02261cam a2200409 i 4500 1868326132 TxAuBib 20250122120000.0 241025s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781448309641 hc. 1448309646 hc. (OCoLC)1463683796 TxAuBib rda Allan, Barbara, author. Antiques slay belles / by Barbara Allan. First world edition. Edinburgh : Severn House, 2024. ©2024. 196 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Trash 'n' treasures mysteries ; 18 "It's five days before Christmas, and Vivian Borne--septuagenarian antiques dealer, true-crime writer and enthusiastic amateur sleuth--and her long-suffering daughter Brandy are preparing a presentation of holiday antiques at the local country club's annual Christmas luncheon. Distracted by their secret Santa gifts, the ladies of the club, to Vivian's dismay, are not giving her and her antique sleigh bells the attention they deserve. But when Norma Crumley, socialite and world-class gossip, falls face first into her plum pudding, it seems Santa has also delivered the sleuthing mother and daughter a present: a cracker of a case! Christmas in small-town Serenity is (usually) a magical time. Can Vivian and Brandy--not forgetting Shih Tzu sidekick Sushi--make a killing from their holiday antiques, catch a devious murderer, and wrap up the case in time to eat their festive microwave turkey dinners?"-- Provided by publisher. 20250122. Borne, Vivian (Fictitious character) Fiction. Borne, Brandy (Fictitious character) Fiction. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Antique dealers Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Cozy mysteries. Christmas fiction. Fiction. Trash 'n' treasures mysteries ; 18. TXKPL