What I'm Reading: KILLER ART by Jon St. Denis
A cozy campus mystery tackling AI-generated art
Two newbie academics flee New York City for an idyllic college town in California, only to find themselves in the middle of a murder investigation. When art professor Vikka Chen stumbles on the body of another art professor in the middle of an art exhibition about AI generated art, she becomes a prime suspect. Together with her journalism professor husband, Sam Worthing, she begins her own investigation, ultimately becoming the target of the killer as they close in.
Full of campus politics, over-the-top characters and a cracking good mystery, Jon St. Denis’s KILLER ART is a fun, late-summer read.
Thank you to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy.
KILLER ART is out Aug. 4, 2026.