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 longsuffering 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 truecrime writing, septuagenarian supersleuth 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 runin 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 lighthearted, laughoutloud cozy mystery also features Brandy and Vivian's humorous tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes.
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 longsuffering 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 truecrime writing, septuagenarian supersleuth 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 runin 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 lighthearted, laughoutloud cozy mystery also features Brandy and Vivian's humorous tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes.
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