The fine art of murder

By Donald Bain

Subjects: Art thefts, Italy, fiction, Authors, fiction, Jessica Fletcher (Fictitious character), Women novelists, Crime, fiction, Fiction, media tie-in, Murder, Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths, Fiction, Chicago (ill.), fiction, Travel, Fletcher, jessica (fictitious character), fiction

Description: Jessica vacations in Italy, where she joins a tour that takes her to a variety of private homes, restaurants, and rural churches where lesser-known Italian masterworks are displayed. Her idyllic time is interrupted by a pair of young Italian gunmen who steal a painting off a church wall, killing a retired policeman in the process. Agreeing to help identify the crokks, at a later date should they be caught, Jessica returns to Cabot Cove and tries to put the shocking experience behind her, but it won't be left in the past.