Book Collecting Can Be Murder

Jordan Bingham and her eccentric employer Vera Van Alst cannot believe their luck when they are invited to purchase a collection of mystery writer Ngaio Marsh's first editions. The classic collection is owned by recluse Chadwick Kauffman who few have seen in the past years. In Victoria Abbott's The Marsh Madness things spin out of control quickly.

Jordie, Uncle Kev and Ms Van Alst are invited for luncheon at Kauffman's summer estate Summerlea. After a strained luncheon, the deal is completed and the books are sold to Ms. Van Alst. The next day Jordan and Vera are shocked to learn that Kauffman has died from a fall down the staircase at Summerlea. But they are more stunned when the photo of the victim shows someone different than the man they met.

After a series of anonymous calls accusing them of the crime, Kev disappears into the wind, Jordan is on the run and Vera is being harassed by the police. Jordan tries to figure out who was impersonating Kauffman and why. First she discovers the butler at Summerlea was not the real butler, then she finds out the assistant was an impersonator and lastly police officer Tyler (Smiley) Dekker (her boyfriend) is working with the Harrison Fall, NY, detectives to pin the crime on Uncle Kev and Jordan. Not a good day all around.

Using all her wits and her uncle's supply of costumes, Jordie figures out the scam, Now all she has to do is convince the police. It makes for an interesting plot.

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