The Woman in the Blue Cloak by Deon Meyer

Finding a naked dead body is frightening.  When a busload of tourists see her they tell the bus driver he has to call the police.  He doesn't want to because it will slow the trip down but they are insistent and the women all stand around to hide the body and pray for the woman.  When the police arrive, they are stumped about who she is.  With no clothing and no purse or phone, they just have the body.  She's been bleached and was evidently dead from a hit on the head.  But she's also been moved, so there is no evidence at the site.  They have their work cut out for them.

Grove Atlantic and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you).  It will be published May 7th.

They find she is an American who has been living in a hotel.  She's an art expert who was trying to find a missing painting.  It's rumored it has been painted by Rembrant's best student but no one knows where it is.

She knows which family inherited it, so she looks the family up and traces down the children (who are adults now) and talks to them about the picture.  When she finally locates it, she goes to see it in person.  Not long after that she's dead body on display to the world.

The police talk to the hotel staff and work on finding her car.  They try to trace her movements.  Will they find the murderer?  

The story is full of art restoration facts as well as details about the murder.  This was a good read.