Stealing Lumby by Gail Fraser

Stealing Lumby is the second book in the Lumby Book Series by Gail Fraser. The first book, Lumby Lines is also the name of the local newspaper for this town of quirky characters. The story follows a number of the townsfolk and I did have trouble keeping up with who's who in the beginning. It was a cozy story, in a delightful setting with interesting characters and I found it somewhat similar to the Mitford series.

From the book cover:
Back in the 1950s, Lumby had a brief moment of fame when renowned artist Dana Porter made two of its picturesque barns the subject of his greatest painting. In Stealing Lumby, the town is jolted from its comfortable obscurity once again when the famous painting disappears and the national media comes a-calling in an effort to solve the mystery. Things go from bad to worse when one of the barns itself goes missing; some see dollar signs in all the attention but others just want to get things back to the way they've always been. There is, after all, the Summer Solstice Moo Doo Iditarod to plan for. All of Lumby's quirkiness comes alive again in this delightful sequel to The Lumby Lines. Faithful readers will recognize old friends, enjoy meeting new ones, and relish all the antics as the story unfolds-as pieces of the stolen barn show up in the strangest of places, a schooner goes sailing down Main Street, and the famous artist considers recreating his masterpiece in a way that amazes all.