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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
As Halloween approaches, Brandy and her meddling mother must unmask a killer when a body is found at the antiques mall, supposedly mauled to death by a good-natured pit bull, launching an investigation that results in the disappearance of her ten-year-old son.
Author
Series
Cafferty and Quinn novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
A centuries-old bust of an evil, demonic man was stolen from a New Orleans grave. Its current owner shows up at Danni Cafferty's antiques shop, but before Danni can buy the statue, it disappears and the owner is found dead. Michael Quinn, a private investigator, believes that the right thing to do is to find and destroy this object weighted with malevolent powers. He and Danni follow it through sultry nights to hidden places in the French Quarter...
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Language
English
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Description
It's always been easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past, which is why working with an antiques dealer is perfect. While clearing out an estate, she pries open an old tin that holds the relics of a lost relationship: a World War II-era diary and a photograph of a young woman in uniform. Eager to find the author of the unfinished diary, Cara digs into this soldier's life, but soon realizes she may not have been ready for the stark reality...
Author
Series
Found things volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Description
"After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora's antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
A dark secret from a family's past threatens the lives of two sisters, Kate and Hannah Connelly, when the family-owned furniture firm in Long Island City, founded by their grandfather and famous for its fine reproductions of antiques, explodes into flames in the middle of the night, leveling the buildings to the ground, including the museum where priceless antiques have been on permament display for years. The ashes reveal a startling and grisly discovery,...
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Language
English
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Description
Enjoying her courtship with Bennett James, a businessman with ties to Shanghai, antiques dealer Precious Rafferty is stunned by a message from Lily Song, a cousin she has never met, who has a secret that she wishes to reveal during a face-to-face meeting in Venice.
Author
Series
Found things volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As the bustle of the winter holidays in the Little Shop of Found Things gives way to spring, Xanthe is left to reflect on the strange events of the past year. While she's tried to keep her time-traveling talents a secret from those close to her, she is forced to take responsibility for having inadvertently transported the dangerous Benedict Fairfax to her own time. Xanthe comes to see that she must use her skills as a spinner if she and Flora are...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
Christmas is coming but Savannah antique dealer Weezie Foley is distracted by her upcoming wedding to her longtime love, chef Daniel Stipanek, and also by the fact that her best friend and maid-of-honor BeBe Loudermilk is due to give birth any day and is still adamantly refusing to marry her live-in-love, Harry.
14) The pearl diver
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
15) Hot rocks
Author
Publisher
Jove Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
When her notorious past catches up with Laine Tavish, proprietor of the antique shop Remember When, it's up to her and an enigmatic stranger named Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her-and why.
Author
Series
Archaeological mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
When a vintage cornet they discover in an abandoned storage unit leads to murder, Brandy Borne and her mother Vivian must catch a corpse-hoarding killer, an investigation that exposes the town of Serenity's juiciest secrets.
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English
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"Christmas lights twinkle throughout the cozy coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire, and Prescott's Antiques auction venue has been transformed into a winter wonderland for Josie Prescott's annual holiday party. Josie is especially excited this year-Ian Bennington, a recently discovered distant relative, will be joining the fun. Both Ian and Josie are, it seems, descended from Arabella Churchill, a 17th century royal mistress. The party is a...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a waterfowl decoy collection goes missing after her appraisal, fine art and antiques expert Edie Brown is accused of the crime and must race against time to expose the real culprits before the FBI's Art Crime Team or the ruthless thieves catch up with her.
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