yes, of those Vanderbilts--during the Gilded Age. Nowadays, it's the site of an annual craft fair. Unfortunately, it's also about to become a crime scene... Celeste is hard to miss as she pulls up with her pink and white Shasta trailer and adorable Chihuahua, Van Gogh--Van for short. But before she can show off her artwork at the fair, a tour guide is found strangled by a velvet rope barrier and a valuable painting goes missing. With a rogues' gallery of sketchy suspects, Celeste welcomes the help of a pair of handsome detectives--and a ghost with a special interest in the case...

Murder On The Angelina

Murder On The Angelina
Author: Bruce Hammack
Publisher: Jubilee Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2023-04-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1958252085

There’s more to this game than dodging paintballs… a killer is on the loose. Newly licensed private investigator Fen Maguire gets his next case — to investigate an extortion ring putting the squeeze on loggers in the piney woods of East Texas. Working undercover at a local university, Fen traces the clues to a neighboring county's championship paintball team. To prove it, he must first gain the trust of the tight-lipped community. Before he can make his case and expose the extortionists, the leader of the paintball team is found dead mid match. With the stakes even higher now, Fen is forced to break cover and start digging deep. It’s a toss-up who hated the team more—the loggers or the team’s competitors. If he can’t break through the wall of resistance, his career will be over before it’s begun…and a killer will get away with murder. A clean read, whodunit mystery, Murder On The Angelina is the second book of The Fen Maguire Mystery series. No foul language, gore, sex or violence!

Murder Can Mess Up Your Masterpiece

Murder Can Mess Up Your Masterpiece
Author: Rose Pressey
Publisher: Kensington
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1496721616

Haunted art is in the eye of the beholder . . . Artist Celeste Cabot welcomes the chance to show her paintings at a craft fair in her hometown of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, where she and her Chihuahua, Van Gogh, can park her vintage Shasta trailer and sell her creations, too. Unfortunately, her sales take a hit when a customer returns a painting, claiming it’s haunted. When a fellow vendor discovers images hidden in Celeste’s artwork—and a ghost pays her a late-night visit—she’s shocked to realize she has psychic abilities. After the grumpy manager of the craft fair is found with a knife in his neck, Celeste’s brushes with the paranormal may help fill in the picture—and make sure the wrong person doesn’t get framed . . . Praise for Rose Pressey and the Haunted Vintage Mysteries “Rose Pressey’s books are fun!” —Janet Evanovich “Chock full of ghosts, cats possessed by spirits, a handsome police officer boyfriend, and tips on the afterlife and vintage shopping.” —Kirkus Reviews “An appealing protagonist who is as sweet as a Southern accent.” —Library Journal “A sheer delight.” —Kate Carlisle

Art of Murder

Art of Murder
Author: Joe DiPietro
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2007
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822221975

THE STORY: In a remote estate in the countryside of Connecticut, Jack Brooks, one of the most accomplished and eccentric painters of his generation, awaits the imminent arrival of his art dealer. But the visit is not a standard one, for Jack feels

ArtCurious

ArtCurious
Author: Jennifer Dasal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-09-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0143134590

A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.