Rick Homan

Dark Mural Rick Homan

Why was an art student at a small Ohio college murdered?

Why do the faculty shun her professor?

Why is her professor threatened by the local sheriff?

Why does her professor worry she won't live to long enough to give a midterm exam?

Nicole Tang Noonan is the art historian from San Francisco, who teaches at a small college in rural Ohio. When one of her students is murdered, and another is accused of the crime, Noonan's frustration with the sheriff's investigation drives her to find the real killer.

As her investigation brings her closer to identifying the murderer, colleagues shun her, and the local sheriff threatens her. Is her life in danger?

Dark Mural, the first in a series of traditional mysteries, is an exciting and absorbing investigation into how an art historian's special knowledge unravels a baffling murder

Art History - A Matter of Life and Death