The fourth mystery to feature art historian Sweeney St. George (after 2005's Judgment of the Grave
) is every bit as riveting as the previous installments in Taylor's series. The opening of a funerary art exhibit at Boston's Hapner Museum of Art goes swimmingly, until the museum's housekeeper is found murdered—it seems she interrupted an attempted heist. The circumstances of her death recall a still unsolved theft that took the same museum by surprise more than two decades earlier. Sweeney and her detective friend, Tim Quinn, wonder if the two events are connected. Meanwhile, Sweeney herself is feeling oddly down in the dumps—she'd been planning this exhibit for three years, and she's not sure what to do with herself now. But instead of jumping at the chance to move to London with her live-in beau, she finds herself occasionally daydreaming about Quinn. Cozy fans will eagerly await Taylor's next offering. Regional author tour. (Sept.)
