Whitewash in the Berkshires - Paperback

by Jacqueline T. Lynch (Author)

An incident from Juliet's past comes back to haunt her. A priceless work of art brings her to a secret bunker. An unidentified corpse is found in the river. As if this day weren't bad enough...Juliet is kidnapped!Juliet Van Allen, heiress, and ex-con Elmer Vartanian, casual partners in the business of ferreting out murderers, take us to the Berkshires of western Massachusetts in the bleak midwinter of 1951. What happens next is murder.Whitewash in the Berkshires is the fourth book in the Double V Mysteries series set in New England in the late 1940s and early 1950s. If you like the romance and charm of a classic film, this "cozy noir" will remind you of an era when character-driven stories were elegant-unless a car chase in a 1947 Cadillac touring sedan on a mountain road brings us close to the edge of doom.It's murder in the art world, where the paintings aren't all that's being framed.

Author Biography

Jacqueline T. Lynch's novels, short stories, and non-fiction books on New England history and film criticism are available from many online shops as eBooks, audiobook, and paperback. She is also a playwright whose plays have been produced around the United States and in Europe, and has published articles and short fiction in regional and national publications. She writes Another Old Movie Blog on classic films, and the syndicated newspaper column Silver Screen, Golden Years. For more on Jacqueline T. Lynch's book and projects, and to receive newsletter updates and special offers, please see: www.jacquelinetlynch.com.