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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
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Antique shop mysteries volume 18
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Annie's
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[2017]
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It is Schooner Days Celebration in Somerset Harbor. Maggie is hoping for fair winds and calm seas for the celebration. Fran has friends from her teenage years sailing in and dropping anchor. The captain and all around scoundrel is poisoned by a rare clam toxin. Fran's beau is arrested for the crime. Also during this time the town's alderman has asked for Maggie's help in a bona fide treasure hunt. -- Amazon.com.
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The year is 1517. The place is the Holy Roman Empire. Meet Dismas, former Swiss mercenary and monk, now a prosperous dealer in holy relics. His clients use the relics to help them sell indulgences, the notorious get-out-of-Purgatory passes. But now indulgence sales have become so controversial that Martin Luther is about to nail his famous Ninety-Five Theses to the cathedral door, triggering the Protestant Reformation. Dismas is a good and honest...
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Antique shop mysteries volume 7
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Country Sampler
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Join Maggie Watson in the charming town of somerset Harbor on the coast of Maine as she unearths a treasure trove of antiques and adventure. After inheriting the Carriage House Antiques shop and Sedgwick Manor, a nineteenth-century Colonial Revival, Maggie finally understands exactly what her beloved aunt meant when she said, 'antiques are filled with stories-secrets just waiting to be discovered'.--Page [4] of cover.
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Annies
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[2017]
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English
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Carriage House Antiques owner Maggie Watson often discovers unique antiques in unexpected fashion, but her latest find could be her most surprising yet. While searching for her playful cat, Snickers, in an upstairs bedroom, she happens upon an exquisite 1920s wedding dress forgotten in a closet corner. Apparently never worn, the custom designed gown unfolds more questions than it answers. What is this gorgeous creation doing in Sedgwick Manor? Why...
8) Dead certain
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FBI thrillers. Dead series volume 2
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Three devious prisoners vow murderous revenge. Now the second is free.
With her stalker captured, antiques dealer Amanda Crosby can finally sleep at night. Having worked hard to put the nightmare behind her, Amanda has vowed to never be a victim again. But when her business partner, Derek England, is found with a bullet through the back of his head just hours after she left an incriminating message on his voice mail, Amanda finds herself in danger...
9) Ransom
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"Liz Cantrell is terrified when she receives a call from a man holding her newlywed sister captive-and she's convinced her sketchy brother-in-law's involved. Willing to pay any price for her sister's freedom, Liz flies to Niagara Falls with the ransom: an uncut diamond necklace worth millions. But the moment she lands, a handsome, world-weary immigration and Customs Enforcement agent takes her into custody. Blake Fallon's determined to catch a ruthless...
11) Lethal treasure
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Joining the crowds at abandoned storage units being sold at auction a week before Valentine's Day, antiques dealer Josie Prescott is compelled to use her unique skills to solve the murder of a friend who is killed immediately after the auction.
12) Heart of junk
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The city of Wichita, Kansas, is wracked with panic over the abduction of toddler pageant princess Lindy Bobo. However, the dealers at The Heart of America Antique Mall are too preoccupied by their own neurotic compulsions to take much notice. Postcards, perfume bottles, Barbies, vinyl records, kitschy neon beer signs--they collect and sell it all. Rather than focus on Lindy, this colorful cast of characters is consumed by another drama: the impending...
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Found things volume 2
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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora's antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering...
14) Dead and married
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Annies
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[2018]
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April showers are bringing wedding flowers to Somerset Harbor, Maine, where Maggie Watson is fully engaged in preparing Sedgwick Manor for her daughter, Emily's, wedding to Dr. Austin Prescott. As much as ever, Maggie is grateful for the help of her best friend and antiques shop manager, June McGillis, whose favors range from cheerful pep talks to helping haul oversize wedding decor. Everything's coming up roses until a close acquaintance of June's...
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Gallery Books
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2018.
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It's always been easier for Cara Hargraves to bury herself in the past than confront the present, which is why working with a gruff but brilliant antiques dealer is perfect. While clearing out an estate, she pries open an old tin that holds the relics of a lost relationship: among the treasures, a World War II-era diary and a photograph of a young woman in uniform. Eager to find the author of the hauntingly beautiful, unfinished diary, Cara digs into...
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The Corpse Is In The Mail! Den of Antiquity proprietress Abigail Timberlake's Halloween costume party is a roaring success-until an unexpected fire sends the panicked guests fleeing from Abby's emporium. One exiting reveler she is only too happy to see the back of is Tweetie "Little Bo Peep" Timberlake-unfaithful wife of Abby's faithless ex, Buford. But not long after the conflagration is brought under control, the former Mrs. T. discovers an unfamiliar...
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Charleston antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn is thrilled by her recent estate auction purchase of a spectacular bejeweled birdcage from India, but not so much by its occupant, a mouthy mynah named Monet. Still, her customers at the Den of Antiquity seem charmed by the insufferable birdbrain, so Abby figures she's stuck with him. That is, until she finds a stuffed starling resting on his usual perch with a ransom note demanding a real Monet...
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Welcome to Walnut Creek, Ohio, where Orley and Lois Troyer own an antique store they call Memory Keepers. Though knowledgeable in antiques and their repair, their real talent is in mentoring folks who are hurting and don't even know it. Enter Jeff, a restaurateur, and Rhonda, a hotel manager, who recently moved to Amish country for the slow pace, but the change of scenery puts even more stress on their already strained marriage. Will an antique sled...
20) Hot rocks
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Jove Books
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2010, c2003
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When her notorious past catches up with Laine Tavish, proprietor of the antique shop Remember When, it's up to her and an enigmatic stranger named Max Gannon to find out who's chasing her-and why.
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