Picture Perfect Frame

A Tourist Trap Mystery, Book 12

By: Lynn Cahoon

Narrated by: Susan Boyce

In the new Tourist Trap mystery from the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, a new art studio has opened in the Coastal California town of South Cove - but it's about to turn into a crime scene....

As the owner of Coffee, Books, and More, Jill Gardner likes to support other Main Street businesses, so she attends a paint-and-sip event where, sadly, her brushstrokes look more like blobs. It's still fun, though - aside from some disruption by a couple doing more sipping than painting. Jill's police-detective boyfriend is on alert, but a designated driver volunteers to take the drunken pair back to their bed and breakfast, and everything seems resolved. Until the wife's body turns up the next morning back in the studio.

The victim, Nan, is from out of town, so it's hard to imagine who'd have a motive aside from her spouse. Now, in between puzzling over her fortuneteller neighbor's strange behavior, preparing for her best friend's wedding, and pouring cups of java at the bookstore, Jill must uncover the secrets of Nan's life and find out who wanted her out of the picture....

©2021 Lynn Cahoon (P)2021 Tantor

5 stars

Picture Perfect Frame is an entertaining and enjoyable cozy mystery with an interesting plot and engaging characters. I enjoyed this book and look forward to the next book in this series.

Keeps it interesting

Love all her books. I drive a lot and keep this series going. This book has a good surprise at the end

Paint and Sip

Jill and her friends go for a night of painting at the new business in South Cove. Then a dead body is fount at three in the morning in the studio. And the primary suspect is Esmeralda, Greg’s dispatcher and their fortune telling neighbor. Meanwhile Amy is having a meltdown because Justin takes an unannounced vacation. Great series.

Love the series

I enjoy the characters and the story line of this series. The town and characters are nice and easy to follow.

Story

I thought there was way to much wedding drama. It was boring and Amy was an ass. Overall story was interesting. Just needed to get rid of the weeding crap. Who cares. It wasn’t funny.