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82) Photo finished
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Description
When her late-night "Crop Till You Drop" session is interrupted by the murder of a neighboring shop owner, scrapbooking queen Carmela Bertrand finds herself, as well as her customers, under the scrutiny of the police, forcing her to carefully assemble the clues to solve the crime.
83) The devil's eye
Author
Series
Alex Benedict novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Interstellar antiquities dealer Alex Benedict receives a cryptic message asking for help from celebrated writer Vicki Greene, who has been mind-wiped. She has no memory of her life, or of her plea for assistance. The answers to this mystery lie on the most remote of human worlds, where Alex uncovers a secret connected to a decades-old political upheaval.
Author
Series
Lovejoy mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
1999
Description
Lovejoy and his Friend Gesso break into a priory and steal a rare painting, but Gesso is caught, and when Lovejoy finds evidence that suggests that Gesso has been killed, he finds himself involved in a strange case of murder, mystery, and stolen goods.
Author
Series
Archaeological mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
Through a quirky set of circumstances, Lara McClintoch finds herself in a partnership with her ex-husband Clive Swain. Clive has grandiose ideas, but expects everyone else to do the work to make them happen. Lara put up with Clive because her best friend is involved with him. She reluctantly agrees to his latest scheme to draw attention to their antique business starting with her acting as a tour guide to the ancient and mysterious North African country...
Author
Series
Wine country quilts volume 1
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
After quitting her boring editing job, aspiring writer Lily Rosenthal isn't sure what to do next. Her only joys in life are collecting antique quilts and frequenting the area's beautiful wine country. The murder of a friend results in her inheriting the inventory of a local antique store. She begins to consider opening her own shop, even though this will mean uprooting her life. With some help from her sisters, a ghost, and a handsome baseball fan,...
Author
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
What do a chamber pot, a famous poet, a family feud, and a long-ago suitor all have in common? Elizabeth Barrett Browning might have written about the length and breadth of love, but Abby Randolph has given up on all that, preferring to spend her time between her cluttered "needs work" apartment and an overcrowded antiques mart optimistically named Objects of Desire. Yet Abby can't help but wonder what happened to her earlier passionate self . ....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
Wildly different half sisters Maggie, Simone, and Star have hardly seen one another since their sprightly summers at Rowan Thorp, their eccentric father Augustus’s home. Known for his bustling approach to the knick-knack shop he ran, Augustus was loved by all and known by none, not even his daughters. Now, years later, the three estranged women are called upon for the reading of Augustus’s will and quickly realize he's orchestrated a series of...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Antiques expert Storm Syrrell heads to Europe to investigate the clandestine trade in religious artifacts. She dismisses superstitious tales of miraculous healings and divine omens. Yet when an obsessive Russian oligarch calls-just as her friend Harry Bennett vanishes-all assumptions must be cast aside. Storm seeks answers in a medieval monastery. There, the scarred visage of an icon provokes ever more startling questions. Is she prepared to confront...
91) Lucky stuff
Author
Series
Jane Wheel mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Forced to sell her house and move her antique collection after her divorce is finalized, private investigator Jane Wheel relocates to her Illinois hometown, where she investigates a washed-up comedian's activities against a backdrop of a crewman's suspicious death.
Author
Series
Wine country quilts volume 2
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
An incredible gift makes this the best Christmas ever for Lily Rosenthal and her three sisters as they celebrate a festive holiday season together in snowy Green Bay, Wisconsin. Will the new challenges involved in making a sampler Christmas quilt be more than red-and white quilt collector Lily Girl can handle? Intrigued by another Christmas quilt that seems beyond her reach, Lily enjoys a festive Christmas that she and her sisters will cherish forever....
96) Ruby: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"When antiques dealer Sadie Brennan's niece enters into a trauma-induced state of muteness, Sadie and her niece Savannah must solve the mystery of a homeless woman in Chicago named Ruby"--Provided by publisher.
97) Grandma's doll
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
"Sheila Nickels knows what she'll pick from the treasures stored in her grandmother's attic: an antique doll she loved as a child. But when she arrives to find the doll missing, her search leads her to antique dealer Dwaine Wood's door - and some unexpected feelings. Will a search for a lost childhood treasure end with newfound love?" -- Cover verso.
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity volume 13
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
It's a delightful surprise when Abigail Washburn discovers a collection of exquisite walking sticks-not so delightful when she finds a human skull!
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Description
Maggie Summer arrives at a prestigious antiques fair hoping to find some treasures for her shop, but when five other antique dealers die in mysterious circumstances, Maggie begins to suspect there is something sinister going on, and she sets out to discover the truth.