Murder, She Wrote: A Palette For Murder
Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher

Homicide in the Hamptons

Jessica Fletcher has come to the elegant Hamptons on Long Island’s gold coast for a sinfully sweet spell in the sun and a chance to indulge her secret burning passion: painting. In this place where the arts flower and artists flock, she finds a sketching class where she can try to make her dreams of Da-Vinci-hood come true.

But Jessica has only a brief time behind an easel before she finds herself under the gun to solve a mystery as tantalizing as its victim. A lovely young model lies like a corpse on a studio floor, and Jessica needs no painter’s eye to realize that her look of death is no pose. Jessica lays down her brush and starts picking up every clue in and out of sight. Back at doing what she does best, she finds herself involved in a case where a mysterious masterpiece, a mountain of money, a mourning millionaire, and a slightly mad painter lead her down a twisting trail of illusion and confusion. Watching her every move is an artist of evil, who is all too willing, eager, and able to color Jessica blood red.

Signet (Mystery), October 1996
ISBN #0451188209
306 pages Paperback (reprint)
$5.99

Also by Donald Bain:
Murder, She Wrote: Trouble at High Tide, April 2012
Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice, March 2012
Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder, October 2011
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels, September 2011
Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice, April 2011
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir, March 2011
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels, October 2010
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast, September 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir, April 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Ave Shoot by, March 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Never Takes a Holiday, November 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast, October 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying in Savannah, September 2009
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shoot, April 2009
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade, March 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying In Savannah, October 2008
Murder, She Wrote: Panning For Murder, September 2008
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade, April 2008
Murder She Wrote: Panning for Murder, October 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead, September 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Coffee, Tea, or Murder?, April 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead, October 2006
Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder, September 2006
Murder, She Wrote: A Question of Murder, April 2006
Murder, She Wrote: A Little Yuletide Murder, November 2005
Murder She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder, October 2005
Murder, She Wrote: A Vote For Murder, September 2005
Murder, She Wrote: The Maine Mutiny, April 2005
Murder, She Wrote: A Vote For Murder, October 2004
Murder, She Wrote: Destination Murder, September 2004
Murder, She Wrote: Dying to Retire, April 2004
Murder She Wrote: Destination Murder, October 2003
Murder She Wrote: Majoring in Murder, April 2003
Murder She Wrote, You Bet Your Life, October 2002
Murder She Wrote, Provence -- To Die For, April 2002
Murder She Wrote: Murder In A Minor Key, October 2001
Murder She Wrote: Blood On The Vine, April 2001
Murder She Wrote, Trick or Treachery, October 2000
Murder She Wrote: Gin & Daggers, April 2000
Murder She Wrote: Knock 'Em Dead, October 1999
Murder She Wrote: Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch, May 1999
Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Moscow, May 1998
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on the QE2, October 1997
Murder, She Wrote: Brandy & Bullets, September 1997
Murder, She Wrote: The Highland Fling Murders, April 1997
Murder She Wrote: A Deadly Judgment, April 1996
Murder, She Wrote: Martinis & Mayhem, December 1995
Murder, She Wrote: Manhattans & Murder, December 1994

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Also by Jessica Fletcher:
Murder, She Wrote: Trouble at High Tide, April 2012
Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice, March 2012
Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder, October 2011
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels, September 2011
Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice, April 2011
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir, March 2011
Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels, October 2010
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast, September 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir, April 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Ave Shoot by, March 2010
Murder, She Wrote: Murder Never Takes a Holiday, November 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast, October 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying in Savannah, September 2009
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shoot, April 2009
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade, March 2009
Murder, She Wrote: A Slaying In Savannah, October 2008
Murder, She Wrote: Panning For Murder, September 2008
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on Parade, April 2008
Murder She Wrote: Panning for Murder, October 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead, September 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Coffee, Tea, or Murder?, April 2007
Murder, She Wrote: Three Strikes and You're Dead, October 2006
Murder, She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder, September 2006
Murder, She Wrote: A Question of Murder, April 2006
Murder, She Wrote: A Little Yuletide Murder, November 2005
Murder She Wrote: Margaritas & Murder, October 2005
Murder, She Wrote: A Vote For Murder, September 2005
Murder, She Wrote: The Maine Mutiny, April 2005
Murder, She Wrote: A Vote For Murder, October 2004
Murder, She Wrote: Destination Murder, September 2004
Murder, She Wrote: Dying to Retire, April 2004
Murder She Wrote: Destination Murder, October 2003
Murder She Wrote: Majoring in Murder, April 2003
Murder She Wrote, You Bet Your Life, October 2002
Murder She Wrote, Provence -- To Die For, April 2002
Murder She Wrote: Murder In A Minor Key, October 2001
Murder She Wrote: Blood On The Vine, April 2001
Murder She Wrote, Trick or Treachery, October 2000
Murder She Wrote: Gin & Daggers, April 2000
Murder She Wrote: Knock 'Em Dead, October 1999
Murder She Wrote: Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch, May 1999
Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Moscow, May 1998
Murder, She Wrote: Murder on the QE2, October 1997
Murder, She Wrote: Brandy & Bullets, September 1997
Murder, She Wrote: The Highland Fling Murders, April 1997
Murder She Wrote: A Deadly Judgment, April 1996
Murder, She Wrote: Martinis & Mayhem, December 1995
Murder, She Wrote: Manhattans & Murder, December 1994

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