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Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery
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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Kensington July 1, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758211929
ISBN-13: 978-0758211927
Product Dimensions:
6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
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After her divorce, Brandy Borne heads back to the small midwestern town where she grew up only to find that her mentally ill mother, Vivian, has sold all the family's antiques to unscrupulous dealer Clint Carson. Before Brandy can reclaim the family heirlooms, Carson is murdered, and both Brandy and Vivian confess, each hoping to protect the other. When it becomes clear that neither of them is guilty, Brandy investigates. This mystery offers a likable heroine whose first-person narration draws the reader into the story, which includes subplots concerning the somewhat strained relationship between Brandy and her much older sister and the challenge of living with a flamboyant mother who is quite eccentric when she doesn't take her medication. Humor, though sometimes somewhat forced, laces the narrative in this first in a promising series. Readers of Sharon Fiffer will enjoy the antiques frame, including various tricks of the trade addressed to the reader at the end of each chapter. Sue O'Brien
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This review is from: Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery (Hardcover)
Brandy Borne returns to Iowa and gets involved in solving a murder mystery in her hometown. She's accompanied by an eccentric mother with a flair for the dramatic and a blind Shih Tzu named Sushi. In spite of the Bornes nosing around when and where lay citizens definitely shouldn't, the culprit is satisfactorily brought to justice in the end. Compared to other light mysteries, I've got to say that "Antiques Roadkill" is rather average. Like another reviewer, I didn't particularly like Brandy at first. Her constant asides to the readers (know what I mean?) began to wear on me. If you're hankering to read an antiques mystery based in the Midwest, pick up one of the Jane Wheel mysteries by Sharon Fiffer. As for me: one episode of this series was enough ... though I *did* enjoy the scene of the final denouement.
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Antiques Roadkill: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery
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