Jessie O’Bourne comes to Montana as the guest artist of an annual show. A massive tractor draped with the advertising banner seems a fun way to promote the art show—except for the bullet holes in the back window. It had been the site of the tragic shooting death of a local teen.
After Jessie's irascible tomcat, Jack, discovers a dead man in Jessie’s motorhome - a man connected to the shooting, she not only becomes a murder suspect, but begins receiving threatening notes accompanied by a toy replica of the big John Deere. Surrounded by talented painters and sculptors, Jessie suspects one is a creative killer.
“…I’ve read a few murder mysteries in my time, but few of them have been as cleverly crafted with as many red herrings thrown in as Death at Crooked Creek by Mary Ann Cherry. This is superbly written with a plot that takes you on twists and turns you don’t expect and leaves you guessing or, even better, makes you think you know “whodunit” before the actual reveal. I loved the artistic setting of the story and the fact that the author, an artist of note herself, was able to inject her knowledge into the story naturally and without artifice…I cannot pay this author any higher compliment than to say, I want to read more about Jessie O’Bourne’s crime-solving adventures….I can only hope there are more on the way. A highly recommended read.”
- Grant Leishman for Readers’ Favorite
