Searching for a Starry Night: A Miniature Art Mystery

by Christine Verstraete

New ebook edition and Kindle (#1 Kindle book for Miniatures); print also available.

Samantha Ann Carlton would rather spend her summer vacation anywhere but a spooky old house in northern Wisconsin--like Lake Geneva! Somehow Sam knows it is going to take more than a couple days to find a missing painting no bigger than her hand. Maybe things won't be so bad, she thinks, since she gets to take a friend's lovable, nosy, and often mischievous Dachshund, Petey, and her best friend Lita along. If they're lucky the three of them can find the miniature replica of Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and help Sam's mother get it to the museum, where it belongs. But it's not gonna be easy, Sam realizes, when she discovers that her family has some spooky secrets of its own. Then Petey digs up an ancient curse and Sam fears her friendship with Lita is doomed. Can she find the miniature masterpiece before it's too late? Will she and her best friend go home forever friends--or enemies?

210 pages

First published August 1, 2008

About the author

So excited to have a new story, "Some Kind of Friend," inspired by the song of the same name, in the new anthology, A KILLING AT THE COPA: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF BARRY MANILOW!

This follows up on another music-based story, "Wildfire," (love thissong!) in the anthology, (I JUST) DIED IN YOUR ARMS: CRIME FICTION INSPIRED BY ONE-HIT WONDERS.

It is so fun writing (and reading!) stories inspired by favorite songs and music!
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* Also under name C.A. Verstraete
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Reviews

[Christine Verstraete · Rating 5 out of 5]

** #1 in Kindle store under miniatures! **

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[Samantha McGuire Mirror Bridge Jewelry) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute book, fun concept, even though it is meant for younger readers, I still enjoyed it.