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Deadly Appraisal
Contributor(s): Cleland, Jane K. (Author)
ISBN: 1250039517     ISBN-13: 9781250039514
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2008
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Cozy - General
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth
Dewey: FIC
Series: Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 5" W x 8" (0.85 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Cultural Region - New England
- Demographic Orientation - Small Town
- Geographic Orientation - New Hampshire
 
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Publisher Description:

Josie Prescott is settling into her new life in New Hampshire. Her antiques business is thriving, she's beginning to make some close friends, and her relationship with the local police chief is becoming more interesting. Not bad for someone who has completely uprooted her life as a New York City auction house expert in order to get a fresh start in a small New England town.
With so much suddenly to lose, Josie can't help but worry when murder invades her seemingly quiet community. Josie is sponsoring the Portsmouth Women's Guild Annual Black and Gold Gala and is looking forward to receiving a kindly worded thank-you for her efforts. Instead, the Guild representative, Maisy Gaylor, dies a horrible death in the midst of the banquet. Who could have wanted to kill earnest, drab little Maisy? Funny, isn't it, muses the hostile Detective Rowcliff, how a lot of people end up dead when no one has any enemies.
Everyone who had access to the wine Maisy drank, including Josie herself, soon comes under suspicion. Can Josie manage to ferret out the truth, keep her business running smoothly, and continue to put down roots in her new town, or will everything prove too much for her to handle on her own?


Contributor Bio(s): Cleland, Jane K.: - JANE K. CLELAND once owned a New Hampshire-based antiques and rare books business. She is the author of several previous Josie Prescott Antiques mysteries, is the winner of two David Awards for Best Novel, and has been a finalist for the Macavity and Anthony Awards. Jane is the former president of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and chairs the Wolfe Pack's Black Orchid Novella Award. She won the Agatha Award for her book Mastering Suspense, Structure and Plot. She is part of the English faculty at Lehman College and lives in New York City.