Antiques to Die For by Jane Cleland

Josie Prescott owns an antiques business in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Her life is going well, both personally and professionally, except that once in a while someone that she's aquainted with is murdered. This time it's her friend Rosalie Chaffee who is found drowned. Rosalie was earning her Ph.D., ghostwriting a biography of Gerry Fine (CEO of Heyer's, a local business) and raising her twelve-year-old sister, Paige. Josie finds that there are lots of suspects, since Rosalie had dated several men, may have been doing some valuable research and had told Paige about something that they owned that was worth a lot of money. Unravelling the mysteries of Rosalie's life along with running Prescott's Antiques, Auctions, and Appraisals keeps Josie almost too busy. Will she be able to uncover her friend's killer and provide closure for both herself and Paige? In addition, Paige's situation reminds Josie of losing her own mother at a young age, adding to the urgency. With Antiques to Die For, Cleland is back in good form after the disappointing Deadly Appraisal. Her mix of a likable main character along with the information about antiques is a winner.