Georgie Kaye lives every day as if it were a gift, because to her it is. She beat cancer, against all predictions, and is following her life’s dream to draw portraits of the fur babies of the world. When Georgie and her twin sister Aleta arrive at an art gallery that wants to show Georgie’s work, they schmooze with donors, charm the artists, and overindulge at the sweets table. Everything is …
Everything is working perfectly in their favor, until an owner of the gallery is killed.
Georgie must help solve the mystery before the opportunity to have her first art show disappears.
Working with Aleta and her detective ex-husband Stan, Georgie sleuths her way to the answers, running into unexpected twists along the way.
This is Book 1 in a brand new series, Pet Portraits Cozy Mysteries, and includes recipes!
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“Murder in the Art Gallery” earns 5/5 Dynamic Duo Siblings…Fun!
Sisters? That may scream sibling rivalry, but despite being opposites in personality and choices of automobiles, Georgia and her twin Aleta truly work well together especially when enjoying the ‘sweet table’ or when the first body shows up. Sandi Scott has penned a great new series about a pair of sixty-somethings: Georgia Kaye, cancer survivor and budding artist, and Aleta Kaye, detail-oriented retired accountant and along for Georgia’s ride. The story starts with fun banter between the sisters, which weaves through the story, as they arrive at an art gallery evening to connect with gallery owner, Nate Stephenson. He has shown interest in Georgia’s work and in giving her an exhibition. She creates pet portraits (a delightful theme), and when Nate suggests a meeting the next day to go over details for a show, Georgia is all excited and Aleta wants specifics. The two greatly enjoyed the evening’s festivities eating and pocketing marvelous mini desserts, overhearing odd conversations, and meeting partners, angry collectors, and a disgruntled artist. Georgia and Aleta hear complaints about an art critic, learn details about the questionable finances of a collector, see the recluse who lives upstairs make an appearance, and witness a shunned artist’s drunken threats to burn everything to the ground. Is any of that motive? Sure, it is, now…Instead of the meeting Georgia was looking forward to, they are met with an unlocked door, silence, and a dead body. Together with Georgia’s ex-husband/detective, they run around Chicago’s art world to find a killer.
I love this “dynamic duo”! Being a sixty-something myself, it is nice to see women of maturity in lead roles, and desserts for breakfast? Hell, yeah! Who wouldn’t do that? The story was clever and engaging, a short 150 pages, but not short on humor, twists and turns, and a “Wow!” ending that put the girls in jeopardy. The characters, especially Georgia and Aleta, are well-developed, some quirky, and offer something with which for every age can identify. It is the epitome of a ‘cozy mystery’ putting murder on the periphery and focusing more on developing characters, delightful interactions, and exciting predicaments. I enjoyed the dynamic between Georgia and her ex-husband…rekindling? I highly recommend this story, and hope for more books in the future.
I’ve just finished this delightful story about two senior sisters, crime sleuths. Being a senior myself it proves my point that all seniors aren’t automatically “doty in the head”. Some of us are still quite sharp in mind. I dearly loved Georgie and Aleta and their adventures as self made crime solving detectives. Although I did find one mistake that editing should have caught. In chapter 13 when Georgie goes to meet Obie at the bar at the hotel she’s noticing the decor of the place and it says Confederate blues and Union grays. This is totally wrong. It should be Confederate grays and Union blues. Where was the editing before this was published? On a coffee break? Aside from that little mistake I liked the story line and the delightful characters of the plot. I will be watching for more stories by this author. Thanks Sandi!
Fantastic start to a new series! I LOVED that the sleuths were more “mature” ladies. This was a quick, very enjoyable read full of mystery, suspense, humor and hijinks. The story held my attention from the first page to the last. I am very much looking forward to the next in this series!
*I received a complimentary ARC of this story in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.
Two seniors go about solving a murder. They are comical, savvy and easy to like. Throw in a little flirting and it makes for a very enjoyable read.
A quick, easy, enjoyable read. A satisfactory ending. Read it in a day. No surprises and very tidy. If you like your protagonists a little older and wiser, then this is the book for you. Lovely references to food, primarily pastries. You won’t want to read this on an empty stomach.
This short book is a good little mystery. Set in Chicago, sixty-six year old twin sisters make a fun duo to bounce their who-dunnit theories off of. One sister is a level-headed retired accountant and the other is a kookie divorcee of a Chicago detective. They both love to eat sweets. When they’re not detecting, they’re eating sweets.
The mystery was predictable but unwound in a logical way. The ending was abrupt, but there was nowhere else to go with it. So I’m okay with that.. The author has a nice writing style. She has written many other cosy mysteries and I imagine they are all pretty good. Give it a try.
A hilarious cozy mystery!
Adele and Georgia may be twins but they could not be more different except for their love of food. Georgia is a talented artist with a bohemian personality, and Adele is a financial bean counter. Their interactions as they solve this murder left me laughing through the book. I also liked the interaction between Georgia and her ex-husband Stan. He tries so hard to woo her back but she seems determined to resist him and just enjoy the attention.
This is another great cozy Murder by Sandy Scott. The plot has some good twists, plenty of humor, and a good mystery to solve.
Twin 66-year old sisters solve murders. The plot was rather sophomoric and written at about a 3rd grade reading level. Not bad, just not good. Needs some editing.
I enjoyed this book. The sisters were pretty funny. Good story.
a cute little story. I enjoyed it
I enjoyed reading the adventures of the twin sisters. They are entertaining 🙂
I enjoyed reading it
It was okay. Not one of the better books I’ve read . It will probably be a while before I read another. Not exciting enough. Didn’t keep my interest
It was a fun read – but pretty predictable – I would have been amazed if the killer was anyone else besides the business partner.
I would recommend this for someone that wants to read a book that they can read in their leisure – but if they are looking for a cliff hanger that pushes you to read just one more chapter before going to bed – this is not it.
A fun read with original characters.
Finally was able to read the beginning of Georgie’s and Aleta’s story. So far every book in this series has had a great plot fleshed out with carefully developed characters.
Entertaining
Georgie and Aleta are 60 year old twin sisters who are very different from each other in dress and thinking, but are loving and considerate to each other and they both love desserts. This book is full of humor and mystery. These are great characters in a wonderful setting. The mystery is great and I love the way the sisters go about solving the crime. All-in-all, this was a good story with enjoyable characters.
Ok Ived it light and easy and fun to read
I liked the art references and setting.