Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Art . . . it's a matter of life and death.
In Dark Mural, Nicole Tang Noonan, an art historian from San Francisco, starts her first teaching job at a small college in rural Ohio. Her class meets in the chapel to study a mural that documents the college's origins in the religious communes of the early 1800s.
When one of her students is murdered, and another is accused of the crime, she tangles with the local sheriff in her quest for justice.
As her investigation brings her closer to identifying the murderer, and her study of the mural brings her closer to discovering a dark secret in the college's past, local folks threaten her, colleagues shun her, and she wonders if she'll live long enough to give a midterm exam.
Synopsis
Why was an art student at a small Ohio college murdered?
Why do the faculty shun her professor?
Why is her professor threatened by the local sheriff?
Why does her professor worry she won't live to long enough to give a midterm exam?
Nicole Tang Noonan is the art historian from San Francisco, who teaches at a small college in rural Ohio. When one of her students is murdered, and another is accused of the crime, Noonan's frustration with the sheriff's investigation drives her to find the real killer.
As her investigation brings her closer to identifying the murderer, colleagues shun her, and the local sheriff threatens her. Is her life in danger?
Dark Mural, the first in a series of traditional mysteries, is an exciting and absorbing investigation into how an art historian's special knowledge unravels a baffling murder
Art History - A Matter of Life and Death