Antiques Fire Sale

Written by Barbara Allan

Narrated by Jeanine Bartel

The award-winning, laugh-out-loud adventures of antiques dealers Brandy Borne and her drama-queen mom Vivian have made Trash 'n' Treasures "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine). In the latest installment, after flames consume a historic mansion full of priceless treasures, along with its occupant, the question arises: who charred the corpse? Brandy and Vivian are on the case in their fourteenth Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery!

That local theater diva of a certain age, Vivian Borne--a.k.a. Brandy's mother--is sheriff of Serenity County now, but still hot on the trail of precious antiques. On a tour of the historic Wentworth Mansion, the two dedicated dealers are aglow at the treasure trove of priceless objects...never dreaming everything will turn to ashes, hours later.

A charred corpse in the ruins is identified as the mansion's caretaker, a one-time flame of Vivian's. But Tony Cassato--Brandy's beau and Serenity's Chief of Police--throws cold water on Sheriff Vivian's suspicions of murder. Then Brandy spots a certain familiar item for sale on the internet, and Mother suspects the fire was just a smoke screen.

When their doggie detective, Sushi the Shih Tzu, sniffs out a second body in the woods, Mother and Brandy turn up the heat on a homicidal torcher. Because any killer who takes on the Borne girls is playing with fire.
Don’t miss Brandy Borne’s tips on buying and selling antiques on the internet!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781980075356

Barbara Allan

Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of husband-and-wife mystery writers, Barbara and Max Allan Collins. Barbara is an acclaimed short-story writer, and Max is multi-award-winning New York Times bestselling novelist and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. Their previous collaborations have included one son, a short story collection, and fourteen novels. They live in Muscatine, Iowa - their Serenity-esque hometown - in a house filled with trash and treasures.

Reviews for Antiques Fire Sale

[jetangen4571 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

cozy-mystery, fraud, friendship, family-dynamics, law-enforcement, murder-investigation, situational-humor, verbal-humor, greed, punny*****This book will be perfect as an antidote to real world worries. It's a punfest with enough humor to keep laughing throughout the whole book!The tale is told alternately by Sheriff Vivian the bipolar and her put upon daughter Brandy. The mystery is good and Vivian nearly gets fried a couple of times, but the twists and red herrings sometimes need rereading because the writing is so hilarious. Doesn't really matter if you've never read any of the other books in the series as this stands alone very well. There's also a recipe and lots of Trash 'n' Treasures Tips at the end of chapters, too.I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!