Death Among the Sands (Ann McIntosh Series Book 3)

223 pp. From front jacket flap: "Bald Knob Cove in the Virginia Alleghenies was a peaceful vacation spot, with scenery to inspire an artist. But Ann McIntosh was so intrigued by the chance to do a portrait of the fabulous old dowager, Barbara Sands, that she neglected the mountains. Nor did she regret her decision to spend her time with the amazing copper-haired old lady whose beauty was as much of a legend as the tragedy of her life - the loss of both a young husband and a twin sister half a century before. After so many years, Mrs. Sands' beauty as well as her sorrow might well have faded. Yet she still had a face to delight an artist, and tragedy seemed determined still to dog her. This time it was her son Richard Sands who died - violently, at a murderer's hands. Ghosts in an attic, a rare old book and a picture with blood-red hands figure in this absorbing mystery by a popular author."