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"The greatest writer of his time."-Edmund Wilson
"One of the great poets of the novel, a genius of his art"-Edgar Johnson
"His characters are marvelous, his insights wonderful…you don't expect reality but you get something bigger and better."-Ruth Rendell
The Old Curiosity Shop was initially published in a weekly serial, "Master Humphrey's Clock", between 1840 and 1841. Charles Dickens' story of the frail and innocent orphan had become such...
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Enjoying her courtship with Bennett James, a businessman with ties to Shanghai, antiques dealer Precious Rafferty is stunned by a message from Lily Song, a cousin she has never met, who has a secret that she wishes to reveal during a face-to-face meeting in Venice.
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As Halloween approaches, Brandy and her meddling mother must unmask a killer when a body is found at the antiques mall, supposedly mauled to death by a good-natured pit bull, launching an investigation that results in the disappearance of her ten-year-old son.
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It was an innocent slip--honest!--when Brandy Borne lost her balance at a swap meet and fell into the arms of her old flame, Wesley Sinclair III. But when Wesley's green-with-jealousy wife is murdered, Brandy becomes the #1 suspect. While Brandy and her drama-driven mom, Vivian, are wrapping up the pilot for their TV show they become unwitting players in a deadly small-town soap opera. With the help of their sleuthing shih tzu, Sushi, they must trap...
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[Found things] volume 2
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"After her adventures in the seventeenth century, Xanthe does her best to settle back into the rhythm of life in Marlborough. She tells herself she must forget about Samuel and leave him in the past where he belongs. With the help of her new friends, she does her best to move on, focusing instead on the success of her and Flora's antique shop. But there are still things waiting to be found, still injustices needing to be put right, still voices whispering...
9) Outfoxed
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A Fox Crossing Maine novel volume 3
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Center Point Large Print
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Center Point Large Print edition.
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"Victoria Michaud has lived in Fox Crossing her entire life without encountering the fabled fox. And then, on the day of her thirtieth birthday, she spots a beautiful, golden-eyed vixen . . . right before she also recognizes Bowen Gower, the guy who made her high school years hell. So much for good luck. Victoria already has enough to deal with, between running her Junk & Disorderly antique store and refereeing her divorcing, bickering parents. There...
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Found things volume 3
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"As the bustle of the winter holidays in the Little Shop of Found Things gives way to spring, Xanthe is left to reflect on the strange events of the past year. While she's tried to keep her time-traveling talents a secret from those close to her, she is forced to take responsibility for having inadvertently transported the dangerous Benedict Fairfax to her own time. Xanthe comes to see that she must use her skills as a spinner if she and Flora are...
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Crooked Lane
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First edition.
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Art, murder, and a secret dating back centuries collide in Cordy Abbott's delightful cozy mystery series debut, perfect for fans of Jane K. Cleland. Roberto Fratelli, proprietor of the antiques store Waited4You, is the meanest man in Marthasville, Virginia. So when he puts the business up for sale, the other merchants in town are overjoyed. And now the business has a prospective buyer: local resident and the newly elected mayor's mom, Camille Benson,...
12) Blue Christmas
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HarperCollins
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New York Times bestselling author Mary Kay Andrews's rollicking Christmas tale featuring the beloved characters from Savannah Blues and Savannah Breeze, now with a new cover and additional holiday recipes! 'Tis the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to do up her shop right for the Savannah historical district decorating contest, which she fully intends to win. Her motif is Graceland Blue Christmas, with lots of...
13) Florian's gate
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Priceless collection volume 1
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The Iron Curtain has been torn open, setting Poland on the road to democracy. But can true freedom come to those still bound by tragic memories of Florian's Gate?
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Crooked Lane
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First edition.
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When a body turns up during the annual May Fair and a valuable Chinese pottery jar is stolen, antiques dealer Kate Hamilton is convinced that both crimes are connected to the town's Anglo-Saxon history and a generations-old pattern of betrayal.
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Found things volume 4
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"Paula Brackston's City of Time and Magic is the next installment in the time-traveling Found Things Series. City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet. She must choose from three treasures that sing to her; a beautiful writing slope, a mourning brooch of heartbreaking detail, and a gorgeous gem-set hat pin. All call her, but the wrong one could take her on a mission other than that which she must address first, and the stakes...
17) Antiques bizarre
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Kensington Books
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While dealing with morning sickness, her bipolar mother, and the citywide antiques bazaar, Brandy Borne must also deal with murder when a ninety-year-old Russian widow donates a priceless antique that is not what it seems.
18) Hidden
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At first glance, few would guess that Luna and Cullan Bodman are siblings. Cullan, efficient and serious, is rarely out of a business suit. Luna reads palms and tarot cards, and loves flowing skirts and dangling jewelry that matches her unconventional spirit. Still, her artistic eye is an asset to the family|́|s furniture restoration business. When Cullan stumbles across something unexpected in a piece he just acquired, and a client of Luna|́|s...
19) Antiques Ravin'
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Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
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Large print edition.
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"This humorous cozy—with its well-drawn, quirky characters—is a hoot."
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When a series of creepy crimes plagues an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, newly elected county sheriff Vivian Borne, along with her reluctant deputy daughter Brandy and spunky shih tzu Sushi, springs into action. A purloined tome, a black cat, a musty mausoleum, and mysterious disappearances—these tell the tale of...
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When a series of creepy crimes plagues an ill-fated Edgar Allan Poe festival, newly elected county sheriff Vivian Borne, along with her reluctant deputy daughter Brandy and spunky shih tzu Sushi, springs into action. A purloined tome, a black cat, a musty mausoleum, and mysterious disappearances—these tell the tale of...
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Barbour Pub
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Three stories of light-hearted romance. Widow Lorna Patterson returns to college looking for education not romance. Then she meets fellow student and culinary novice Evan Bailey. Will his persistence have her re-thinking love? When Shelia Nickels searches for her grandmother's doll her hunt leads to antique dealer Dwaine Woods's door. But will she find love instead of a lost treasure? Wendy Campbell doesn't want a relationship, but her father does....
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