TRICK OF THE EYE

Comfortable and settled, nearing age 40, artist Faith Crowell takes pleasure in enjoying a quiet, uncomplicated Manhattan lifestyle with her cat as a solitary companion. Of course, that's precisely when her life takes an unexpected new course, leading her to the assignment of a lifetime--painting interior ballroom murals for an extraordinary Long Island mansion. Anna Fields portrays Crowell as savvy and intuitive, traits that will help her when she learns of the unsolved murder a decade earlier of her benefactor's daughter within the mansion. Fields captures all the suspense of the story as Crowell explores the past just a bit too creatively. B.J.P. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/ JUL 04]