Antiques Fire Sale

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When a body discovered in the woods of a county state park turns out to be the owner of the mansion supposedly burned in the fire, the question arises- who charred the corpse In their fourteenth installment, Brandy and Vivian are on the case! 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 is 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.

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BARBARA ALLAN is the joint pseudonym of acclaimed short story writer Barbara Collins (Too Many Tomcats) and her husband, New York Times bestselling novelist and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition). Their previous collaborations have included one son, a short story collection, and fifteen novels. They live in Iowa in a house filled with trash and treasures.