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"Fine "collectible" cozy"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted December 20, 2005

Collector's Weekly magazine journalist Molly Appleby is writing an article about southern kiln s pottery sales hosted by the potter who created them. Molly and her mother wake up early one morning to attend the kiln opening of C.C., but to their surprise there are a lot of people Read more...

"Great new Collectibles mystery"
Reviewed by Dawn Dowdle
Courtesy Mystery Lovers Corner
Posted March 19, 2006

Molly Appleby is a writer for Collector's Weekly magazine. She is currently covering the kiln opening of a rising star in Southern pottery-making. Everyone related to pottery is there. Even George-Bradley Staunton, a very obnoxious collector from North Carolina. Molly's mother is a collector as well Read more...

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Summary

First in the new series! Includes tips on collecting and appraising.

Introducing amateur sleuth Molly Appleby, a sharp-witted writer for Collector's Weekly magazine. She has a keen knowledge of antiques, and a special fondness for collectibles.

Raised by her antiques-loving mother, Molly is carrying on the tradition as a writer for Collector's Weekly magazine. Her new assignment: cover the kiln opening of a rising star in Southern pottery-making. No one worth his weight in clay would miss it. That includes George Bradley—Staunton, North Carolina's most obnoxious collector. Pity he should drop dead so soon after the festivities.

Ruled an accident, the case is closed. But Molly suspects it's a carefully crafted case of murder—especially when Staunton's most ruthless rival disappears along with some valuable pieces from the victim's collection. Now, along with her inquisitive mother, a handsome marketing director, and the notoriously catty "Queen of Classifieds," Molly sets out to find the cracks in an unstoppable killer's handiwork.