Fun time for readers! A cozy with a solid plot filled with lots of twists and turns. Love the sisters and their relationships to each other. Settle in for a fun time while reading this the second book in the series. Will be waiting for the next!!!! Thanks #netgalley and #Crookedlanebooks for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

In Bailee Abbott’s second book in the Paint by Murder mysteries, Chloe and Izzie are taking their paint party business on the road—with murder as the first stop! I really enjoy the relationship between Chloe and Izzie. overall the mystery was fun. The only drawback was the characters being way over the top. I think it could be toned down and still have the effect.
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I love me a good cozy mystery when I need a break from the hard core thrillers and this book was a great read.

I like the whole cozy/small creative business owner/small town vibe of this series, and I like Chloe's personality and her determination (along with Izzie's) to help her Aunt Constance. Still this book feels histrionic. Everybody's hysterical! Aunt Constance has all her drama ("The last word dragged out in a screeching howl"), Dewey ("Dewey was spiraling down into one of his hysterical episodes"), suspects are sobbing into the grass, sinking to their knees, etc. It's all just way too over-the-top, especially considering that the resolution of the mystery isn't all that satisfying. The explanation of the death-scene painting doesn't hold water, and overall, I want more real tension and less melodrama. I guess this series just isn't my taste.

REview copy provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

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One of the biggest differences between screen and page is that the page gets BETTER with each new episode!
The publisher's blurb does a good job of setting things up, so I wanted to read it, yet it gave away nothing critical. The story is nicely twisty, and the characters are so realistic and engaging. I liked it a lot!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book copy from Crooked Lane Books via NetGalley.

Killing Them with Canvas is the perfect cozy Halloween read. The second book in the Paint By Murder series finds twenty-something sisters Chole and Izzy running their successful art shop, Paint With A View, in the small NY town of Willow Shores on Chautauqua Lake. The morning after a painting class at the local vacation lodge, Viola Finnwinkle's body is found face down in the lake. Viola was in town to deliver upsetting news to the girls aunt, Constance. The plot thickens as Chole and Izzy investigate around town to find the murderer. Author Bailee Abbott provides readers with interesting small town characters, friendly dogs, and the haunting Lady of Chautauqua Lake. A perfect book for new adult mystery readers and fans of small town sleuths.

Taking an innocent fun paint party and adding a twisted mystery makes this an interesting mystery filled with likeable characters. Very curious to see where this series will go.

The second in the A Paint By Murder cozy mystery series. Chloe and her sister Izzie are back on the case when their aunt is accused of murder. They must find out the true culprit before she is arrested for murder.

I liked this mystery, but I felt like the first half was a little slow. Once it picked up, it was much better. I would read more in this series.

I received my copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

A cute cozy mystery that I found to be very baffling. Kill Them With Canvas is the second book in A Paint by Murder Mystery series. The First book is A Brush With Murder. In book one we were introduced to the characters and though it was edge of seat near the end I found I enjoyed this second book more. I was drawn into the story quickly and the book kept me turning pages to the very end. There was a murder near the beginning so the rest of the book is dedicated to digging up clues and pinning down suspects. There are about four suspects but readers wait till near the ending to find out Whodunnit. Romance is in the air as Chloe and Hunter find excuses to be together. The ending may have been a bit drawn out as each suspect takes a turn as the main suspect but this didn’t sway my interest in the story. It was entertaining and unpredictable as a good. Cozy Mystery should be.

It’s October in Whisper Cove and Halloween is just around the corner as the town prepares for the celebration and quite possibly a sighting of Abigail Bellow’s ghost! Chloe and Izzie are busy booking Paint sessions and their Aunt Constance, local President of The Sisterhood of Chautauqua Lake has set up a session at the lodge in town for her chapter of the Sisterhood. It’s a full house and even the Sister Hood director Viola Finnwinkle has made a special trip just to attend this painting session. All goes well until a loud argument between Aunt Constance and Viola grabs everyone’s attention. It seems that Viola wants to take the Whisper Cove branch of the Sisterhood chapter and add them to another branch. This doesn’t go well with Aunt Constance as it will end her position as President. The two ladies both leave the paint session as their tempers flare at one another. Then early the next morning Viola Finnwinkle is found floating facedown and quite dead at the ferry dock of Chautauqua Lake. Was this an accidental death or was it a murder?

I recommend this book to readers of Cozy Mystery. It’s part of a series but can be read as a standalone. This book is scheduled to be released on 10/11/22.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book. All opinions expressed here in this review are my own.

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An enjoyable cozy mystery in a fun set up -- a paint party business run by two sisters. The mystery had enough suspects and false turns to keep me guessing.

I received a review copy from NetGalley. This was a fun read that kept me entertained and drawn into the story. I enjoyed the characters and the twists and turns till the very end kept me reading.

This was a good mystery. It held my attention and I enjoyed the puzzle and plot. Thank you to NetGalley for the advance read.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Crooked Lane Books and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

I truly appreciate a good cozy mystery, this one didn’t disappoint. It’s an enjoyable addition to the Paint by Murder series.

Chloe Abbington and her sister, Izzie, run Paint with a View, their paint party business in Whisper Cove, New York. Their latest gig is for their Aunt Constance, president of the local chapter of the Chautauqua Sisterhood, the members with be painting a local ghost legend. The party is going well until Chloe overhears an argument between Constance and Viola Finnwinkle, the Sisterhood director – Constance is not happy with Viola’s plans and drives off in anger. When Viola’s body is floating face down in the water near the town ferryboat dock, Constance is naturally the prime suspect. She turns to Chloe and Izzie for help and they agree to do so but it won’t be easy – there are plenty of suspects but all of them, including Aunt Constance, aren’t telling the truth about what happened that night.

“Kill Them with Canvas” is the second book in Bailee Abbott’s Paint by Murder cozy mystery series and for the most part it was pretty enjoyable. The paint party premise is a good one and I enjoyed reading about the various paint parties that they held as well as the description of the shop. I also love the lake setting – how I would love to live there – and the local ghost legend, which led to some fun moments in the book. The mystery was itself was well done with just the right amount of suspects and twists and turns to keep a reader guessing who the killer was. Unfortunately there were times in the book where I found myself not like either of the main characters very much, especially Chloe who could be rude to people, especially Hunter which left me wondering why he liked her so much! I’m hoping both Izzie and Chloe soften as characters as the series goes on.

“Kill Them with Canvas” isn’t perfect but it does have some good moments that make it worth reading.

Chloe and Izzie are hosting a painting party for their Aunt’s ladies club. When one of the club sisters is murdered after attending the event, Aunt Constance becomes the main suspect and Chloe and Izzie heed their Aunt’s call to help figure out who the real murderer is before she’s sent up the river for a murder she didn’t commit.

A great setting in upstate New York that is tranquil and serene, but filled with murder given the series. Adorable dogs and enough red herrings to keep you guessing.

This is the second book of the Paint by Murder mystery series. Sisters Chloe and Izzy run Paint with a View. Their Aunt Constance is President of the Chautauqua local chapter and hires them to host a Halloween themed painting party at Bellows Lodge. All seems to go well until a loud argument breaks out between their aunt and Viola Finwinkle, the chapter director. When Viola is found murdered the next day, Aunt Constance is the prime suspect. Chloe and Izzy set out to clear her name and find the real murderer. This was a quick read that kept me guessing till the very end. Thank you Netgalley the advance copy!

Set in Whisper Cove, New York, Chloe Abbington runs a paint party shop called Paint with a View with her sister Izzie.

Constance Abbington was Dad’s widowed sister-in-law and is also the president of the Chautauqua Sisterhood’s local chapter. She’s planning on hosting a Halloween painting event with Paint with a View and has hired the Abbington sisters to host the event.

The guests will be painting a local ghost legend, the Lady of Chautauqua Lake, who died a hundred years earlier and rises from the lake every October to haunt anyone who dares venture out on All Hallows’ Eve.

The director of the Sisterhood’s northern district, Viola Finnwinkle, had called earlier to inform Constance of her plans to attend the event which Constance finds odd since Viola has never attended any of the sisterhood functions before. The event is set to take place in Bellows Lodge.

Earlier Detective Hunter Barrett had dropped by to inform the sisters about a couple of robberies that took place the previous night and to warn them to be on the lookout. The robber made away with items normally sold at hardware stores.

At the event, Constance learns from Viola that her chapter was being dissolved and would be merged with two other chapters. As a result, Constance would lose her position as President An altercation ensues whereupon Viola stands up to leave but without Constance making a threat at her.

On their way to pick up an order in Stow a nearby town, the sisters discover Viola's body floating face down in the town ferryboat dock in Chautauqua Lake, her long red hair spread around her.

Earlier not long after the guests left the lodge Chloe discovered a bizarre painting that was a replica of the same scene they stumbled on.

Then the police retrieves a purple knit hat belonging was found in the parking lot next to the ferry in Whisper Cove. The hat in question fits the description of the one Constance was wearing at the event. But Constance claims her hat went missing during the event. Is she being framed for murder?

When Chloe and Izzie learn that Constance might be charged with murder, they both set out to clear her name and find the real killer.

Well-written mystery. I enjoyed the characters and the setting.

Thank you to Bailee Abbott, NetGalley, and Crooked Lane Books for the ARC of this book.

Kill Them With Canvas was an interesting book but a little long. Chloe Abbington is the main character who owns Paint with a View paint party shop with her sister, Izzie. They live in a town called Whisper Cove, New York. The supporting characters round out the story. Their aunt, Constance Abbington is President of Chautauqua Sisterhood local chapter. She is putting on an event at Bellows Lodge for the club's members. The rumor has it that the lodge is haunted. Abjigail Bellows drowned when she was 20 in the lake. The legend is that whoever goes' out on Hallows Eve will die. Paint with a View is the entertainment for this event. Viola Finnwinkle is the Director of the club. She tells Constance that their club is being merged with other clubs and that Constance will no longer be President. Chloe overhears her aunt and Viola arguing and both of them storm out of the lodge. When cleaning up after the event is over Chloe comes across one of the paintings' painted showing a person dead floating on the lake. The next day Izzie and Chloe go to the ferry dock and discover the body of Viola Finnwinkle dead in the water, This is where the story takes off with Chloe and Izzie trying to figure out who killed Viola and why especially since their aunt is the suspect. Lots go on that I will leave to the reader to enjoy to the ending with other surprises.

Thank you NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for this ARC.

Sisters Chloe and Izzie are busy running their popular paint party venue, Paint with A View. Hosting a party for their aunt's Chautauqua Sisterhood club proves to be successful until a few arguments arise.
An odd painting left behind, a mysterious death, and now their aunt is the prime suspect unless Chloe and Izzie can find the real killer.

I like the idea of a paint party, it sounds like a great way to have fun. The mystery was well done and I was wrong when I guessed whodunit.
I'm happy to recommend this series to readers who appreciate a good solid story with colorful characters.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for selecting me to read an advanced copy of this book.
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Really enjoyed this book. Loved the characters. A wicked twist trying to figure out the killer in the end. Thoroughly enjoyed the book.