Stealing with Style Author:Emyl Jenkins Antiques appraiser Emyl Jenkins turns her talents to fiction in the first of a series of mysteries that follow our heroine behind the scenes of the sometimes murky world of antiques. — When rare and valuable pieces mysteriously start showing up at the local Salvation Army store—tucked into an oven mitt, hidden in a quilt—expert apprai... more »ser Sterling Glass is brought in to evaluate their worth. As she researches the origins of a rare urn, one strange detail leads to another. Before long she uncovers an intricate plot involving a slew of antique treasures, the oldest families of Leemont, some sophisticated scammers, and shifty associates at New York’s most prestigious auction houses. Add to that one elderly man trying to preserve his family’s treasured collection of bronze and ivory Art Deco sculptures, and Sterling finds herself tangled in a web of greed, deceit, and danger.
Stealing with Style, introduces a writer of great wit who has a grand sense of the mystery of our most prized possessions.« less