The Girl in the Face of the Clock — Charles Mathes

THE FINE ART OF MURDER

When her artist father emerges from an eight-year coma, Jane Sailor, a theatrical choreographer, discovers that his tragic fall down the stairs of their Soho loft was no accident. Though only semiconscious, Aaron Sailor's words are baffling: "No, Perry, no." But who is Perry? Could he be Peregrine Mannerback, an eccentric rare-clock collector and owner of Aaron's painting of a woman with a clock sifting on the same staircase where the artist fell?

But when Aaron Sailor dies suddenly and suspiciously, Jane becomes convinced the clock in the painting is the key to his murder. Embarking on a colorful odyssey into the international art world that spans New York, Seattle and London, Jane attempts to unearth her family's secrets. She hopes she lives long enough to share them.