Portrait of a Murder

Struggling artist, Nick Morris paints pet portraits to pay the bills but is always just one big commission away from the big time. Which is why he agrees to paint the reluctant, hot-tempered hotelier, Jason Robart. But when he finds Jason dead, and the hotelier's shady business associates come after Nick, he wishes he'd stuck to painting cats!

About the author

Michael Jecks is the author of more than thirty novels in the Knights Templar medieval mystery series, and four previous Bloody Mary Tudor mysteries. A former Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association, he lives with his wife, children and dogs in northern Dartmoor.

Summary

Struggling artist, Nick Morris paints pet portraits to pay the bills but is always just one big commission away from the big time. Which is why he agrees to paint the reluctant, hot-tempered hotelier, Jason Robart. But when he finds Jason dead, and the hotelier's shady business associates come after Nick, he wishes he'd stuck to painting cats!

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jecks, Jecks Michael
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.2024
• EAN: 9781448310364
• ISBN: 978-1-4483-1036-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 580 g
• Series: The Art of Murder
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Crime & mystery, Devon, Central London, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives