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New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell creates another masterpiece of excitement and chills, passion and surprise -- Die in Plain Sight.

When Lacey Quinn inherits the striking landscapes done by her late, much-loved grandfather, she believes they are as good as anything hanging in museums. But the paintings now in her possession are more than the works of a talented master. They are anguished voices from the grave... crying murder!

Lacey begins researching her grandfather's past -- and is rocked almost immediately by a strange series of violent events. Someone wants to steal her inheritance, to reduce the paintings to unrecognizable ashes in a suspicious blaze. Someone wants to prevent Lacey from examining her grandfather's work too closely... by any means necessary.

Ian Lapstrake, a security specialist, has taken an interest in Lacey's inheritance... and in her. Troubled by what he sees, he becomes Lacey's shadow, as her search for answers leads them both down an ever-darkening road paved with lies, blood, and devastating secrets.

E-book exclusive extra: Read the first five thrilling chapters of Heather Lowell's romance-suspense debut, When the Storm Breaks (and see how ingenious storytelling runs in families).

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Bio of Elizabeth Lowell

Elizabeth Lowell's many remarkable novels include New York Times bestsellers Always Time to Die, The Color of Death, Die in Plain Sight, Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou. Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Washington and Arizona with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym. Las aclamadas novelas de suspenso de la autora Elizabeth Lowell incluyen varios bestsellers en la New York Times. Lowell ha vendido.

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Imprint

HarperCollins

Filesize

921.43 KB

Number of Pages

544

eBook ISBN

9780061123580

Excerpt from: Die in Plain Sight by Elizabeth Lowell

1

Pasadena, California
January
Early Tuesday morning

Lacey Quinn looked around her parents' gracefully remodeled old Pasadena home and gave herself a moment to prepare for the coming storm. Her mother and father were enjoying a sun-dappled weekend brunch in the garden room. Lacey had driven over from the coast and dropped in without warning, figuring it would be easier to tell them that way.

Now she wasn't so sure.

"Remember that art auction benefit for the Friends of Moreno County I mentioned last time I was here " Lacey asked.

Her mother made a noise that said she was listening despite the boring subject. Although charity benefits were Dottie Quinn's meat and drink, her daughter's relentless interest in art baffled Dottie as much as it irritated her. Except at the very high end of the trade, art was indelibly messy; she preferred life well ordered and tasteful.

"What about it " her father asked.

Part of Lacey wanted to drop the subject. The rest of her tensed for a fight. "In addition to bringing two of her paintings for a showing, Susa Donovan is going to paint a canvas onstage and then auction it off right there, with the money going to Friends of Moreno County."

Coward, sneered her inner self. You didn't drive all the way from the beach just to announce that.

Brody Quinn grunted, shuffled the legal papers he was reading, and said, "That's nice."

"Nice " Lacey put her paint-stained hands on her equally paint-stained jeans. "Dad, even postcard-size paintings by La Susa sell for more than a quarter of a million a canvas."

"So she gets a nice write-off giving one to charity," Brody said. "So what "

"In addition to donating the painting," Lacey said through her teeth, "she has generously agreed to look at any old paintings people bring in. Sort of like Antiques Roadshow."

"Clever idea," Dottie said instantly. "Everyone is sure they have a treasure hidden away in the family junk, so there should be a huge turnout and lots of press for the event. Excellent approach. I'll put it to work for my next charity auction. I'll even use the name of your little shop, Lost Treasures Found."

Lacey managed not to wince. Her shop wasn't huge, but it kept her and her partner, Shayla Carlyle, employed and paying taxes while they scoured estate sales and craft fairs both local and distant for stock.

Figuring the conversation no longer needed to include him, Brody went back to the legal brief he was reading.