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Blue smoke and murder

When Jill Beck's great aunt dies in a suspicious fire, a dozen old family paintings create a stir in the closed world of the Western art circuit. After her life is threatened, Jill calls Zach Balfour for help. Zach and Jill race to stay alive despite the claims and counter-claims, the threats a...

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Main Author: Lowell, Elizabeth, 1944-
Other Authors: Monda, Carol.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Harper Audio, p2008.
Subjects:
Art > Collectors and collecting > Fiction.
Murder > Fiction.
Romantic suspense fiction > Sound recordings.
Summary: When Jill Beck's great aunt dies in a suspicious fire, a dozen old family paintings create a stir in the closed world of the Western art circuit. After her life is threatened, Jill calls Zach Balfour for help. Zach and Jill race to stay alive despite the claims and counter-claims, the threats and lies, the death that waits inside the blue smoke of salesmanship, and the brutal truth of murder.
Item Description: Title from container.
Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Duration: 10:00:00.
Physical Description: 9 sound discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits: Produced and directed by Michael Conroy.
ISBN: 9780061557491
0061557498
Author Notes: Elizabeth Lowell is actually a pen name for the real person named Ann Charters Maxwell. Maxwell was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1944. She was educated at the University of California, Davis and the University of California, Riverside, where she received a B.A. in 1966. She married Evan Maxwell, a journalist, on September 4, 1966. They have published numerous novels together including The Silk Strategy, The Ruby, Steal the Sun, Redwood Empire, and The Golden Mountain.

Maxwell started her writing career in 1975 with the science fiction novel Change. She has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense. She has written under numerous pen names including A. E. Maxwell, Annalise Sun, and Lowell Charters. In 1982, she began publishing romance novels as Elizabeth Lowell. She was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award in 1994, Romance Writers of America Best Historical Romance in 1994, and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 1994. Her title Beautiful Sacrifice made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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