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Book Review of Sketch a Falling Star (Portrait of Crime, Bk 3)

Sketch a Falling Star (Portrait of Crime, Bk 3)
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Rory McCain never needed a partner to create a likeness of a suspect when she was a police sketch artist. But now, working as a sleuth, she's got the ghost of Zeke Drummond to help illustrate her investigations... â When the Way Off Broadway Players get swept up in a flash flood while sightseeing in Arizona, Rory McCain's aunt Helene and her fellow amateur thespians survive -- with the exception of Preston Wright. The victim was actually quite an actor -- he was a womanizing scam artist who duped nearly everyone in the troupe, as well as an ex-con who operated under various aliases.

While Preston's death was found to be an act of nature, Rory can't discount the possibility that human nature may have contributed to the drowning. But even as she investigates the cast of characters to find out which one played the villain, Rory is finally on the verge of solving a very personal cold case: the murder of her ghost partner, Zeke...