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22) Antiques maul
Author
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.
24) Thai die
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkeley Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, Betsy Devonshire must put her sleuthing talents to work when one of her regular customers unwittingly becomes embroiled in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Pressured by a patron who would buy a cardinalship, a sixteenth-century relic hunter and his best friend unsuccessfully forge a shroud before being placed in the custody of mercenaries to steal the celebrated Shroud of Chambéry.
26) Lethal treasure
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Joining the crowds at abandoned storage units being sold at auction a week before Valentine's Day, antiques dealer Josie Prescott is compelled to use her unique skills to solve the murder of a friend who is killed immediately after the auction.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
When her "charmingly eccentric" mother Vivian is accused of killing mousy-haired busybody Connie Grimes after they were both involved in a bit of a scuffle, Brandy Borne must find the truth, which immerses her in a scandal involving questionable antiques and dark family secrets.
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.
30) Last chance hero
Author
Series
Last Chance romances volume 9
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fire chief Ross Gardiner returns to Last Chance to start over after a difficult divorce. He gets a second chance to make things work with antiques shop owner Sabina Grey, who stole his heart when they were teenagers.
31) Antiques ravin'
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
After being elected county sheriff, Vivian Borne deputizes her reluctant daughter to help solve a series of murders centered around the town's Edgar Allan Poe festival.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Asmodeus "Sax" Saxon-Tang, a vainglorious antiques dealer who has killed vampires for their treasures, leads a ragtag band of mercenaries and slayers across Europe to confront an ageless monster who has threatened Sax's loved ones.
Author
Series
Storm Syrrell adventures volume 2
Publisher
Howard Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. Is she prepared to confront both earthly and spiritual powers? She remains haunted by lessons in love and betrayal-- but hesitation now holds mortal consequences.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
As Camille Benson, the mother of the newly elected mayor of Marthasville, Virginia, prepares to take over a local antiques business, the discovery of the previous owner's body in the antiques shop leads Camille to investigate the possible connection between his murder and a previously unreported theft of rare books.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When the mysterious letter arrives by courier, Valerie Cooper doesn't know what to make of it. She's become the beneficiary of her late husband's estranged uncle's will - a man she never knew - and inherited a majority partnership in the family's company, New Orleans Fine Antiques. When a wealthy local businesswoman is found dead with a jewelled dagger sticking out of her chest at a masquerade, Valerie is pushed into investigating Collette's business...
Author
Series
Found things volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
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
Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"If there's one thing detective Bath Peter Diamond has no patience for, it's a dumb git trying to get involved in one of his investigations-for example, a Philip Marlowe-wannabee private investigator like the self-styled Johnny Getz (his card claims he Getz results). But fate has saddled Diamond with this trial. A Bath antiques dealer, Septimus "Seppy" Hubbard, has disappeared without a trace, and his daughter, Ruby, has hired Johnny Getz to find...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Leo Selver, a middle-aged antiques dealer, is stunned when the beautiful and desirable Judy Latimer shows an interest in him. Soon they are lying in each other's arms, unaware that this embrace will be their last. Popular opinion suggests that Leo murdered the girl, a theory Leo's wife--well aware of her husband's infidelities--refuses to accept. Ed Buchanan, a former policeman who has known the Selvers since childhood, agrees to clear Leo's name....
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...
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