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The Art of Murder
Bonnet House, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, museum, has a troupe of adorable monkeys living on the grounds – and they escaped from a bar.
This colorful museum was the home of artists Evelyn and Frederic Clay Bartlett. Evelyn took up orchid collecting at age 100, drank exotic Rangpur lime cocktails – made from Rangpur limes she grew on the grounds – and lived to be 109.
 The Bonnet House Museum & Gardens is the legacy of Evelyn and Frederic's enchanted lives, preserved for us to visit. I'm not a fan of most museums – I don't enjoying looking at rich people's old furniture – but the Bartletts knew how to live and their house celebrates their zest for life. http://bonnethouse.org/
I can't wait for you to read The Art of Murder, my 15th Dead-End Job mystery. The Art of Murder opens at Bonnet House, where I was a volunteer. Private eye Helen Hawthorne and her landlady, Margery Flax, are touring the mansion-turned-museum when they see Annabel Lee Griffin, a young, talented artist. Later, they also see Annabel's deadly end. Helen is hired to investigate her death. Was Annabel killed by her jealous  husband? Her best friend? A lover from her bohemian past? Helen has her own brush with death as she searches for this artful killer. Meanwhile Phil, her PI husband, sets a trap for a gold thief so slippery no one can figure out how the light-fingered gold lover breaks into 20th-floor condos.
The Art of Murder debuts May 3 as an e-book and a hardcover. I'll be in eight cities: Bethesda, Maryland. Fort Lauderdale and Delray Beach in Florida, as well as Florissant, St. Louis, St. Charles and St. Peters, Missouri, and Nashville, Tennessee.
My signings will raise money for the Tea for TEAM Food Pantry and the Municipal Library Consortium. I really want to see you this tour. It will be at least two years before I hit the road again. I'm facing a heavy writing schedule. – Elaine Viets
Where to See Elaine
Bethesda, Maryland. Saturday, April 30, 2 PM. Malice Domestic Conference. "Make 'Em Laugh: Humor in Mysteries" panel. http://malicedomestic.org/
Florida
Fort Lauderdale -Tuesday, May 3, 5 PM. Kickoff signing, Barnes & Noble, 2051 N. Federal Highway. To order your autographed copy of The Art of Murder, call 954-561-3732.
Delray Beach - The Art of Murder talk and signing, Wednesday, May 4, 7:00 PM, Murder on the Beach Bookstore, 273 NE 2nd Avenue. 561-279-7790.
Missouri
Florissant - Tea for TEAM Benefit, Thursday, May 5, 2 PM, John Knox Presbyterian Church, 13200 New Halls Ferry Road, sponsored by the Presbyterian Women of John Knox Presbyterian Church. Your $10 ticket gets you tea, coffee and desserts. Proceeds from the tea, raffle, and book sales go to TEAM, The Emergency Assistance Ministry Food Pantry. For reservations, e-mail teaforteam@gmail.com
St. Louis - Lunch, speech and signing, Friday, May 6, 11:30 AM. Historic St. Louis Women's Club, 4600 Lindell Boulevard. Event only for club members and guests. For tickets, e-mail Mary Rumy at maryrumy@aol.com.
Ladue - Saturday, May 7, 1-3 PM. The Art of Murder talk and signing and Municipal Library Consortium Book Fair Benefit, Barnes & Noble Ladue, 8871 Ladue Road. Ten percent of all purchases – even if you don't buy my book – will benefit the Municipal Library Consortium. 314-862-6280.
St. Charles - May 8, 2 to 4 PM. Mother's Day Meet and Greet at Main Street Books, 307 South Main Street. 636-949-0105.
St. Peters - Monday, May 9, 7 PM. The Art of Murder talk and signing, Spencer Road Branch Library, 427 Spencer Road. 636-447-2320.
Tennessee
Nashville - Tuesday, May 10, 6 PM. The Art of Murder talk and signing for the Sisters in Crime Nashville Chapter at Green Hills Branch Library, 3701 Benham Avenue. The talk is free and open to the public. 615-862-5863.
Now in paperback! Checked Out, my 14th Dead-End Job mystery, set at a library.
Can't make the signings? Call the stores and order your signed copies.
Or order online at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble (bn.com).
I'm in good company: SHOP TILL YOU DROP, my first Dead-end Job Mystery, made the list of 16 Florida Must Read Books, along with John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaaen and Elmore Leonard.
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