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A Painting to Die For

Winner of the GOLD! Book 3 in the Award-Winning Jenna Scali Mystery Series won the 2018 Global e-Book Award first place in the fiction/mystery category.
RELEASED on December 12! Order your copy today!

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Jenna’s quiet weekend turns upside down when her house is ransacked and a body is found with her name and number in its possession. Meanwhile her long-lost cousins show up with stories about international art theft dating back

to World War II.

While Jenna questions the motives of her dead father in his connection to stolen art, the police find a second body with Jenna’s name in its possession and she becomes the primary link in two murder inquiries. Sidestepping the police and dodging the mob, she and her best friend, Quentin, embark on their own investigation to save themselves and Jenna’s cousins from untimely deaths.

Offset by the quiet university town where faculty and students mill about, minding their own business, Jenna is kidnapped and held at gunpoint while her double-crossing, lying cousins chase after the missing painting worth millions.

A Painting to Die For forms a web of deceit that leaves Jenna doubting everything she believes about her father and his Italian heritage.

A Painting to Die For is funny and delightful, with a charming connection to history and full of family drama. A must-read for any cozy mystery lover!
— Lisa Konkel of Reader’s Favorite – 5 Star review
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Joan C. Curtis sets up a mystery filled with danger and more questions than answers…Jenna drives the story forward with her honest portrayal of a person whose whole image of her family is torn apart by what seems to be a devastating past. I would recommend A Painting to Die For to anyone who loves a well-paced mystery that keeps you guessing.
— 5 Stars Kris Moger

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