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English
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"From bestselling authors Janie Chang and Kate Quinn, a thrilling and unforgettable narrative about the intertwined lives of two wronged women, spanning from the chaos of the San Francisco earthquake to the glittering palaces of Versailles."--
San Francisco, 1906. In a city bustling with newly minted millionaires and scheming upstarts, two very different women hope to change their fortunes: Gemma, a golden-haired, silver-voiced soprano whose career...
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Language
English
Description
"Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, hoping for a respite in the French countryside, are instead caught up in a case that turns both bewildering and intensely personal. After their recent adventures in Transylvania, Russell and Holmes look forward to spending time with Holmes' son, the famous artist Damian Adler, and his family. But when they arrive at Damian's house, they discover that the Adlers have fled from a mysterious threat. Holmes rushes after...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When a friend turns up dead just hours after confiding a secret to her, New Hampshire antiques appraiser Josie Prescott investigates the murder, struggling to solve the crime while dealing with the victim's bereaved sister and a mysterious hidden treasure.
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Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
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Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Although her grandmother thinks that Kate is ready to own the porcelain doll that has been in the family for generations, her mother disagrees until Kate proves herself responsible.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While assisting her father, an estate and antiques dealer, teenaged Misty discovers a journal and pair of glasses that allow her to see ghosts, including those of pirates who founded her New England town and who are seeking a golden statue with mystical powers.
11) Framed for life
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Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
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 sotries - secrets just waiting to be discovered." Maggie and the lively members of the historical society set out to unravel mysteries that have been tucked away for centuries in antiques, artifacts, and heirlooms as rare and unique as the...
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2013, c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Jess is grieving for her beloved aunt, and when she finds a mysterious flask hidden in a antique bureau that belonged to Aunt Edie, on the same day that her conjoined twin brothers are born, she begins to believe that the flask is magic and that their survival depends on it.
13) A fedora offense
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Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Valentine's day is approaching and Maggie is in love...with some antiques she bids on at a local auction. A man in a fedora also seems interested but disappears before Maggie can find out who he really is. As she investigates her new purchases she finds hidden paperwork relating to the Vietnam War era."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sofia Parker is confused and more than a little scared. She is confused because the fifth square in her priceless heirloom quilt indicates that an ancestor, a Venetian girl named Maddalena Vitari, was a seamstress for the court of King Henry VIII of England. She is frightened because the driver of a mysterious SUV is stalking her and her family for some unknown reason.
15) Dangerous beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Welcome to Silver Peak, a jewel of a town nestled high in the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Mountains. Behind its rustic charm, Silver Peak has a rough-and-tumble past full of mysteries, and Sadie Speers has a knack for uncovering them, using her love of antiques and Colorado history.
16) Danger in spades
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Maggie and her friends are throwing a 1940's themed birthday bash for Dr. William King, one of the only remaining WWII veterans in town. The bash is also doubling as a fund raiser for the local homeless population. Ruth Harper drops a bombshell that a recent discovered letter written in German indicates her aunt may of offered sanctuary to enemy spies on her farm."
17) The crate beyond
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Spring is in the air in Somerset Harbor. Things are coming alive, new faces, tourists etc. Maggie is forced to confront the emotional baggage from her past even though all she wants to do is enjoy the present. She decides to start to go through her late husband's past. She discovers many priceless Native American artifacts. Soon she discovers there is someone who wants to unravel the past and Maggie becomes a target of frightful encounters." -- Amazon.com....
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Hope Chest is a deeply emotional novel about three people who have seemingly lost all hope until one woman's heirloom hope chest is rediscovered in the attic, along with its contents and secrets. Mattie is a fiercely independent woman battling ALS; Don, her deeply devoted husband is facing a future without his one true love; and Rose, their struggling caregiver, is a young, single mother who feels trapped in her life. With each item that is discovered--including...
19) Sleight of hand
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Summer in Silver Peak is set to kick off with the arrival of the Blake County Fair, and Sadie is thrilled that Roz has booked a world-renowned illusionist named Ainsley Rodin as the star performer. Roz joins Ainsley as his assistant and participates in a vanishing act. But when she reappears, she is shaken and bruised. Meanwhile, Edwin has purchased a valuable Native American pipe, which does its own disappearing act. Who took it? And more important,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Annie's
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Maggie Watson's quiet empty-nester life is a lot less peaceful since inheriting Sedgwick Manor and the adjacent antiques shop and she's still not sure it suits her. To help her decide, Maggie sets out to restore an old humpback trunk. After uncovering one page of a love letter tucked inside, she definitely can't leave town, not until she finds out who wrote it. In the letter. a vaudeville performer confesses to a bank robbery. Maggie asks James Bennett...
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