"Faux Reel" is the fifth in the Imogene Museum series of mysteries. The main character is Meredith Morehouse, the curator of the museum. It is set in the Columbia River Gorge section of Washington state, and the descriptions of the area are wonderful.
During the museum's first annual fundraising event, Meredith discovers that a large painting is missing from the museum. The painting was donated by a relative of the Director of the Museum, Rupert Hagg, and was extremely ugly. It had been displayed on the second floor in an out of the way area to keep it out of sight while still technically still on display.
While no one involved in the museum, including the Director, actually cared that the painting was missing, they were all concerned that someone knew the museum well enough to be able to remove a large painting without anyone else noticing.
The disappearing work of art is just the first of several disturbing events, and Meredith is involved once again in trying to solve a mystery involving the museum.
I didn't like this as well as some of the other stories in the series, but it was still a pleasant read.
This fulfills a requirement in the A to Z Reading Challenge title--X (an x anywhere in the title is accepted)
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