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    Ornaments of Death
    Ornaments of Death
    Ornaments of Death
    Audiobook10 hours

    Ornaments of Death

    Written by Jane K. Cleland

    Narrated by Tiffany Morgan

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    About this audiobook

    Throughout the cozy coastal town of Rocky point, New Hampshire, Christmas lights twinkle and Josie Prescott has transformed Prescott’s Antique auction venue into a winter wonderland for her annual holiday party. Josie is especially excited this year, as a recently discovered distant relative, Ian Bennington, will be attending. It appears that both Ian and Josie descent from 17th century royal mistress, Arabella Churchill. The party is a success and Ian is accepted into the group. It gives Josie an unexpected thrill to have family and unexpected dread when he vanishes.

    Ian doesn’t show up for a dinner date or a lunch date with Josie’s friend Lavinia. Josie is sure he would have made it if he could. Ian’s two priceless 17th century pieces of art have gone missing. Knowing that after her nasty divorce, Lavinia is majorly in debt, and Josie can’t help but wonder if her friend his behind the theft and, perhaps, Ian’s disappearance.

    Josie is determined to find Ian and uses her knowledge of antiques to track the stolen artwork. In doing so, she learns to true meaning of Christmas and of family. Jane Cleland’s Ornaments of Death is another masterful addition to the Josie Prescott series.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLantern Audio
    Release dateDec 2, 2015
    ISBN9781942248828
    Ornaments of Death
    Author

    Jane K. Cleland

    JANE K. CLELAND once owned a New Hampshire-based antiques and rare books business. She is the author of nearly twenty novels and short stories in the beloved Josie Prescott Antiques mystery series, is the winner of two David Awards for Best Novel, and has been a finalist for the Agatha, Macavity, and Anthony Awards. Jane is the former president of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America and chairs the Wolfe Pack’s Black Orchid Novella Award in partnership with Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. She won the Agatha Award for both of her books on the craft of writing, Mastering Suspense, Structure and Plot and Mastering Plot Twists. She is part of the fulltime English faculty at Lehman College, a contributing editor for Writer’s Digest magazine, and lives in New York City.

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