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Chargement... Stealing with Style (2005)par Emyl Jenkins
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. meh. ( ) Another first in the series, this time featuring antiques appraiser Sterling Glass. Although the information about the various antiques is very interesting, Sterling herself borders on being one of those perfect heroines – and as this first book closes, she nabs a job that will have her jet-setting and living on expense accounts (which is getting too fahncy for me). Read this if: you’re looking for a mystery without a murder (sort of refreshing, don’t you think?); or you love The Antiques Roadshow. 3½ star I have to say that I was not terribly impressed with this audiobook. The premise was promising: an antiques appraiser inadvertently drawn into not one but two mysteries involving valuable silver pieces, jewelry, figurines, etc. Unfortunately, it meandered all over the place and by the time the "mystery" was solved, I couldn't possibly have cared any less. I found the most interesting part of the book to be the little "Dear Antiques Expert" questions at the beginning of each chapter. The narrator was quite annoying and I am certain her reading did not help. She. Was. Dramatic. With. Pauses. So. Pregnant. I. Smelled. Baby. Poop... Ack. Get on it already. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:A small-town Virginia antiques appraiser uncovers an almost-flawless conspiracy of deception and violence in this debut mystery with "a beguiling heroine" (Kirkus Reviews). Antiques appraiser Sterling Glass is used to dealing with the family heirloomsâ??and family skeletonsâ??of southern society. But her two latest jobs are presenting some new challenges. First, she's called in to examine a diamond brooch found tucked inside an oven mitt at the Salvation Army thrift store. Then, before the appraisal of an extremely modest estate, a tea urn turns up, having been hidden inside a basket, that's worth a small fortune. As Sterling probes the peculiar finds, she begins to uncover an intricate plot involving a slew of antique pieces, the oldest families in Leemont, some sophisticated scammers, crooked antiques dealers, and shifty people at the best New York auction houses. Add to that one elderly man who's desperate to preserve his family's collection of Art Deco sculptures, and suddenly Sterling finds herself ensnared in a mystery laced with greed, deceit, and d Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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