Brushed with Death

Murder's a messy medium… but Jenna Blake's not afraid to get her hands dirty.

Art After Dark was meant to be all twinkle lights, tiny hors d'oeuvres, and paint-splattered selfies, not suspicious pigments and paramedics. But when a notoriously dramatic artist keels over mid-event—poisoned by her own handmade paint—Jenna finds herself smack in the middle of another small-town whodunit.

To make matters worse, the prime suspect is Brandi: Harland's sunniest interior designer and Jenna's new friend. So Jenna does what any crafty former lawyer would do—grabs her metaphorical magnifying glass and starts connecting the dots.

With Kimmie, her tech-savvy sister; a crew of quirky locals; and a D.A. investigator who just so happens to be her teenage crush (and current distraction), Jenna dives into a mystery messier than spilled Mod Podge.

Will she unmask the killer before another masterpiece turns murderous?

Or will Harland's brush with death leave her painted into a corner?