Girl With Pencil, Drawing
  • Published:
    Jan-2011
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Pages:
    190
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Young detective, Annie Tillery, wins a series of art lessons at a prestigious art gallery, plunging her into the NYC art world and a brutal murder mystery. At the gallery Annie discovers her instructor, Francesca Gabrielli, engaged in a volatile argument with John DiCristiani, the gallery's director. He demands that Francesca make forgeries of masterpieces for him. When the gallery director is found murdered in cold blood, Francesca becomes the prime suspect and calls upon Annie to help solve the crime and clear her name. As Annie and her NYPD detective aunt, Jill Tillery, brave the dangers of an international art fraud ring in an attempt to find the murderer, they realize that the key to solving the case lies hidden in a mysterious brownstone in Brooklyn, whose inhabitants present tantalizing and elusive clues. As Annie and company attempt to stay one step ahead of DiCristiani's murderer, they manage to escape one deadly trap after another. The stakes are high in the glamorous yet dangerous world illegal art trafficking.


Author Bio: Linda Maria Frank: With the introduction of the Annie Tillery Mysteries, Linda has been launching a new career as author. Inspired by a childhood passion for Nancy Drew books and the popular television series, CSI, she successfully married an appealing heroine (Annie Tillery) with a gripping story plots to create these new fiction books for mystery readers. The Madonna Ghost has earned the distinctive "Editor's Choice" and "Rising Star" awards. In Girl With Pencil Drawing, the second book in the series, Annie stays one step ahead of the bad guys.


Frank's first love was teaching science, her assignments ranging from Middle School to graduate level courses at Hofstra and Adelphi Universities. It was the forensic science courses that gave her the story lines for her heroine, Annie, who is based on a composite of former beloved students.

Presently Frank is the producer of "The Writer's Dream", a series of shows with writers who discuss different aspects of the profession, seen on youtube.
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    • Nov-2013
    • iUniverse
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1491711175
    • ISBN13: 9781491711170
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    • Nov-2013
    • iUniverse
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 1491711191
    • ISBN13: 9781491711194
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    • Jun-2012
    • First Edition Design Publishing
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    • Jul-2012
    • First Edition Design Publishing
    • eBook
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    • Jul-2012
    • First Edition Design Publishing
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1622870360
    • ISBN13: 9781622870363
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    • Nov-2013
    • iUniverse
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1491711183
    • ISBN13: 9781491711187
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    • Jul-2013
    • Annie Tillery Mysteries
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