A review by deanie
Fundraising the Dead by Sheila Connolly

4.0

Actually 3.5 stars

Eleanor "Nell" Pratt is in charge of fundraising for the Society for the Preservation of Pennsylvania Antiques, a small museum in Philadelphia. However, when she finds the body of one of her co-workers, she gets swept up into a mystery involving missing artifacts and documents from the museum's collection.

I like museums. I even took a class on museums while getting my art history degree. And I've volunteered in development, so I have a bit more relatable background to this mystery than a lot of people. I think it was interesting.

Spoiler

Most established museums have way more things than they're capable of displaying, so stealing seemingly unimportant stuff to sell to collectors on the black market could be easy to get away with (and lucrative) for museum employees who lack integrity, like Charles.

The book did drag in places, but overall was a good start to a new series. I'm not sure where the author will go from here, because the opportunities for new mysteries in a museum seems limited, but I'd read them.