Girl With Pencil, Drawing by Linda Maria Frank.
Annie Tillery Mysteries Book 2.
Seventeen-year-old amateur detective Annie Tillery is at it again.
After she wins a series of art lessons at a prestigious art gallery, Annie shows up for her first lesson to find her instructor, Francesca Gabrielli, in a volatile argument with John DiCristiani, the art gallery’s director. He is demanding that she illegally copy art masterpieces. Unwittingly, Annie is about to be drawn into the illicit, treacherous, and unpredictable world of art forgery. When DiCristiani is found murdered in cold blood, Francesca becomes the prime suspect.
She calls upon Annie to help solve the crime along with her NYPD detective aunt, Jill Tillery. They must brave the dangers of an international art fraud ring in an attempt to clear Francesca’s name. They discover that the key to solving the case revolves around a mysterious brownstone in Brooklyn whose inhabitants present tantalizing and elusive clues. As Annie and company attempt to stay one step ahead of DiCristiani’s murderer, they escape one deadly trap after another. The stakes are high in the glamorous yet dangerous world of illegal art trafficking. Annie must solve the crime to save her life and that of her friends.
5 Stars: Spectacular Read for Students and Young Adults!
Annie Tillery Mysteries book two Girl with Pencil, Drawing is a spectacular read for students and young adults of all ages. Each book in the Annie Tiller Mystery Series is unique and stands alone with no need to read in a particular sequence.
The story line in ‘Girl with Pencil, Drawing’ by Author Linda Maria Frank draws the young reader into an adventure where young Annie Tillery goes for her first art lesson at a prestigious Art Gallery. With youthful exuberance and an eagerness to advance her drawing skills Annie arrives early. When she enters the studio, she overhears a heated argument between two people who turn out to be her Art Instructor Francesca Gabrielli and the Art Gallery Director John DiCristiani.
Annie’s empathy for others and her sleuth personally draws her into a murder mystery when John DiCristiani turns up dead and Francesca Gabrielli is the prime suspect, Annie enlists the help of her Aunt Jill who is a NYPD Detective to help clear her new-found friend and art mentor’s name.
With strong characters, flowing dialog and layers of mystery, soon everyone is caught up in a real who-dun-it that involves a long list of suspects and hidden clues. Twists and turns with all the dangers that come into play when an International Art Fraud has been perpetrated.
I invite you to go beyond this headline: “Manhattan Business-Man Found Slain in Chelsea. John DiCristiani, a wealthy business man, whose financial interests reached as far as Hong Kong and Istanbul, was found shot to death in his posh apartment overlooking the Hudson River. Mr. DiCristiani’s body was found by an employee from his Soho gallery. The police questioned the employee, Ms. Francesca Gabrielli, at headquarters, but subsequently released her. Police would only confide that the murder weapon was found at the scene and that all other leads were being investigated. Mr. DiCristiani is survived by a son, Mark, twenty-five, a law student at New York University.”
Learn the ins and out of the art world that include how scientists’ tests for authenticity in original paintings by world renown artist like Renoir and the lucrative forgeries that make this underworld as treacherous as any international mob association.
Follow the clues, wait for the DNA evidence and sift through the ashes left by an arsonist. Inspire a young reader to discover the innate detective skills of Annie Tillery who is fast becoming the next Nancy Drew. This series should be placed on our schools’ summer reading list.
Editorial Review (Book Marketing Global Network).
Message From Linda Maria Frank: Hello, fellow mystery lovers. As a teacher of forensic science for almost 20 years, I decided to create mysteries around the science I found most interesting. I also wanted to create a smart, edgy, young female detective to solve my cases. The result was Annie Tillery. I like to call my books “Nancy Drew meets CSI”. My books capture, not only my love of mystery and science, but those things I found most exciting in life; sailing, falling in love, and my fascination with New York City.
Currently, I am living on Long Island and working hard to promote my books.
The third Annie Tillery mystery, Secrets in the Fairy Chimneys, revolves around another topic I find fascinating, and that is archaeology. It takes place in Turkey. This story is packed with heart stopping page turning drama.
The latest book, The Mystery of the Lost Avenger, investigates a cold case involving Annie’s great grandmother who was a test pilot for Grumman Aviation during WWII. Go back in time to solve an unexplained plane crash involving sabotage and great grandma, Charlotte Wheeler and her fighter pilot fiancé.
Stay tuned for more thrilling and dangerous adventures for Annie and that oh-so-sexy Ty.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE AWARDS
The Author Show Awards1, 2.4.and 7) – are writing contests. The winning entries appear in an anthology, “50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading”.
The Top Female Writers Award (6) is based on an entry the author chooses to submit of their writing.
The other awards are for individual books I submitted to various contests.
The first award I received was “Rising Star” for “The Madonna Ghost”, awarded by iUniverse, the original publisher.
- 2013 The Authors Show 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading
- 2014 The Authors Show 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading
- 2015 Wishing Shelf Awards Red Ribbon Winner, “Secrets in the Fairy Chimneys”
- 2016 The Authors Show 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading
- 2017 Finalist, Book Excellence Awards, “Secrets in the Fairy Chimneys”
- 2018 The Authors Show Top Female Author
- 2018 The Authors Show, 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading
- 2019 First Place, Royal Dragonfly Book Award, “Making a Mystery with Annie Tillery”
- 2019 Independent Press Award, Distinguished Favorite, “Making a Mystery with Annie Tillery”
- 201 Big Book Award, Distinguished Favorite, “The Mystery of the Lost Avenger”.
Book Awards: Young Adults/Teen: Linda Maria Frank, New York
https://wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuthorsShowTopFemale-results.html
Amazon Author’s Page:
https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B004XD6AOK/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true
Professional Website:
http://www.lindamariafrank.com/
Professional Blog (newsletters):
http://lindamariafrank.com/my-blog/newsletters/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/AnnieTilleryMysteries/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/AnnieTillery123
Secrets In The Fairy Chimney’s Prologue by Linda Maria Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9h_6J9TIes
Secrets In The Fairy Chimney (Commercial)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2XBSawaw3s
The Madonna Ghost by Linda Maria Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3VMvQnOznI
Girl With Pencil, Drawing (Ch 1 Audio Book) by Linda Maria Frank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZGR9EDvTYQ
Linda Maria Frank Interview At The Children’s Author Radio Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g50Le-ULa40
Author’s Page At Book Marketing Global Network:
http://bookmarketingglobalnetwork.com/book-marketing-global-network/linda-maria-franks-books/
