I read about this book over at Vintage Cookbooks, (Thanks, Amy!) where the author did a guest blog post. I don’t often read mysteries, but when I do I’m always reminded that I rather like them. As I had a lull in reading at the time I read the post and then had Paul bring this home right away for me. I really enjoyed it and am wondering if I’ve actually read the first in the series? I have to admit there are a lot of antiquing mysteries so I may have it confused with a few others I’ve read. What I really liked about this book was the detail about running an antique business/auction house. I wonder if other librarians had the same reaction to it that I did-which is that I was so impressed by the librarian research that the antiques people did to try to discover provenance (or, you know, clues to find a killer.) It was all so neatly tied together. Read the rest of this entry »