Bøker av Lane Stone

Brilliant and beautiful art recovery expert, Emma Kelly, has her suspicions about all the sleepers showing up in the art market. Someone is amassing a fortune, but to what end? When she witnesses the murder of a renowned artist in a Washington, DC museum, and her husband, FBI Assistant Director in Charge, Elliott Baldwin, discharges his weapon in public to save her life, they are drawn into investigating a forgery ring. In the exciting second installment of the Big Picture Trilogy, The Canvas, the body count rises, culminating in a terror attack outside the walls of the Vatican. Emma unmasks her foe, but he's only getting started.¿ How long can she protect the greatest collection of art the world has ever known and her double life?

At Buckingham Pet Palace doggy daycare, the (canine) customer is always king--but when a killer strikes, owner Sue Patrick is the queen of crime-solving...An early morning beach jog takes a somber turn when Sue Patrick and Lewes, Delaware's Chief of Police, John Turner, encounter a gentleman dressed in a tux--and indisputably dead. While John runs to alert police, Sue witnesses an interloper rummaging through the victim's pockets, right before he's shot by a second stranger who attacks Sue. Two trusty doggy friends come to her aid, but the shooter escapes.The well-dressed corpse was Danish conductor Georg Nielsen, darling of the classical music world. Lewes is hosting the world debut of Georg's new sonata, and the show must go on...but there's major discord amongst the musicians. Lady Anthea, Sue's aristocratic business partner, joins her in trying to bring the curtain down on a killer. But they'll need four-legged help to stop a maestro murderer who seems to have orchestrated the perfect crime . . .

When a break-in at the Pet Palace robs Sue Patrick of more than her beauty sleep, she intends to tidy her ransacked doggy daycare and spa before making any rash decisions. But after Sue abandons her better instincts to rescue a petrified pug stranded at a lighthouse in the Delaware Bay later that morning, shes lured off mainland Lewes long enough for a freshly murdered body to get dumped in her driveway . . . Aided by Lady Anthea Fitzwalter, her practically royal business partner from across the pond, Sue sniffs out clues about the yappy pug with a complicated history and the old car spotted at both crime scenes in hopes of IDing the culprit. As the investigation leads them back to the bay, the ladies soon find themselves immersed in a case trickier than a canine agility course and chasing after a well-groomed killer who will do anything to maintain a perfect reputation . . . " -- publisher.

Emma Kelly races against the clock to countries with Virgin Mary apparition sites in an attempt to save the world's most beloved art. Can she stop the attacks before it's too late?

Buckingham Pet Palace is known for treating dogs like royalty—until murder dethrones its good reputation!   As owner of an upscale doggy daycare and spa, animal-lover Sue Patrick pampers pooches for the most elite clients in Lewes, Delaware. Surely she can survive a weeklong visit from Lady Anthea Fitzwalter, her well-to-do business partner from England. But before Sue can serve her guest a spot of tea, she discovers more-than-a-spot of blood inside the company van—and all over the driver’s dead body . . .   Someone abandoned the van full of dogs at the Lewes ferry terminal and got away with murder, leaving Sue and Lady Anthea pawing for clues. With a fundraising gala approaching and Buckingham Pet Palace facing scandal, can two very different women work together to fetch the culprit from a list of dodgy suspects—or are they heading toward a proper disaster?