title: Painting Lessons: a Bella Sarver Mystery (Bella Sarver Mysteries) (Volume 1)
author:  Barbara Lipkin 
description: Barbara Lipkin's colorful paintings hang in private and corporate collections. She also teaches painting and drawing. "Painting Lessons" is her first mystery featuring Bella Sarver. Watch for "Brush With Death," in which Bella Sarver stays closer to home, but still manages to find mischief and mayhem in the art world. Barbara Lipkin lives in suburban Chicago, with her husband.
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  # The Girl in the Painting
  
  
  ## A heartbreaking historical novel of family secrets, betrayal and love
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Renita D’Silva
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Bookouture](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Bookouture](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Books by Renita D’Silva
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [_The Orphan’s Gift_](https://geni.us/B084VNRZYQendmatter2)
  
  
  [_The Girl in the Painting_](http://geni.us/B07MK2TNMCendmatter2)
  
  
  [_Beneath an Indian Sky_](http://geni.us/B078SKLHL3endmatter2)
  
  
  [_A Daughter’s Courage_](http://geni.us/B06XCZ9B4Pendmatter2)
  
  
  [_A Mother’s Secret_](http://geni.us/B01BRTXBDAendmatter2)
  
  
  [_A Sister’s Promise_](http://geni.us/B00Y0HIIWQendmatter2)
  
  
  [_The Stolen Girl_](http://geni.us/B00MUKRH9Uendmatter2)
  
  
  [_The Forgotten Daughter_](http://geni.us/B00IO4L60Wendmatter2)
  
  
  [_Monsoon Memories_](http://geni.us/B00DHVEEDSendmatter2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Prologue](part0004_split_000.html#3Q280-