In an art gallery in New York City, a wealthy banker is murdered. Manhattan's art scene is full of people who would have benefited from his death, but newly-published writer Ruby Neptune takes it personally when her best friend, a local artist, becomes the prime suspect. Still traumatized from the death of her neighbor a few months earlier, Ruby jeopardizes her tenuous recovery to investigate. As the incriminating evidence piles up, she realizes she's gotten in too deep, but it's too late to turn back. Ruby has no choice but to seek out the truth, even if it means drawing the attention of the killer onto herself or someone she loves. This is the second book in the Ruby Neptune mystery series. The first is Murder Beyond Words. You don't need to read the first mystery to enjoy the second, but the reading experience will be enhanced if you read them in order. Murder with Art is approximately 55,000 words.