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Love the vintage- not the ghostsLily Ivory feels that she can finally fit in somewhere and conceal her "witchiness" in San Francisco. It's there that she opens her vintage clothing shop, outfitting customers both spiritually and stylistically.Just when things seem normal, a client is murdered and children start disappearing from the Bay Area. Lily has a good idea that some bad phantoms are behind it. Can she keep her identity secret, or will her witchy ways be forced out of the closet as she attempts to stop the phantom?

Author Biography

Juliet Blackwell is the pseudonym for the New York Times bestselling author of the Haunted Home Renovation Mystery series. She also writes the Witchcraft Mystery seriesand, together with her sister, wrote the Art Lover's Mystery series as Hailey Lind. The first in the series, Feint of Art, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. She is also the author of the novels Letters from Paris and The Paris Key. As owner of her own faux-finish and design studio, the author has spent many days and nights on construction sites renovating beautiful historic homes throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Praise for the Art Lover''s Mysteries by Juliet Blackwell Writing as Hailey Lind Brush with Death "Lind deftly combines a smart and witty sleuth with entertaining characters who are all engaged in a fascinating new adventure. Sprinkled in are interesting snippets about works of art and the art world, both the beauty and its dirty underbelly."-- Romantic Times Shooting Gallery "Lind''s latest creatively combines mystery, humor, and interesting art tidbits. The unique characters--including aging art forgers, art thieves, and drug smugglers--add depth to this well-plotted cozy."-- Romantic Times "If you enjoy Janet Evanovich''s Stephanie Plum books, Jonathan Gash''s Lovejoy series, or Ian Pears''s art history mysteries . . . then you will enjoy Shooting Gallery . . . . The book is a fun romp through San Francisco''s art scene with some romance and a couple murders and car chases thrown in for good measure."--Gumshoe "An artfully crafted new mystery series!" --Tim Myers, Agatha Award-nominated author of A Mold for Murder "The art world is murder in this witty and entertaining mystery!" --Cleo Coyle, national bestselling author of Espresso Shot Feint of Art "Annie Kincaid is a wonderful cozy heroine. . . . It''s a rollicking good read."-- Mystery News OBSIDIAN Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4PCanada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen''s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published by Obsidian, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. First Printing, July 2009 Copyright

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