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Sharp dialog, peculiar but fleshed out characters, an absorbing story, and finally, a depth of understanding of human complexities, desires, and foibles... Five well-deserved stars. --Heather Haven, award-winning author of The Alvarez Family Murder Mysteries --Paul is a simple outdoorsman with a volatile artist wife--until Marta disappears and her body is never found. Paul finds a message in her last painting telling him that she faked her death to draw attention to her paintings. An insurance investigator questions a 5M policy Marta took out shortly before her death and an enforcer shows up demanding that Paul pay him the 5M Marta stole from his casino. A gallery in Arizona claims to have new Marta paintings. Paul goes to investigate, followed by the insurance investigator, the enforcer, and a young new-age girl determined to help Paul forget his dead wife.
About the Author
Michael Guillebeau's first book, JOSH WHOEVER (Five Star Mysteries, 2013) was a finalist for the 2014 Silver Falchion Award for Best First Novel: Literary Suspense and received a starred review in Library Journal and was named a Debut Mystery of the Month.
His second novel, A STUDY IN DETAIL, was published by Five Star in February, 2015. Midwest Book Review said ""Recommended for romance and mystery readers seeking something different... fresh, original and witty."
Guillebeau has published twenty short stories, including three in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. He lives in Huntsville, Alabama and Panama City Beach, Florida.
For more information, see www.michaelguillebeau.com.
