And we are back to spend more time with Avery Avers and her families' appraisal business. One reason this series is interesting and enjoyable is that Avery's family business lends itself to lots of great mysteries surrounding the art and artifacts they are called upon to assess. This book starts off with some forgery and potential thievery before we get to the murder. Avery of course is in the thick of it.
The antique and appraisal business is my favorite part of this series, I think in those interactions is when Avery is at her best and the most interesting. I came away from this book still a little sad for Avery. She has a budding romance with Art, which is fine, I guess. I don't really like Art because he didn't tell her things he should have told her for far too long-- he makes decisions for Avery instead of with Avery. Hopefully, he has turned a page, and moving forward he will stop that behavior. Now back to what makes me a little sad, Avery really, really needs some friends. I hope in book three Avery has a friend's interest.
Oh another note, for those of you who enjoy some romance in your cozy mysteries, Tracy Gardner is very good a writing those scenes!
In this book, there is a hint of a potential overarching villain and I hope that I am reading the tea leaves correctly because I like the idea of an ongoing international thief. So I have my fingers crossed on that!
3.75 stars for this book*
*If you enjoy antiques or historical art --do yourself a favor and read this series, you will enjoy it!
