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In Kate Wilhelm's latest crime novel, a small Oregon town is rocked with a wheels-within-wheels case of art, scams, and murder. Gold Bay, Oregon, a small coastal resort town of under a thousand residents, is home to three decades of women: Marnie, the long-widowed owner of a small gift shop; Van, her granddaughter, who's going to graduate from medical institution; and Stef, mercurial and difficult, a brilliant artist who won't sell her work. When Stef discovers that Dale Oliver - the latest partner/paramour in a very long series - is wanting to sell her work behind her back again, she puts an end to it and threatens to do the same to him. Soon thereafter, Stef dies within an mishap in her studio, and Dale turns up with a signed deal granting him the to sell her work. Convinced that Stef was murdered to grab her artwork, Marnie and Van, grandmother and granddaughter, decide to do whatever is essential to notice that Dale doesn't get away with any of it. This consists of enlisting the assistance of the new stranger in town, Tony, a ex - New York City cop who might be the only one who can confirm it was murder and bring the killer to justice.