The Dangers of Art

The Portman Creamery Mysteries #3

by C.S. Patra

Meet the ladies of Portman's Creamery. Led by Irene and Chrissie Garcia-Galvan, they run their ice cream shop by day and solve crimes no one else can before the night is over. Join Pippa, Becca, Mary Beth, Stacey, and Winky on their latest case!

Becca is thrilled when her art is featured in a gallery but that excitement soon turns sour. Someone begins vandalizing all the artwork in the area. In addition to this, she also struggles to get along with her best friend, Cameron. It isn't long before the vandal comes after her artwork. Is there a reason someone is doing all this? Or is there something else that no one can see?

220 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 8, 2015

About the author

CS Patra is the Amazon bestselling author of several book series. They include but are not limited to The Reaper's Apprentices, Operation: Genome, Cirque Macabre, Portman's Creamery mysteries, The Patterns & Parallels Saga, Ghosts of Burning Inn, and Flavors of Love. She loves to dabble in different genres and loves to cross over. Her personal favorite thing is write about female characters in different situations. She is also fond of writing many LGBT stories and stories focused on PoCs.
Although she does work during the day, most of her nights are taking up by writing. A native of North Carolina, she currently lives in Nebraska with her husband. She loves ladybugs, yellow roses, movies, book signings, mysteries, watching old Youtube videos, ghost stories, gossip, music, people making her fanart, museums, ice cream, and being a wisecrack though not all in that order. Writing and peacocks hit the top of her list though.

Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed listening to this book on audible; the narrator Priscilla Finch did a wonderful job narrating this book and speaking for both men and woman characters. Becca and her fellow workmates from the Portman's Creamery are amateur spies who assist the local police force. Becca also creates art, and she was in an art show at the local gallery and had her work destroyed along with other works of art. Becca and her friends set out to find the culprit and keep themselves and Becca's friend Cameron safe from harm.

This was an interesting who dun it; characters were explained well and the story flowed chapter to chapter and keep mine interest throughout. This was my second book in the series I have listened too and will definitely read more as they become available.

[Sarah Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

A nice little mystery that will keep you turning the page. All though I wasn't surprised by the ending it was still shocking. The characters are likeable, hard to pick a favorite. I liked the bond between the female characters. They are all so different yet they make the best of friends.