Rattling
Old Family Skeletons
North Carolina native Abigail Timberlake, owner of the Den of
Antiquity, is quick to dismiss the seller of a hideous old vase--until
the poor lady comes hurtling back through the shop window minutes later,
the victim f a fatal hit-and-run.
Tall, dark, and handsome Homicide Investigator Greg Washburn--who
just happens to be Abby's boyfriend--is frustrated by conflicting
accounts from eyewitnesses. And he's just short of furious with his
ever-loving, when he learns it was a valuable Ming vase, and Abby let it
vanish from the crime scene. Abby decides she had better find out for
herself what happened to the treasure--and to the lady who was dying to
get rid of it. It turns out the victim had a lineage that would make a Daughter of
the Confederacy green with envy, and her connection with the historic
old Roselawn Plantation makes that a good place to start sleuthing.
Thanks to her own mama's impeccable southern credentials, Abby is
granted an appointment with the board members--but no one gives her
permission to snoop. And digging into the long-festering secrets of a
proud family of the Old South turns out to be a breach of good manners
that could land Abby six feet under in the family plot.
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