Antiques Knock-Off (Trash 'N' Treasures Mystery: Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery) - Hardcover

Allan, Barbara

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410438104 ISBN 13: 9781410438102

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2011

Synopsis

When her "charmingly eccentric" mother Vivian is accused of killing busybody Connie Grimes after they were both involved in a scuffle, Brandy Borne must find the truth, which immerses her in a scandal involving questionable antiques and dark family secrets.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Brandy Borne, seven months pregnant as a surrogate mom, dutifully monitors her own bipolar mother, Vivian, in Allan's quirky fifth Trash 'n' Treasures mystery set in the Midwestern Mississippi River town of Serenity (after 2010's Antiques Bizarre). Despite these obligations, Brandy manages to maintain an innocent romance with Tony Cassato, the Serenity police chief, as well as do a little antiquing and crime solving. When unlikable Connie Grimes, who once worked for Brandy's biological U.S. senator father, turns up dead with a knife in her chest, dotty Vivian confesses to the murder and goes to the slammer, where she meets a jailmate and potential witness to the real killer. And that's just one of the highlights. Throw in a touch of Mafia menace, a New Age hypnotist with a herd of cats, a very tasty recipe, and some smart tips on antique collecting, and you've got yourself a sure-fire winner. (Mar.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1410438104
• ISBN 13: 9781410438102
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 296