Miss Melville's Revenge

To everyone's surprise (her own most of all), our Miss Melville has become a darling of the New York City art world, and her paintings are selling like hotcakes. But you know, she does still like to keep her hand in. After all, when you're good at something, you want to keep doing it, with or without a financial motivation.

Besides which—this time it's personal. Susan's father, you may recall, disappeared many years ago into South...