A garage sale fanatic searches for evidence to clear her cheating ex of murder in this cozy mystery series opener.
Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn't easy, but that's what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her small town of Ellington, Massachusetts. If only she could turn her love for bargain hunting into a full-time career.
But after returning from a particularly successful day searching for yard sale treasures, Sarah finds a grisly surprise in one of her bags: a freshly bloodied shirt . . . that undoubtedly belongs to her ex, CJ, who now happens to be Ellington's chief of police. If that's not bad enough, it seems Tiffany has gone missing. Now it's up to Sarah to prove that her cold-hearted ex is not a cold-blooded killer . . .
Nominated for an Agatha Best First Novel for 2014
Praise for Tagged for Death
"A terrific find! Engaging and entertaining, this clever cozy is a treasure-charmingly crafted and full of surprises!" -Hank Phillippi Ryan; Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author
"Like the treasures Sarah Winston finds at the garage sales she loves, this book is a gem." -Barbara Ross, Agatha Award-nominated author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries
"Full of garage-sale tips . . . amusing. A solid choice for fans of Jane K. Cleland's Josie Prescott Antique Mystery series." -Library Journal on Tagged for Death
Starting your life over at age thirty-eight isn't easy, but that's what Sarah Winston finds herself facing when her husband CJ runs off with a 19-year-old temptress named Tiffany. Sarah's self-prescribed therapy happily involves hitting all the garage and tag sales in and around her small town of Ellington, Massachusetts. If only she could turn her love for bargain hunting into a full-time career.
But after returning from a particularly successful day searching for yard sale treasures, Sarah finds a grisly surprise in one of her bags: a freshly bloodied shirt . . . that undoubtedly belongs to her ex, CJ, who now happens to be Ellington's chief of police. If that's not bad enough, it seems Tiffany has gone missing. Now it's up to Sarah to prove that her cold-hearted ex is not a cold-blooded killer . . .
Nominated for an Agatha Best First Novel for 2014
Praise for Tagged for Death
"A terrific find! Engaging and entertaining, this clever cozy is a treasure-charmingly crafted and full of surprises!" -Hank Phillippi Ryan; Agatha, Anthony, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author
"Like the treasures Sarah Winston finds at the garage sales she loves, this book is a gem." -Barbara Ross, Agatha Award-nominated author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries
"Full of garage-sale tips . . . amusing. A solid choice for fans of Jane K. Cleland's Josie Prescott Antique Mystery series." -Library Journal on Tagged for Death
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A garage sale specialist gets mixed up with a book worth killing for in this cozy mystery by the author of I Know What You Bid Last Summer.
A wealthy widow has asked Sarah Winston to sell her massive collection of mysteries through her garage sale business. While sorting through piles of books stashed in the woman's attic, Sarah is amazed to discover a case of lost Hemingway stories, stolen from a train in Paris back in 1922. How did they end up in Belle Winthrop Granville's attic in Ellington, Massachusetts, almost one hundred years later?
Before Sarah can get any answers, Belle is assaulted, the case is stolen, a maid is killed, and Sarah herself is dodging bullets. And when rumors spread that Belle has a limited edition of The Sun Also Rises in her house, Sarah is soon mixed up with a mobster, the fanatical League of Literary Treasure Hunters, and a hard-to-read rare book dealer. With someone willing to kill for the Hemingway, Sarah has to race to catch the culprit-or the bell may toll for her . . .
Praise for The Gun Also Rises
"A roller-coaster of a mystery penned by a real pro. This series just gets better and better. More, please!" -Suspense Magazine
"The sixth book in this thoroughly enjoyable series. Sarah is someone you'd meet and be best friends with in five minutes." -Kings River Life Magazine