Antiques Mystery

When Vermont antique and art dealer Edie Brown discovers an unsettlingly dark collage by the famed reclusive “outsider” artist known only as Vespa, she opens a Pandora’s Box of deception and danger. Edie teams up with Uncle Tuck and Kala to investigate the background of the collage, but they only uncover secrets that are more disturbing than the artwork itself. As Edie tracks down the validity of the piece, she stumbles into an art underground where some people are willing to kill to keep their schemes a secret.

When a ship laden with gold disappears in the Sea of Okhotsk, Travis and his team of Alpha adventurers are asked to locate and recover the priceless cargo. With his intrepid partner, Savannah, unable to work this case, Travis worries his remaining two partners aren’t up to the task. Indeed, now he must rely on Fiona, a loose cannon with a penchant for trouble, and Thyri, who has a keen business mind, but no investigative skills. Travis knows he must be out of his mind to go on a mission with these ill-equipped adventurers, but the payout for a successful gold recovery is a solid incentive...

Ever since Abigail moved to the cozy seaside town of Wallace Point, intrigue continues to unfold. She already solved one murder, only to have another spring up at a nearby motel, thought to be the work of the infamous Wallace Point Ripper. To further complicate things, James Wilson, a hot-headed PI, arrives in town. Abigail is convinced that James is up to something. The whole town, however, welcomes Sheriff Wilson’s prodigal son with a warm embrace, leaving it up to Abigail to uncover his secrets herself.

Funny Goings On At Cliffs View was previously published as Cliffs View and has now been amended slightly and updated. Hilarious misadventures when Cliff has a mid life crisis and decides that he needs a new direction. Accepting redundancy from his boring job, he then late one night after too many drinks recklessly bids online for a remote old hotel, sight unseen. Perched precariously on a cliff edge - big mistake. Little does he know - it's but the beginning of his problems but also a new love in his life. Cliffs View turns out to be the hilarious "Hammer House of Horrors”, in the middle ...

Ana Yartsin is on the verge of becoming a celebrity chef. Her custom Faberge egg-shaped cakes have brought her national attention. As she prepares to be filmed for a reality TV show about the launch of her bakery in Rocky Point, New Hampshire, Ana hires antiques expert Josie Prescott to appraise the precious egg and snow globe. When Josie arrives at Ana's home, however, she discovers a murdered fiance and the priceless snow globe smashed beyond repair.

Who knew antiques could be so cutthroat? Harmony is buzzing with excitement as the annual antique market comes to town. Locals polish up heirlooms for appraisal, hopeful for treasure, while others hunt for bargains among the booths and tents filling the event grounds. But not everyone browsing is on the up and up. Mixed in with legitimate collectors are shady characters, grifters, fakers, and smooth-talking scammers with price tags as phony as their credentials. A storm rolls through the village, threatening to wash out the final day of the event. But by morning, the skies have cleared—...

When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum – and a dead body is found nearby – the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate. Following a lead that takes them aboard a glamorous antiques cruise sailing toward the Red Sea in Jordan, they quickly discover that the ship's art gallery is filled with stolen antiquities. Each and every one of them is also listed in Freya’s late mentor’s journals detailing unsolved cases.

Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village in which she grew up for the last 20 years. That is until news arrives that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, has died…and the circumstances seem suspicious. But when a letter from Arthur is delivered, sent just days before his death, and an ordinary pine chest concealing Arthur’s journals including reservations in her name are revealed, Freya finds herself sucked back into a life she’d sworn to leave behind.

Her life was once filled with love and new beginnings. But she'd given up on her hopes and dreams of marriage and a family...instead she'd buried herself in her big city career and the small home in her quiet home-town neighborhood. Then everything changed. Katherine’s life is changing quickly and it is all she can do to keep up. Tom isn’t going anywhere and she no longer knows that she really wants him to. The mystery at her soon-to-open flower shop has her taking a closer look at her life and the choices she’s made as she sees them through another woman’s similar struggles with ...

For Oxford, the arrival of 27 American tourists is nothing out of the ordinary...until one of their number is found dead in Room 310 at the Randolph Hotel. It looks like a sudden and tragic accident. Only Chief Inspector Morse appears not to overlook the simultaneous theft of a jewel-encrusted antique from the victim's handbag. Then, two days later, a naked and battered corpse is dragged from the River Cherwell. A coincidence? Maybe. But this time Morse is determined to prove the link.

The Second Life of Lydia Fairchild by Claire Winfield When antiques dealer Lydia Fairchild survives a car crash on a quiet Cambridgeshire road, she awakens not just to bruises and confusion—but to vivid, unshakable memories of a life that isn’t hers. Visions of an elegant corridor, a woman named Ronnie, and echoes of a university long past begin to infiltrate her waking world. As Lydia returns to her London shop, an antique cameo brooch and a forgotten book of T.S. Eliot’s poems spark a chain of events that uncover the long-buried story of Veronica “Ronnie” Langley—a brilliant ...

Josie Prescott has begun hosting classes at her antiques and appraisals shop, nestled in the cozy little coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire. The next class is on building a great vintage clothing collection. But when guest lecturer Riley Jordan is late, Josie begins class by reaching under a display table for a dazzling pair of Chanel heels. But instead of the heels, she finds Riley, dead.

When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum, and a dead body is found nearby, the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate. Following a lead that takes them aboard a glamorous antiques cruise sailing toward the Red Sea in Jordan, they quickly discover that the ships art gallery is filled with stolen antiquities. Each antique is also listed in Freya’s late mentor’s journals that detail unsolved cases. In chasing a murderer with a stolen painting, they may have found something more sinister than they could’ve imagined.

Plunge into the heart of a chilling mystery in Lakeside Falls, MI, with Emily and Josh Flanagan, masters of antiquities, now facing a death as enigmatic as it is modern. In the venerable halls of Laklandia—a revered liberal arts sanctuary an ultra-advanced fire suppression system is maliciously triggered during the senseless destruction of priceless musical antiques, and a beloved professor meets a bizarre and fiery demise. Amidst pressures to silence the scandal, Emily and Josh, a dynamic, quick-witted duo, dive headfirst into the shadows of intrigue. Navigating a labyrinth of seemingly ...

For antiques dealer Josie Prescott, an abandoned storage unit is the perfect place to find some killer treasure, but finding a dead body amongst the wares is more than she bargained for.With Valentine's Day a week away and the sun sparkling on the fresh-fallen snow in Rocky Point, New Hampshire, it is the perfect day for antiques dealer Josie Prescott to pursue her newest source of unexpected treasures - the contents of abandoned storage units sold at auction.

A stolen heirloom. A secret vault. A quiet town built on buried lies. Magda Lane’s antique shop was locked. The display case was sealed. Yet her grandmother’s pocket watch is gone, no break-in, no trace, just a lingering chill and the feeling she’s being watched. When more heirlooms vanish, Magda’s antique expertise and her knack for noticing what others miss makes her the town’s reluctant liaison. With Ivy’s quick wit and Deputy Hank’s skeptical eye, Magda starts asking questions someone doesn’t want answered. An outsider with a mysterious interest. A historian with too ...

Freya Lockwood has avoided the quaint English village where she grew up for the last twenty years. That is, until her eccentric Aunt Carole breaks the news that Arthur Crockleford, antiques dealer and Freya’s estranged mentor, has unexpectedly died. Then Freya receives a letter from Arthur, sent just days before his death, warning her that she is in danger. Suspecting he may have been murdered, she and Carole begin to investigate. When they discover Arthur’s journals and an invitation to an antiques enthusiasts’ weekend, Freya finds herself pulled back into a life she swore to leave behind.

"Caïus est un âne." La phrase inscrite par Rufus sur sa tablette remporte un grand succès en classe. Mais Caïus rougit de colère. Comment Rufus ose-t-il l'insulter, lui, le fils d'un richissime sénateur ? Pourtant, le lendemain, plus personne n'a envie de rire. La même phrase est tracée en lettres rouges sur la façade du temple de Minerve. Or, dans la Rome impériale, un tel sacrilège est terrible... Les amis de Rufus sont prêts à tout pour innocenter leur camarade : ils se lancent dans une enquête trépidante au cœur de la Rome antique !

Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.

When Helen Molesworth joined the gem and jewellery industry, she began her own love affair with one of humanity's oldest and richest fascinations. For as long as people have known about gemstones, they have treasured them. Born of violent geological events and the chance meetings of minerals, their stories are an extraordinary journey through time, and are significant to the human narrative in as many ways as they boast sparkling facets.