02277cam a2200373 i 4500 2548406984 TxAuBib 20250904120000.0 241105t20252024||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781420520927 hardcover 142052092X hardcover TxAuBib rda Antiques slay belles [text (large print)] / Barbara Allan. Large print edition. [Waterville, Me.] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2025. ©2024. 343 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery Thorndike Press large print mystery series Published in 2025 by arrangement with Severn House, an imprint of Canongate Books Ltd. "It's five days before Christmas, and Vivian Borne--septuagenarian antiques dealer, true-crime writer and enthusiastic amateur sleuth--and her long-suffering daughter Brandy are preparing a presentation of holiday antiques at the local country club's annual Christmas luncheon. Distracted by their secret Santa gifts, the ladies of the club, to Vivian's dismay, are not giving her and her antique sleigh bells the attention they deserve. But when Norma Crumley, socialite and world-class gossip, falls face first into her plum pudding, it seems Santa has also delivered the sleuthing mother and daughter a present: a cracker of a case! Christmas in small-town Serenity is (usually) a magical time. Can Vivian and Brandy--not forgetting Shih Tzu sidekick Sushi--make a killing from their holiday antiques, catch a devious murderer, and wrap up the case in time to eat their festive microwave turkey dinners?"-- Amazon website,. 20250904. Mothers and daughters Fiction. Antique dealers Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast Cozy mysteries. lcgft large print books. aat Thorndike Press Large Print Mystery. Thorndike Press large print mystery series.