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101) Scary stuff
Author
Series
Jane Wheel mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Whenever antique picker Jane Wheeler and her family get wrapped up in personal business, it's bound to be scary stuff.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
"Catherine's last job ended badly. Corporate bullying at a top antiques publication saw her fired and forced to leave London, but she was determined to get her life back. A new job and a few therapists later, things look much brighter. Especially when a challenging new project presents itself: to catalogue the late M.H. Mason's wildly eccentric cache of antique dolls and [preserved animals] ... Catherine can't believe her luck when Mason's elderly...
103) Dead guy's stuff
Author
Series
Jane Wheel mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
Jane Wheel is making a career out of going through old stuff. What this saloon keepers' daughter loves, though, is not the items themselves but the stories they tell about the lives of their previous owners.
104) Antiques con
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Brandy and Vivian head to a comic-book convention to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing. An intruder breaks into their hotel suite, and they suspect a felonious fan, over-eager to acquire the artwork. When Brandy and Mother stumble onto a murder victim impaled by a pen-shaped award, suspects range from comic-book collectors to crime kingpins, leading to a madcap Manhattan misadventure.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"Christmas lights twinkle throughout the cozy coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire, and Prescott's Antiques auction venue has been transformed into a winter wonderland for Josie Prescott's annual holiday party. Josie is especially excited this year-Ian Bennington, a recently discovered distant relative, will be joining the fun. Both Ian and Josie are, it seems, descended from Arabella Churchill, a 17th century royal mistress. The party is a...
107) The Celtic riddle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2000]
Description
"Lara is in a town in County Kerry, Ireland - serving as moral support for her employee, Alex Stewart, who must attend the reading of an old friend's will. The late Eamon Byrne was a well-to-do businessman with a querulous family and a huge estate. Well-versed in Irish mythology, Byrne leaves each of those gathered at the reading a sealed clue to a mysterious treasure, a posthumous ploy to force his family to work together and mend the strife that...
108) The Magyar Venus
Author
Series
Archaeological mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
The discovery of a 25,000-year-old archaeological treasure, a rekindled romance, and a suspicious suicide send Toronto antiques dealer Lara McClintoch on a quest to the city of Budapest.
111) 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
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
A father, estranged for the worst of reasons, is driven to seek out the daughter he has not seen in decades. Daniel Ahearn lives a quiet, solitary existence in a seaside New England town. Forty years ago, following a shocking act of impulsive violence on his part, his daughter, Susan, was ripped from his arms by police. Now in her forties, Susan still suffers from the trauma of a night she doesn't remember, as she struggles to feel settled, to love...
113) The lady on my left
Author
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
Alison Read was orphaned as a small child and became the ward of antiques dealer Paul Aylmer. As Alison matured, so did her love for Paul, a man who had never made the slightest romantic overture toward her. How could she get the man who had been a loving father to Alison the girl, to realize that Alison the woman had very grown-up feelings toward him?
114) Sign of the carousel
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A young woman inherits a mansion and land on the northern California coast, but on her arrival she has an unpleasant encounter with a rancher who covets the property.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Unlikeable antiques dealer Fran©ʹois always gets what he wants, but there's one thing he's never had: a friend. Challenged to a bet by his business partner, Fran©ʹois must find someone who will pose as his best pal in just 10 days. Enlisting the assistance of charming taxi driver Bruno, Fran©ʹois goes to outrageous lengths to be a likable guy.
116) Discovering Daisy
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
"Daisy Gillard led a quiet life in her father's little shop, until the handsome [pediatrician] Mr. Jules der Huizma swept her away to Holland! It was a secret joy for Daisy that Jules seemed to want to spend time with her. But Daisy knew her feelings couldn't lead anywhere, because Jules was promised to another woman... But he was so attentive and charming, Daisy was starting to hope that she would become Jules's bride..."--p. [4] of cover.
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