A Trash ‘n’ Treasures Mysteries by Barbara Allan (#1-6,9,15)
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Overview: Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of short story writer Barbara Collins and her husband, mystery novelist Max Allan Collins. They live in Iowa with their son.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
1. Antiques Roadkill
Brandy Borne and her mother Vivian find themselves investigating the murder of a crooked antiques dealer who just happened to take Vivian for all she was worth. Now they are in a race to find the murderer before he or she strikes again because they could very well be next!
2. Antiques Maul
After a body is found at the antiques mall, and Brandy’s 10-year-old son disappears, Brandy and her diva mom are on the hunt to find the boy before a devious killer can maul again. Includes tips on antiques.
3. Antiques Flee Market
Filled with holiday mayhem, the third novel in the charming, irresistible Trash n’ Treasures mystery series again features Brandy Borne and her maddening mother, Vivian, as they unearth clues from the past to solve a recent murder mystery.
4. Antiques Bizarre
Spring has sprung a major leak in small town Serenity, as the Mississippi River drops in for an extended stay. With hundreds of homes and dozens of business flooded, how better to help the cozy town get back to normal than staging a city-wide church bazaar?
Brandy Borne knows the outcome of her mother Vivian’s plan, however, is more likely to lean toward bizarre, especially when she hears Mother wheedle a reclusive Russian heiress into donating a truly rare item: the last Faberge egg ever created! As private bidders and representatives from Christie’s and Sotheby’s go at each other, and local-theater diva Vivian barks her way into auctioneering infamy, Brandy tries her best to stay calm–all this craziness can’t be good for her pregnancy (did we mention she’s surrogate mom for her best gal pal?).
It’s not so good for the winning bidder, either, who turns up mortally scrambled at the foot of a church-tower staircase. . .without the prized egg. Soon no one is safe, everyone’s a suspect, and even the thought of food is sending the now Prozac-free mom-to-be sprinting for the nearest porcelain altar. It’s going to take a little fuzzy therapy from Sushi–Brandy’s peppy Shih Tzu–and a lot of Mother’s charmingly, alarmingly meddlesome inquiries to track down this killer. . . who is one seriously bad egg
5. Antiques Knock-Off
Brandy Borne is pretty sure her ‘charmingly eccentric’ mother Vivian didn’t kill that viperous mousy-haired busybody Connie Grimes. Sure, the two women were in a scuffle in the clock repair shop the day before. An, ok, Vivian’s prints were all over the murder weapon. And she has been off her medication lately. And then there’s her guilty plea…Soon mother lets it slip that she’s protecting someone by taking the blame. But who? With some moral support from Sushi, her pet shih tzu, Brandy goes digging for clues, and before long, she’s up to her very pregnant waist in a scandal involving questionable antiques…and deep family secrets…
6. Antiques Disposal
Brandy Borne and her suspiciously well informed mother, Vivian, have the winning bid on an abandoned storage unit’s "mystery" contents, which they discover includes a vintage cornet. But when they arrive to claim the rest of their loot, the space is empty – except for the recently stowed body of Big Jim Bob, Vivian’s tipster – a.k.a. former flame. Murder turns to mayhem when an intruder steals into the Borne home and makes off with the cornet. But why is the horn worth killing for? Clues soon lead the sleuthing Borne duo to the next stashed victim – and some of Serenity’s juiciest secrets. Now Brandy and Mother will have to catch the corpse-hoarding killer before it’s time to blow "Taps" for all concerned…
9. Antiques Swap
It happened at Serenity’s swap meet, right after Brandy Borne and her ever-more-eccentric mother Vivian finished shooting the pilot for their very own TV show, Antiques Sleuths. Brandy just, well, lost her balance and fell . . . into the helpful arms of an old flame, local tycoon Wesley Sinclair III. But did Brandy’s innocent slip lead to the murder of Wesley’s wife, Vanessa?
Sure, Vanessa was furious that she caught Brandy in Wesley’s embrace. And she did storm off threatening dire consequences for her humbled husband. So when Vanessa turns up very dead, the local tongue-wag is that Wesley may have permanently dethroned the queen of his castle. But Brandy—along with her notoriously nosy mother and their sleuthing shih tzu Sushi—is determined to dig for the whole truth.
Each new clue points in a different direction.
15. Antiques Carry On
Vivian Borne – true-crime author, antiques dealer and ex-sheriff of Serenity, Iowa – is looking forward to meeting her new editor in London. Flying first class, rooms at the Savoy . . . Her long-suffering co-author, daughter Brandy, worries the trip will bankrupt them both, but the alternative – Mother travelling alone – is unthinkable. Brandy’s almost tempted to make her fiance, Tony – Serenity’s Chief of Police – call Scotland Yard and warn them Vivian’s coming. But even Brandy doesn’t predict their vacation will end in murder . . . or that she and Mother will be unceremoniously ejected from the country, with an order to leave things well alone.
Vivian and Brandy need a case to write about, and Mother doesn’t care which one. But as the intrepid sleuths – ably supported by doggy detective Sushi – investigate a promising local prospect, they’re plunged into a complex mystery that stretches right back to London . . . with no choice but to carry on.
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