Lie Like a Rug

Ginger Barnes knew escorting Bryn Derwyn Academy's most infamous student downtown to be "scared straight" by a Federal judge would be tough. She did not expect to discover her childhood babysitter, Professor Charlie Finnemeyer, on trial for fraudulently aging an oriental rug. As witnesses against Gin's dear "Uncle Wunk" conveniently suffer natural deaths, fears about Charlie's guilt force the amateur sleuth to make some judicious inquiries.

Unlikely suspects include a TV craft show host; the president of a college; a trendy art dealer; and Charlie's suspiciously overprotective wife, whose skill at being in the wrong place at the wrong time isn't helping her husband's case one bit. Gin would love to unravel the murderous scheme in time to persuade the jury of Finnemeyer's innocence, but first she must convince herself.  Writer's Digest Award Winning Author