Allan Barbara - Antiques Liquidation - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Trouble's on the wind when an auctioneer turns up dead in the new Trash 'n Treasures cozy mystery - "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Magazine) Two o'clock in the morning is the perfect time to be asleep. So when long - suffering Brandy Borne is rudely awoken by her eccentric mother Vivian and invited on a surreptitious shopping trip the idea is less than tempting. But if Vivian - Serenity's true - crime writing septuagenarian super - sleuth - has a nose for sniffing out antiques Brandy's sense of smell is just as good and trouble's on the wind. A little light blackmail and one run - in with the police later and Brandy and Vivian are the 'proud owners of a selection of dead stock liberated ahead of an upcoming warehouse sale from unsavory auctioneer Conrad Norris. Brandy's not convinced there's a fortune to be made in vintage toys retro plates and pearl buttons - there's more mileage in their shop's new Halloween display even though it's only August - but she supposes it could be worse. It soon is. After the auction's taken place Vivian and Brandy make an unnerving discovery. It's not just the stock that's dead - so is the auctioneer This light - hearted laugh - out - loud cozy mystery also features Brandy and Vivian's humorous tips for buying and selling antiques along with a selection of tasty recipes.
Title: Antiques Liquidation
Author(s): Allan Barbara
Publisher: Canongate Books
Barcode: 9781448307654
Pages: 208 Pages
Publication Date: 6/27/2023
Series: A Trash 'n' Treasures mystery
Category: Crime & Mystery