Unorthodox Methods — Deborah Valentine

ART MAKES A DEADLY STATEMENT

Sculptress Katharine Craig doesn't often get to Lake Tahoe, where she stays with her cousin, Jon Craig, making the most of his sometimes less than wonderful nature. This time, Katharine arrives just in time to be swept into a whirl of parties, mystery... and murder.

A series of art thefts has the townfolk doing plenty of speculating and Cousin Jon seems to be right at the center of the mystery. But when a local art collector is found gruesomely impaled on the piece of sculpture he recently had shown to Katharine, idle speculation turns to serious investigation. It seems Katharine was the last person to see the victim alive, and Kevin Bryce of the Tahoe Police has a more than passing interest in getting to know her better...