Trash 'n' treasures mysteries
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Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Brandy Borne finds her return home met with mayhem and murder when her mother, a larger-than-life actress and gossip, is swindled out of some priceless antiques by Clint Carson who then winds up dead, making Brandy the prime suspect.
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Newly divorced Brandy Borne has an idea for preserving her sanity and keeping her mother busy: their own booth at the new antiques mall. When a body is found at the mall, the police blame the victim's dog, but Brandy thinks the dog has been framed.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
When her "charmingly eccentric" mother Vivian is accused of killing mousy-haired busybody Connie Grimes after they were both involved in a bit of a scuffle, Brandy Borne must find the truth, which immerses her in a scandal involving questionable antiques and dark family secrets.
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"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. Only one thing is certain: someone has definitely put the "rage" in storage! Murder turns to mayhem when...
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
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....
10) Antiques fate
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A theater owner drops dead, getting Brandy and Vivian entangled in a progressively perilous murder plot.
11) Antiques frame
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
When her initial successes with her hit reality series are jeopardized by a rival show starring her police chief boyfriend's ex, Brandy finds herself framed for murder while her kooky mom sorts through a rogue's gallery of suspects.
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Antiques wanted , Trash 'n' treasures mysteries volume 12
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13) Antiques ravin'
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Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The votes are in! Eccentric seventy-something Vivian Borne-elected county sheriff, to everyone's amazement but her own-springs into action. In her new role, the community playhouse diva appoints daughter Brandy reluctant deputy and makes their spunky shih tzu Sushi a K-9 unit of one. Soon the amateur-sleuths-turned-pro have a challenging case to solve as a series of creepy crimes plague an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, where a fiend is misguidedly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"That local theater diva of a certain age, Vivian Borne--a.k.a. Brandy's mother--is sheriff of Serenity County now, but still hot on the trail of precious antiques. On a tour of the historic Wentworth Mansion, the two dedicated dealers are aglow at the treasure trove of priceless objects ... never dreaming everything will turn to ashes, hours later. A charred corpse in the ruins is identified as the mansion's caretaker, a one-time flame of Vivian's....
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Antiques carry on , Trash 'n' treasures mysteries volume 15
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Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Two o'clock in the morning is the perfect time to be asleep. So when long-suffering Brandy Borne is rudely awoken by her eccentric mother, Vivian, and invited on a surreptitious shopping trip, the idea is less than tempting. But if Vivian - Serenity's true-crime writing, septuagenarian super-sleuth - has a nose for sniffing out antiques, Brandy's sense of smell is just as good ... and trouble's on the wind. A little light blackmail and one run-in...
17) Antiques foe
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When popular podcaster Nicole Chatterton wants an interview for Killers Caught, true-crime author Vivian Borne is overjoyed. Finally, some recognition for the sleuthing skills the septuagenarian antiques dealer and her daughter Brandy have demonstrated, solving countless crimes in their small hometown of Serenity, Iowa! Dolled up and dressed to the nines, Vivian figures the interview is going swimmingly . . . until Nicole turns the tables, accusing...
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Antiques ho-ho-homicides: a trash 'n' treasures Christmas collection
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