EVERY
SHROUD HAS A SILVER LINING
Abigail Timberlake, owner of the Den of Antiquity, has never been
happier. She is about to marry the man of her dreams AND has just outbid
all other Charlotte, North Carolina, antique dealers for an exquisite
English tea service. Then Mama (who is running off to be a nun) stops by
to deliver an early wedding present, and it rains on Abby's parade.
The
one-of-a-kind tea service Abby paid big bucks for has a twin. A frazzled
Abby finds more trouble on her doorstep -- literally -- when a local
auctioneer mysteriously collapses outside her shop and a press clipping
of her engagement announcement turns up in the wallet of a dead man.
(Obviously she won't be getting a wedding present from him.)
Tracing the deceased to a small town in the Pennsylvania Dutch
country, Abby heads above the Mason-Dixon Line to search for clues to
the origins of faux tea services. Accompanied by a trio of eccentric
dealers and her beloved but stressed-out cat, she longs for her Southern
homeland as she confronts a menagerie of dubious characters. Digging for
answers, Abby realizes that she might just be digging her own grave in
-- horrors! -- Yankeeland.
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