Murder in a Basket (Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Series)

College librarian and struggling artist India Hayes doesn't know how she was talked into running a face-painting booth at the Founders' Day Festival. But there she is, in gingham dress and mobcap, on a chilly late October day. Then India discovers the body of basket weaver Tess Ross on the grounds. To India's dismay, she learns Tess is the sister of her college provost and the mother of a confused adopted son who begs India to investigate his mother's murder.