Review: Death as a Fine Art by Gwendolyn Southin

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Death as a Fine Art by Gwendolyn Southin. A Margaret Spencer Mystery.

Review summary: This is an entertaining mystery, centered on the strong, compassionate character of a female private investigator in 1960s Vancouver. There's a nice balance of her professional investigation into a suicide that wasn't, and a personal subplot involving her daughter's upcoming wedding. (Click here for text of full review.)

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Death as a Fine Art
Gwendolyn Southin
A Margaret Spencer Mystery
TouchWood Editions (September 2012)

Publisher synopsis: Journey into the fashionable art world of 1960s Vancouver as Margaret Spencer and Nat Southby return in Death as a Fine Art, the fifth book in the Margaret Spencer mystery series. The owner of the Silver Unicorn Art Gallery is dead, and Southby and Spencer, Private Investigators are back at work in search of the killer. With plenty of suspects and twists and turns along the way, Maggie and Nat have their work cut out for them.

The cast of memorable characters are no match for the investigators. Maggie trusts her instincts as they take her from the streets of Vancouver to Victoria, Galiano Island, and Mission. Meanwhile, her estranged husband continues his efforts to win her back, but even with plans for her daughter's wedding taking up all her spare time, Maggie knows there is no returning to her old life.