A Deadly Dealer - Molly Appleby Bk 3 Author:J. B. Stanley Covering the famous Heart of Dixie antique show for Collector's Weekly, Molly gets an unwelcome scoop when she finds a dead body in her hotel's lush conservatory. The deceased is Tom Barnett, a dealer of medical antiques, who appeared worried and far from sober the night before. It seems that his reputation for honesty has developed a few cracks... more »: His ex-wife claims he owes her child support, and a big-shot Manhattan dealer insists that a valuable blanket chest in Tom's booth legally belongs to one of his own clients. When one of Tom's antiques is stolen and a second dealer is attacked, Molly knows she's got to find the killer before the Heart of Dixie becomes Heart of Darkness...« less
Great story, good characters, nice ending, several twists, interesting information about antiques in each book, but especially this one with the information about canes. Good read.