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Peril at Pennington Manor

#2 in series

by Tracy Gardner
Priya Ayyar
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Thanks to Aunt Midge's unlikely friendship with Nicholas Pennington, the Duke of Valle Charme, Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiques and Artifacts Appraised head off to their most glamorous assignment yet—cataloguing and appraising the contents of a castle-like mansion on the Hudson River. But regal splendor becomes a backdrop to mayhem when the precious Viktor Petrova timepiece disappears—and housekeeper Suzanne Vick plummets from a parapet to her death. Avery, her dad William, and colleagues Micah Abbott and Sir Robert Lane soon learn that Suzanne's predecessor also met with an untimely end. Further, the housekeeper's suspicious demise coincides with Avery's discovery that many of the Duke's most priceless heirlooms have been replaced by fakes. Detective Art Smith lends his expertise, but the suspect list encompasses the Duke's entire retinue—including his family. Could the killer be someone intimately familiar with the Pennington estate, such as caretaker couple Ira and Lynn Hoffman, the Penningtons' chauffeur Roderick, or even one of the heirs to the Pennington fortune? Then the duke himself is injured in an inexplicable riding accident, and the clock swiftly ticks toward a reckoning with a cold-blooded killer. A criminal mastermind is making a desperate bid for ill-gotten riches...can Avery bring the culprit to justice before her time is up?

  • Creators

  • Series

    An Avery Ayers Antique Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    June 7, 2022

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666580846
      • File size: 229078 KB
      • Duration: 07:57:14

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 2, 2022
      In Mary Higgins Clark Award finalist Gardner’s winning sequel to 2021’s Ruby Red Herring, Nicholas Pennington IV, the Duke of Valle Charme, a small European kingdom, hires antique experts Avery Ayers and her father, William, to appraise and catalog his collection at Pennington Manor, his Hudson Valley mansion, before he sells the place. Soon after Avery and William arrive at the manor, a valuable pocket watch disappears, and the duke’s housekeeper, Suzanne Vick, falls to her death from the roof. The police, including Det. Art Smith, suspect it’s a murder made to look like an accident or suicide, a theory supported by Suzanne’s predecessor having died under mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, Avery notices that some of the duke’s jewels have been replaced by fakes. The stakes rise after the duke is injured in a riding accident, and the attraction between Art and Avery adds some romantic heat as they seek to identify a killer who seems to know the Pennington estate well. Well-drawn colorful characters match the suspenseful whodunit plot. Cozy fans will be more than satisfied. Agent: Frances Black, Literary Counsel.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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