Wikipedia says: A true antique is an item perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance, and often defined as at least 100 years old, although the term is often used loosely to describe any object that is old. If Antiques and Collectibles are something that interest you, then you might enjoy some of these mystery series. Vintage kitchen, architectural and salvage, clothing, toys, old typewriters, furniture restorers, and general antiques are featured. #IndyPLAdults
BOOK TWO IN JONATHAN GASH'S LOVEJOY MYSTERY SERIES. The character is a loveable rogue - an English antiques dealer sometime forger who gets into all sorts of fixes while scouting antiques and solving crimes. "Antiques is a lovely but murderous game,…
The TV series based on the Jonathan Gash books, starring Ian McShane as Lovejoy. Lovejoy, an antiques dealer and part-time detective, scours the murky salesrooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find. And if…
BOOK TWO IN THE JOSIE PRESCOTT ANTIQUES MYSTERY SERIES. Josie Prescotts new life in New Hampshire is proceeding more or less as planned, despite her involvement in a murder investigation last year. Her business is thriving, her friendship with the…
BOOK ONE IN THE KATE HAMILTON MYSTERY SERIES. "On a remote Scottish island, American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton wrestles with her own past while sleuthing a brutal killing, staged to recreate a two-hundred-year-old unsolved murder. Autumn has…
BOOK ONE IN THE VINTAGE KITCHEN MYSTERY SERIES. "When vintage cookware and cookbook collector Jaymie Leighton spies an original 1920s Hoosier-brand kitchen cabinet at an estate auction, it's love at first sight. Despite the protests of her sister…
BOOK ONE IN THE GRACE TOLLIVER MYSTERY SERIES. When Grace Tolliver, ex-probation officer, purchases Pearl's, a run down antique lamp stop in Barnstable Village, Cape Cod, she hasn't a clue that she'll soon be investigating the murder of a prominent…
BOOK ONE IN THE CATS AND CURIOS MYSTERY SERIES. "San Francisco has always been a beacon for second, third, and fourth-chancers." That's what my Uncle Oscar used to say. "There's nothing here to hold you back. You can do - or become - whatever or…
BOOK THREE OF THE JANE WHEEL MYSTERY SERIES. Vowing to organize her life after disappointing her young son, antiques picker Jane Wheel, having recently accepted a job with a private investigations office, takes a case involving an antiques dealer,…
BOOK ONE OF THE BUTTON BOX MYSTERY SERIES. "Working out of her button shop in a Chicago brownstone, Josie Giancola has become one of the country's leading experts on buttons. Her reputation draws a Hollywood starlet to the Button Box to shop for…
BOOK ONE IN THE MOLLY DOYLE MYSTERY SERIES. Elizabeth Porter was a top-of-the-line Manhattan antiques dealer until her ex-husband and his lover's flagrantly criminal scam left her reputation in tatters. Now, using a new name, Molly Doyle, she's…
BOOK ONE IN THE LUCY ST. ELMO ANTIQUES MYSTERY SERIES. Treasure hunting is not for the faint of heart. Luckily, Lucy St. Elmo, owner of the Cape Cod antiques shop St. Elmo Fine Antiques, has more than enough heart. What she needs to improve are her…
BOOK ONE IN THE ANTIQUE LOVERS' MYSTERY SERIES. Since Jeff Talbot left the FBI, he's been investigating yard sales as a professional antiques picker. From furniture to books, from old clothes to broken toys, nothing escapes his keen eye for…
BOOK ONE IN THE BRAND NEW AVERY AYERS ANTIQUES MYSTERY SERIES. "After her parents' deaths, Avery Ayers takes over the family business . Now living back at home with her younger sister Tilly and their newly moved-in eccentric Aunt Midge and her…
BOOK ONE OF THE WEEZIE AND BEBE MYSTERY SERIES. "A witty, wisecracking tale of divorce, revenge, and great antiques, set in sultry Savannah" ----Landing a catch like Talmadge Evans III got Eloise "Weezie" Foley a big house in Savannah's historic…
BOOK ONE OF THE VINTAGE TOY SHOP MYSTERY SERIES. "Liz McCall grew up in a playful winter wonderland, but it was never her dream to settle in her small, albeit charming, hometown. When her father sinks his entire police pension into a vintage toy…
BOOK ONE OF THE DEN OF ANTIQUITY MYSTERY SERIES. As owner of the Den of Antiquity, recently divorced (but never bitter) Abigail Timberlake is accustomed to delving into the past, searching for lost treasures, and navigating the cutthroat world of…
BOOK ONE OF THE TRASH 'N' TREASURES MYSTERY SERIES. Newly divorced Brandy Borne, who's on an antidepressant, returns home to Serenity, a little town on the Mississippi River, and to her slightly deranged mother, Vivian, who's also on meds. To…
BOOK ONE OF THE ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES MYSTERY SERIES. In the world of antiques and collectibles, it helps to have a sharp eye for quality, a good ear for gossip, and a nose for murder. Molly Appleby is a young writer for Collector’s Weekly, and…
BOOK ONE IN THE SHADOWS ANTIQUE PRINT MYSTERY SERIES. Ignorance is truly bliss for recently widowed Maggie Summer, owner of Shadows Antiques, when she arrives at the prestigious Rensselaer County Spring Antiques Fair. Sadly, she won't remain…
BOOK ONE OF THE DANGEROUS TYPE MYSTERY SERIES. Star City is known for its slopes and its powder. But nestled in the valley of this ski resort town is a side street full of shops that specialize in the simple charms of earlier eras. One of those…
