Death Re-Enacted

Retirement isn't all it's brushed up to be. After her mama falls and breaks a hip, Detective Sergeant PC Donovan returns to her historic hometown of Possumwood, Texas, to nursemaid and help out with the critters-an assortment of rescued farm animals, semi-feral cats, and a 'possum named Blossom. Even so, the former detective finally has a chance to relax and take a few painting lessons at The Best Little Art Gallery in Texas.

An antebellum mystery seeps into a weekend art workshop when the Lady in Blue makes an appearance. But that's a horse of another color.

The annual historical re-enactment of the Battle of Mirabella Creek has started with a bang. And one of the actors is dead. Turns out he had a secret-had he discovered the legendary missing Lamartine treasure? The scoundrel trying to frame her mother's boyfriend for the murder has PC seeing red. Short on evidence and long on suspects, she searches for the key to unlock fact from historical fiction so she can paint the culprit into a corner.