A dying Native American girl whispers to Jessie that her attacker was a cop. Her world, a world of brilliant color seen through the eyes of an artist, turns dark. The cop Jessie knows best is her old flame, Russell, and there's been something disquieting, something suspicious about the love of her life.Death on Canvas pulls the reader into a search for missing masterpieces and the investigation of the cold case murder of an artist who knew too much. Jessie's own aunt.