Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (USA 2013)

From the Publisher:
Eleanor Trewynn is a recently retired widow who has moved to the small village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall. Neither frail nor retiring, after a lifetime of traveling the world, she's ready for an uneventful life with her dog and friends in this quiet town. Unfortunately, excitement seems to happen around her.

Her friend and neighbor, artist Nick Gresham, returns from a trip only to find several of his paintings slashed, reportedly by rival local artist Geoffrey Clarke. When Nick goes to have it out with him, with Eleanor in tow, they find Clarke's body in his studio, fatally stabbed in the back. Accused of the crime, Nick ends up in jail, while Detective Inspector Scumble and DS Megan Pencarrow, Eleanor's niece, investigate. But in A Colourful Death, the second Cornish Mystery from Carola Dunn, Eleanor isn't leaving anything to chance -- she starts doing a little investigating of her own, and soon learns that Nick is far from the only one with a compelling motive for murder.

Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. Minotaur Books, ISBN: 9781250036247 (October, 2013), 337 p., $15.99.

Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (UK 2013)

From the Publisher:
The second in a charming cosy crime series set in 1960's Cornwall featuring amateur sleuth and charity shop worker, Eleanor Trewynn and her westie Teazle. From the author of the bestselling Daisy Darlymple series.

After a lifetime of travel and experiences, widow Eleanor Trewynn is more than happy to retire to the sleepy village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall - but unfortunately, excitement seems to follow her around!

Her friend and neighbour, artist Nick Gresham, discovers several of his paintings in his shop have been slashed and destroyed. The finger of suspicion rests on rival local artist Geoffrey Monmouth but when Nick and Eleanor go to have it out with him, they find Monmouth's stabbed body in his studio - and Nick is immediately flagged up as most likely suspect.

DI Scumble and DS Megan Pencarrow, Eleanor's niece, have been assigned to investigate the murder but Eleanor isn't leaving anything to chance - but once she starts investigating she learns Nick is far from being the only candidate with a compelling motive for murder...

Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. Constable & Robinson Crime, ISBN: 9781780336497 (June, 2013), 352 p., £7.99.

Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
Eleanor Trewynn is a recently retired widow who has moved to the small village of Port Mabyn in Cornwall. Neither frail nor retiring, after a lifetime of traveling the world, she's ready for an uneventful life with her dog and friends in this quiet town. Unfortunately, excitement seems to happen around her.

Her friend and neighbor, artist Nick Gresham, returns from a trip only to find several of his paintings slashed, reportedly by rival local artist Geoffrey Clarke. When Nick goes to have it out with him, with Eleanor in tow, they find Clarke's body in his studio, fatally stabbed in the back. Accused of the crime, Nick ends up in jail, while Detective Inspector Scumble and DS Megan Pencarrow, Eleanor's niece, investigate. But Eleanor isn't leaving anything to chance -- she starts doing a little investigating of her own, and soon learns that Nick is far from the only one with a compelling motive for murder.

Carola Dunn: A Colourful Death. A Cornish Mystery. St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 9780312379469 (June, 2010), 337 p., $24.99.