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SHADOWS AT THE FAIR
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Recently widowed Maggie Summer is participating in the Rensselaer County Spring Antiques Fair. She owns Shadows Antiques.
There have been some deaths of antique dealers, so everyone is on edge. Security has been hightened for the show as well.
Many of the same dealers who were at the show where John Smithson died of a poisoning last week are at this show. The dealers make the identical circuit each year and seem to know each other well. But do they really?
On opening night there is another death. The show goes on, but Maggie spends almost as much time investigating as she does selling antiques. She is determined to help prove that her friend Gussie’s nephew Ben, who has Down’s syndrome, is not the killer. Hardest part is trying to prove who is. She can’t believe any of these people that she knows could be a killer.
I really enjoy this series. Maggie is such an enjoyable character. The interspersing of information about antiques really moves the story. I found myself having trouble putting the book down. I’m not an antiques enthusiast, but the way she weaves the story and the antiques information together really makes it interesting.
I highly recommend this book and the whole series.
Dawn Dowdle
The first in the Maggie Summer Antique print Mystery series! Maggie and her friend Gussie are doing an antique show in New York State when, unexpectedly, one of their fellow dealers is killed. Gussie's nephew, Ben, is blamed, and Maggie steps in to prove he is not the killer. Details about antiques and antique dealers are combined with clues...and Maggie must find the killer before the antiques show closes Sunday afternoon, and everyone goes home. "The fairground setting beckons like a weekend in the country."
The New York Times Book Review
Recently widowed Maggie Summer is participating in the Rensselaer County Spring Antiques Fair. She owns Shadows Antiques.
There have been some deaths of antique dealers, so everyone is on edge. Security has been hightened for the show as well.
Many of the same dealers who were at the show where John Smithson died of a poisoning last week are at this show. The dealers make the identical circuit each year and seem to know each other well. But do they really?
On opening night there is another death. The show goes on, but Maggie spends almost as much time investigating as she does selling antiques. She is determined to help prove that her friend Gussie’s nephew Ben, who has Down’s syndrome, is not the killer. Hardest part is trying to prove who is. She can’t believe any of these people that she knows could be a killer.
I really enjoy this series. Maggie is such an enjoyable character. The interspersing of information about antiques really moves the story. I found myself having trouble putting the book down. I’m not an antiques enthusiast, but the way she weaves the story and the antiques information together really makes it interesting.
I highly recommend this book and the whole series.
Dawn Dowdle
The first in the Maggie Summer Antique print Mystery series! Maggie and her friend Gussie are doing an antique show in New York State when, unexpectedly, one of their fellow dealers is killed. Gussie's nephew, Ben, is blamed, and Maggie steps in to prove he is not the killer. Details about antiques and antique dealers are combined with clues...and Maggie must find the killer before the antiques show closes Sunday afternoon, and everyone goes home. "The fairground setting beckons like a weekend in the country."
The New York Times Book Review