

Genre/Category: Cozy – Amateur Sleuth/Hobby When Arthur’s assistant, an aspiring writer, is murdered during the festivities, Florrie realizes this is no color-by-numbers case, and she’ll have to sort out the complicated secrets among this creative crowd of suspects. Then there’s an ex-FBI agent whose popular thrillers are a magnet for female fans a less-successful romance writer and an ambitious waitress who’s intent on a career in journalism.

But it soon becomes clear that the soothing vibe of coloring books is very different from the stress and backstabbing in some corners of the literary world.Īrthur Bedlingham, for example, barely makes a living despite the many awards he’s won, and his chances for better sales haven’t been helped by the vicious review he just got from another guest at the party. Coloring book creator and Washington, DC, bookstore manager Florrie Fox is attending the wedding of her wealthy boss and a famous romance author, who are taking their vows, for the second time, on the grounds of the gorgeous Maxwell mansion.
