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Antiques Roadshow meets Agatha Christie! Visit the cosiest corner of the Kent countryside in this page-turning whodunit featuring a funny, feisty antique dealer turned amateur sleuth.Novice antique dealer Lina Townend is warm, independent and blessed with an uncanny nose for a bargain . . . and a talent for sniffing…


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Novice antique dealer Lina Townend has an eye for treasure and a nose for trouble—both of which kick in when her disreputable father, Lord Elham, asks her to sell something from his cluttered estate. She unearths a tarnished silver dish that screams "valuable!" but when she displays it at an antique fair, the police swoop in accusing her of handling stolen goods. Now Lina's reputation is on the line, more of her father's treasures are vanishing, and she's wondering: is dear old dad actually a thief, or is someone setting her up? It's Antiques Roadshow meets Agatha Christie in the…

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