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Deadly Appraisal
A Josie Prescott Antiques Mystery

by Jane Cleland



      Josie Prescott, antiques dealer, escapes a price fixing scandal in New York City, by starting fresh in the New Hampshire town of Portsmouth.

To promote her antiques business, Prescotts Antiques, she sponsors the Portsmouth Women's Guild annual fund raiser. In the middle of the evening's festivities, Maisy Gaylor, one of Portsmouth's Women's Guild representatives, drops dead from potassium cyanide poisoning.

Detective Rowcliff, investigating the death, implies Josie may have been the true target. By accident, Maisy had picked up Josie's glass. Josie questions his assumption until several nights later a dark colored car tries to run her down. Josie must find the true target. Was Maisy the true target since the chairman of the fete had it in for her, or did the theft of the $20000 Chinese porcelain tureen connect things with Josie's former boss at the New York auction house. Josie seeks answers.

This is an enjoyable story of a young woman who is trying to put her past behind her and build a new life for herself. The plot is well constructed with the action fast and the suspense constant. The characters are well-developed, being people one would recognize or know. There are some insights into the world of the antiques houses such as Sothebys.

The Book

St Martins Minotaur
April 2007
Hardcover
0312343663
Mystery
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The Reviewer

Barbara Buhrer
Reviewed 2007
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