Den of Antiquity mysteries
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
c1996
Description
For Whom The Bell Pulls Tolls As owner of the Den of Antiquity, recently divorced (but never bitter!) Abigail Timberlake is accustomed to delving into the past, searching for lost treasures, and navigating the cutthroat world of rival dealers at flea markets and auctions. Still, she never thought she'd be putting her expertise in mayhem and detection to other use -- until crotchety "junque" dealer, Abby's aunt Eulonia Wiggins, was found murdered!...
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
c1996, c1999
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Abigail purchases an 18th-century French armoire for a song a an estate auction, which arrived along with something she didn't pay for: a dead body. Suddenly her shop is a crime scene--so Abigail is determined to speed the lumbering police investigation along. But amateur sleuthiing is leading the feisty antiques expert into a murderous mess of dysfunctional family secrets. And the next cadaver found stuffed into fine old furniture could wind...
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
c1999
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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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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
1999
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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.
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 7
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Abigail Timberlake, proprietor of the Den of Antiquity antique shop is sole inheritor of the Wiggins estate. Aunt Lula Mae Wiggins, who drowned in a bathtub of cheap champagne, was a distant relative.
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[2001]
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A fire during Abigail Timberlake's Halloween costume party is the cover someone uses to leave the body of Abby's ex-husband's current wife in a suit of armor.
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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...
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 10
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Abigail Timberlake Washburn would rather be anywhere else on a muggy Charleston summer evening -- even putting in extra hours at her antiques shop -- than at a séance. But her best friend, "Calamity Jane," thinks a spirit -- or "Apparition American," as ectoplasmically-correct Abby puts it -- lurks in the eighteenth-century Georgian mansion, complete with priceless, seventeenth-century Portuguese kitchen tiles, that C.J. just bought as a fixer-upper....
12) Monet Talks
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 12
Description
Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by the insufferable birdbrain, so Abby figures she's stuck with him. That is, until she finds a stuffed starling resting on his usual perch with a ransom note demanding a real Monet...
13) The cane mutiny
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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.
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Business isn't booming for antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn. A local rug store is luring away her customers with its rock-bottom prices. Eager to check out the competition, Abby is delighted to find a priceless Persian amid the cut-rate carpets--and shocked when Gwendolyn Spears, the store's beleaguered owner, begs her to take it home! Abby feels more than a little guilty about getting such a great deal . . . especially when Gwendolyn is...
15) Poison ivory
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 15
Pub. Date
2009
Description
All antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn wanted was to find a perfect gift for her darling (if not altogether together) mama Mozella's birthday. She never expected her online purchase of an exquisite, seventeenth-century rosewood linen chest to place her in federal custody, accused of trafficking in illegal ivory! Then insult is heaped on her injury when she's forced to turn to her lawyer-snake ex, Buford, to spring her -- since ex-cop/current...
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Den of Antiquity mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
"Memorials are murder! All antiques and no play make Abby a dull girl. So Abigail Timberlake Washburn takes a hiatus from her Charleston shop and accompanies best male friend, Rob, to the 'wake' of his loco Aunt Jerry--who, as it happens, is nowhere near deceased, but will be soon according to her trusted psychic. Watching the crazy, caustic old gal gleefully disowning assembled relatives left and right is a hoot and a half...until Aunt Jerry turns...