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  • The Antique Store Detective

  • By: Clare Chase
  • Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
  • Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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The Antique Store Detective

By: Clare Chase
Narrated by: Lucy Paterson
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Summary

Meet Bella Winter. She loves vintage clothes, antiques and… solving crimes? Bella Winter moved to charming Hope Eaton for some peace and quiet after quitting her busy city job. She delights in spending time in her little antique store on top of the hill, hunting for bargains at auctions, and getting to know everybody–because if there’s one thing Bella’s good at, it’s solving other people’s problems.

But her peaceful life is overturned when she finds eccentric local historian Professor Oliver Barton dead in the ruins of Raven Hall, a trowel lying near his outstretched hand. At first, Bella is like everyone else: saddened by a tragic accident. But then her colleague John asks her to dig deeper. Because the dead man gave him an ancient coin he should never have had, and John thinks he was murdered.

It turns out the professor was hunting for buried treasure in the middle of the night. But who would have wanted him dead? And who are the four suspicious women he told John about, calling them the queens of hearts, clubs, diamonds and spades…?

As Bella delves into the case she uncovers a hoard of suspects: the lord of the manor, a secretive group of treasure hunters, the dead man’s desperate niece and her no-good son. And when another local historian takes a fatal tumble, she is certain that the answers lie in the antiques the professor stole. But can she solve the crime before someone tries to bury her? A delightful cozy mystery introducing your new favourite amateur sleuth. Fans of Fiona Leitch, Faith Martin and Agatha Christie will love The Antique Store Detective!

©2024 Clare Chase (P)2024 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
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Okay, a little disappointed

I was disappointed, I'd looked forward to this book as a fan of some of her other books. it didn't hold my interest the same and seemed a bit rushed at the end.

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Really enjoyable

Really enjoyed this story by Clare. I’ve listened to her other series of Eve Mallow and was looking forward to this one. Not disappointed at all. The characters blend well together and the storyline flows beautifully. Little hints and detail keep you interested and the twists slip in nicely. Trying to get into Bella’s thought processes was fun too. Really looking forward to the next Bella adventure

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Dull

Crashingly boring story. Couldn’t hold my attention. Had to give up towards end Narrator was good though

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