KILL THEM WITH CANVAS

The Abbington sisters continue to display a talent for art and murder in western New York.

Chloe and Izzie have opened a paint party shop in their hometown of Whisper Cove, on beautiful Chautauqua Lake, and they’ve run several successful workshops there. Unfortunately, the one they’re running for their aunt Constance, president of the local chapter of the Chautauqua Sisterhood, goes awry with the announcement by Viola Finnwinkle, director of the Sisterhood's northern district, that Constance’s chapter is being merged with two others; a heated discussion follows. When Viola’s body is soon found floating near the ferry dock, Constance is the No. 1 suspect. Flushed with their success in solving a previous murder, the sisters set out to prove her innocence even though it means butting heads with the attractive Det. Hunter Barrett, who may have a romantic interest in Chloe. The amatory side of her life becomes more complicated when she calls on a once-and-maybe-future boyfriend, a top-notch criminal attorney, to represent her aunt, who refuses to account for her time between leaving the painting class and arriving home. Constance’s self-involved daughter, Spencer, who turns up looking for money for a new investment, clearly has her eye on the family trust fund and thinks getting her mother declared unfit will be good for both of them. Miraculously, Constance avoids arrest, but if she’s to stay out of jail, the sisters need to find some other suspects pronto.

A middling mystery with pleasant characters and a light romantic touch.