Antiques Fate
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4.3 • 7 Ratings
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
A village festival offers a Shakespeare play, an antiques sale—and a murder: “Surely one of the funniest cozy series going.”—Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
Brandy Borne’s exceedingly eccentric mother, Vivian, has been invited to perform her one-woman interpretation of “the Scottish play” (sometimes called Macbeth)—with different hats for different characters—at the neighboring town of Old York's annual fête. The weekend festival celebrates the quaint village's English flavor. Brandy, sensing a possible theatrical disaster, and savvy shih tzu Sushi, sensing possible doggy treats, tag along with the scene-stealing septuagenarian.
As soon as they arrive in the cozy hamlet, tragedy strikes: the theater owner drops dead onstage while giving Vivian the grand tour. That wasn't in the script and before they know it, Brandy and Vivian are entangled in a progressively perilous murder plot. Besides the cream teas and Chippendale chairs, it seems there are skeletons lurking among Old York's charming pubs and enticing antiques stalls …
When a second victim turns up mysteriously murdered, the dynamic duo knows they've got to step into the spotlight. But the remorseless killer seems to be well rehearsed for the Borne girls…and won't leave even the smallest detail of their demise to fête!
“Brandy and her eccentric mother make a hilarious team of snoops.”—Joan Hess
Includes Brandy Borne's tips on antiques fairs!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Camilla Cassuto, the not-quite-ex-wife of Brandy Borne's significant other, police chief Tony Cassuto, has moved to Serenity, Iowa, in Allan's appealing 11th mystery featuring Brandy and her mother, Vivian (after 2016's Antiques Fate). Brandy and Vivian have recently finished filming their reality TV show, Antiques Sleuths, and Brandy hopes to get her personal life back on track by persuading Camilla to sign the divorce papers. But when Brandy visits Camilla's shop, she finds the woman beaten to death with a cast-iron corn husker. After Brandy's arrest, Tony must recuse himself from the investigation. Live-wire Vivian sets out to clear her daughter's name with her usual gusto and risible results. Whenever Vivian gets too lively and threatens to spin out of control, Brandy is able to take charge of the narrative and slow things down, allowing readers to catch their breath. Some may find this series too manic and far-fetched for their taste. Allan is the pseudonym of Barbara and Max Allan Collins.
