num_pages: 299
description: Art murder and a secret dating back centuries collide in Cordy Abbotts 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 whos thrilled at the prospect of getting into the antiques business. During a celebration in honor of Camilles new venture her best friend Opal tells her about finding a letter purportedly from Sally Fairfax to George Washington dated 1756 hidden under a chair in the shop. When they return to retrieve the cache they find Robertos lifeless body on the floor and no letter. Police question Ella Coleman Robertos ex-wife and discover that her current husband supplied Roberto with oh-so-faux Victorian furniture. Did the two cheat the wrong customer? Or could the murder be connected to an earlier theft of rare books from the shopa theft Roberto never reported? As Camille prepares to confront these questions and investigate the murder she knows she might become the latest knock-off.
language: English
title: Dead Men Don’t Decorate
publisher: Crooked Lane Books