{"product_id":"peril-at-pennington-manor-9781643859064","title":"Peril at Pennington Manor","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerfect for fans of Jane K. Cleland and \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eEllery Adams\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, the second volume in Tracy Gardner's antiques-themed mystery series finds appraiser Avery Ayers sleuthing a murder in a castle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThanks 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvery, 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housekeeper's suspicious demise coincides with Avery's discovery that many of the Duke's most priceless heirlooms have been replaced by fakes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643859064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tracy Gardner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42038684057781,"sku":"9781643859064","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3017389-d849-4842-910c-25ee10770794.jpg?v=1649738395","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/peril-at-pennington-manor-9781643859064","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}