Carriage House Antiques is abuzz with the news that a lost painting by famed 1920s artist Edmund Brooks may exist - and the priceless artwork might be located on nearby Prospect Island, where Edmund vanished in 1925. Maggie Watson has recently been hired to inventory one of the enchanting summer cottages on the island, and she can't help but wonder: Does Briarcliffe Cottage hold more than antique books and porcelain teacups? Does it hide the clues needed to solve these decades-old mysteries? Maggie brings along two historical society friends to help, and they all agree that Prospect Island and its regal cottages are pretty as a picture. But it's not long before unsettling discoveries and unexpected intruders paint an altogether more sinister portrait of the town. To complicate matters, tempers are flaring on the island as billionaire investor Peter Stratton unveils plans to demolish homes and remodel almost every square inch into an exclusive resort. It appears that no one besides Peter wants his plans to work - but what is he willing to do to succeed? And to what lengths will the local residents go to ensure that he doesn't? Isolated on the island, Maggie and her friends struggle to untangle to mysteries of both today and yesteryear. By determining what really happened to Edmund, the ladies might be able to track down his missing masterpiece. However, someone else seems bound and determined to find it first, and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want - even, it would seem, murder. Can Maggie uncover Edmund's secrets before she or one of her friends pays the ultimate price?
Series:
Antique shop mysteries ; 12
LCCN:
2017934434
Locations:
KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)
WLPA185 -- M-C Community Library (Cleghorn) — wlpa185
ZBPE245 -- Norelius Community Library (Denison)
SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)
DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)
KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)
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