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41) Hidden treasures
Author
Pub. Date
c2014
Description
During a big sale at the local jewelry store, Samuel Bentley picks out a vintage sapphire ring that he knows Miriam Maxwell will adore. But she is shocked to recognize it as an heirloom piece of her mother's. When the gem falls out and is found to be phony, they find the art deco setting is etched with a name: Theo. While Samuel tries to track down the jeweler who has abruptly left town, they learn that other customers have also purchased jewelry...
42) The silence
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Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
Soon after arrived at her late husband's childhood home, a home that is said to be haunted and built on the grounds where the notorious Isobel Action committed a vicious crime, Nell West starts hearing soft piano music even though the piano is locked and the key is missing. As events begin to spiral out of control Nell comes to realise that the music is tangled with Isobel Acton's macabre fate.
43) The portrait
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
"Avid antiques collector Pierre-François Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an eighteenth-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life"--Amazon.com.
45) Finders keepers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
The beautiful mansion next door is an ever-present reminder of the stable heritage and gracious, old-fashioned ways Ambleside represents. Zachary Chambers is shocked to receive an inheritance from an aunt he barely remembers, even if it is just a decrepit old mansion. Once cleared, the site will be perfect for the architectural firm he's designing. Out with the old, in with the new. That's Zachary's motto. Even as they clash over the fate of Chalmers...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2002
Description
"Antiques dealer Abby Timberlake Washburn is thrilled when the Mrs. Amelia Shadbark-doyenne of Charleston society-invites her to broker a pricey collection of Lalique glass sculpture. These treasures will certainly boost business at the Den of Antiquity, and maybe hoist Abby into the upper crust-which would please her class-conscious mom, Mozella, no end. Alas, Abby's fragile dream is soon shattered when Mrs. Shadbark meets a foul, untimely end. And...
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
c1999
Description
In a Treasure-Laden Mansion: Unflappable and resourceful, Abigail Timberlake, antique dealer and owner of Charlotte, North Carolina's Den of Antiquity, relies on her knowledge and savvy to authenticate the facts from the fakes when it comes to either curios or people. Her expertise makes Abby invaluable to exceptionally handsome Tradd Maxwell Burton, wealthy scion of the renowned Latham family. He needs her to determine the most priceless item in...
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Series
Found things volume 4
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"Paula Brackston's City of Time and Magic is the next installment in the time-traveling Found Things Series. City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet. She must choose from three treasures that sing to her; a beautiful writing slope, a mourning brooch of heartbreaking detail, and a gorgeous gem-set hat pin. All call her, but the wrong one could take her on a mission other than that which she must address first, and the stakes...
50) Thai die
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
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.
51) Lethal treasure
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
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Description
"For antiques dealer Josie Prescott, an abandoned storage unit is the perfect place to find some killer treasure. The crowd at the auction includes local interior designer Henri Dubois, who bids against a man who is new to the scene. Josie is thrilled with her win, a small unit filled with Depression-era glassware and stunning vintage jewelry. Henri's unit includes hand-painted silent movie posters, which he hands over to Josie for appraisal. ...
52) A chime to kill
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Join Maggie Watson in the charming town of Somerset Harbor on the coast of Maine as she unearths a treasure trove of antiques and adventure. After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, a nineteenth-century Colonial Revival, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant she said, 'antiques are filled with stories-secrets just waiting to be discovered.' Maggie and the lively members of the historical society...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"America s favorite pot thief must face off against the US Army to rescue a precious relic from obscurity in this clever and captivating mystery A dealer in traditional Native American pottery, Hubie Schuze scours New Mexico in search of ancient treasures. The Bureau of Land Management calls him a criminal, but Hubie knows that the real injustice would be to leave the legacies of prehistoric craftspeople buried in the dirt. In all his travels across...
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Series
Wine country quilts volume 5
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"The Quilt Left Behind is the 5th and final novel in the Wine Country Quilts Series. Shop owner and quilt collector Lily Rosenthal has learned the hard way to make sure that no quilt is ever left behind. Losing any quilt is heartbreaking, but the one Lily left in her old apartment is the one that hurts the most-and becomes the most gratifying. With ghostly mysteries to solve, the Dinner Detectives keep busy on the trail of clues while more than one...
55) A fedora offense
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Valentine's day is approaching and Maggie is in love...with some antiques she bids on at a local auction. A man in a fedora also seems interested but disappears before Maggie can find out who he really is. As she investigates her new purchases she finds hidden paperwork relating to the Vietnam War era."--Amazon.com.
56) Antiques ravin'
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The votes are in! Eccentric seventy-something Vivian Borne—elected county sheriff, to everyone’s amazement but her own—springs into action. In her new role, the community playhouse diva appoints daughter Brandy reluctant deputy and makes their spunky shih tzu Sushi a K-9 unit of one. Soon the amateur-sleuths-turned-pro have a challenging case to solve as a series of creepy crimes plague an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, where a fiend...
57) The cane mutiny
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Winning the bid at an auction for the contents of an old locker that has been sealed for years, Abigail Timberlake Washburn is delighted to discover a collection of beautiful old walking sticks--as well as a gym bag containing a human skull--and joins forces with her assistant and future sister-in-law C.J. to uncover a killer.
Author
Series
Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
1999
Description
When Abigail Timberlake buys a bad copy of Van Gogh's "The Starry Night", little does she know she bought herself a fortune and a lot of trouble.
60) The pearl diver
Author
Series
Rei Shimura mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A dazzling engagement ring and the promise of a fresh start in a new country bring antiques dealer and sometime-sleuth Rei Shimura to Washington, D.C. But while she tries to play catch-up with her beautiful, politically connected cousin, Kendall, and is commissioned to furnish a chic Japanese-fusion restaurant, things start to go haywire. First, Kendall vanishes from the restaurant's opening-night party, and then Rei is drafted to help Andrea, the...