The collision of two cases from different times elevates this haunting tale above the average ghostly mystery.Įdgar winner Harper’s deep dive into a netherworld of murder and sexual perversion among LA's elite power wielders evolves from noir fiction into a knotty morality tale. At length Pen travels back to the 1940s with Jack while he investigates a mystery surrounding Brock that may be tied to the present-day murder. It looks like an accident, but Jack’s warning voice suggests a second look, and that’s just the opening act in a series of crimes involving the self-portrait, which is full of odd symbols that could lead to a treasure.
Seymour buys the painting, but when the friends return the next day to pick up some artwork for the exhibit, they find Waverly dead. A painting by Nathan Brock, a cover artist Jack once cleared of murder, is a standout, but Seymour is mesmerized by a self-portrait by Harriet McClure, a famed late-19th-century artist known as the "Madwoman of Quindicott," who left her caregivers a Victorian mansion that’s currently run as an inn.
Brainert Parker, Pen visits Walter Waverly, whose enormous collection includes many original book-cover paintings he’s willing to lend for the launch.
With her two geeky friends, mailman and Jeopardy! winner Seymour Tarnish and professor J. The event, which will also include an exhibit of original artwork, was featured on CBS Sunday Morning and is a big deal for Quindicott, Rhode Island. The secret of an amateur sleuth’s success is the ghost of a dead shamus.īookseller Penelope Thornton-McClure, an accomplished crime solver who never believed in ghosts until her visitation by 1940s gumshoe Jack Shepard, has planned a launch party for a coffee-table book written by a local couple showcasing the art of book covers.
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