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Modern Art (Miss Henry Mystery Book 9)
Paperback
Series: Miss Henry Art Cozy Mysteries, Book 9
ISBN13: 9781500658090
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Jul 26 2014
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.26 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A prestigious art show. A dead man from Miss Henry's past. And one impossible question: how do you murder a man who was already supposed to be dead?
Juliet Henry knows many things. She knows how to spot a lie, read a room, follow a trail, and survive situations most sensible people would avoid. What she does not know much about is modern art.
Unfortunately, that does not stop her from being pulled into a prestigious art show when a sudden vacancy leaves the organizers desperate for someone to fill in. Surrounded by bold canvases, baffling installations, oversized egos, and strangers with carefully polished public faces, Juliet expects confusion, awkward conversations, and perhaps a few artistic opinions she would rather not hear.
What she does not expect is to see a ghost.
Among the crowd is a man she knows from her years at the NSA: Jessop Carmody, a former agent who was supposedly killed by terrorists long ago.
His reappearance is impossible.
His presence is unsettling.
And by morning, he is dead again.
This time, there is no mistaking it.
Now Juliet finds herself trapped in a mystery where past and present collide, old intelligence secrets resurface, and the art show becomes a dangerous gallery of suspects. Jessop Carmody had enemies-too many enemies-and plenty of people may have wanted him permanently removed from the world. Former colleagues. Betrayed allies. Dangerous contacts. People with buried secrets. People who thought he should have stayed dead the first time.
But the most urgent question for Juliet is not simply who killed him.
It is whether the killer knows who she is.
And whether she is next.
As the clock ticks and suspicion spreads, Juliet must navigate a world of modern art, hidden motives, false identities, and lingering shadows of espionage. Every conversation may be a performance. Every familiar face may be a threat. And every clue may lead her closer to a killer who has already proven that death can be staged-and repeated.
Modern Art, the ninth book in the Miss Henry Cozy Mystery Series, delivers a smart, stylish blend of cozy mystery charm, art-world intrigue, espionage, dry humor, and classic whodunit suspense. Perfect for readers who enjoy clever heroines, unusual art settings, secrets from the past, suspicious strangers, and mysteries where nothing is quite what it seems.
Miss Henry came to the art show to fill an empty space.
Now she must solve a murder before the killer decides to erase her, too.
Because in the world of modern art, even death can be part of the performance.
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