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Antique Mourning
Alicia Trent again draws on loyal friends to help solve a convoluted mystery. Professors are dying at the upstate New York college where she and Laudine are spending a semester. The venerable campus buildings, riddled with secrets, once comprised a monastery. The collection Alicia has come to catalog consists of items associated with death and mourning. Why anyone would choose to collect these items seems strange to Ali, and she hopes to discover the reason behind the choice. She and Laudine have both been hired to do a job, but they can’t ignore the fact that fellow staff members are dying. Ali’s special tool, the three-tiered bottle, tries to help, but as usual the information is cryptic and disjointed. Working and attending classes on a college campus like no other, they hunt for clues while interacting with an unusual cast of characters whom they must decide if they can trust.
209 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 1, 2021
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Eileen Harris
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January 9, 2022
I loved the first four books in the series quite a bit. So, when Antique Mourning released after a big gap, I was apprehensive and excited at the same time. I went back and re-read one of the books to make sure that I remembered the characters and the overall arc of Alicia's character before picking up Antique Mourning.
Alicia Trent has received an offer that is quite irresistible. She has been invited to an college in New York to catalogue and assess an antique collection that has been left to the college by an alumni. As a part of a deal, the college has also offered to let Alicia take some classes for free. Her business partner Barry is neither happy nor comfortable about having Alicia gone for better part of a year. But to top it off, Laudine would be traveling with Alicia to go and train the staff at the college.
What could go wrong?
Alicia and Laudine land at Druthmar college looking forward to an work and fun filled year ahead, yet they find themselves handling murders in a complicatedly big old place that has a haunted feeling on a good day!
Eileen Harris never fails to deliver a good mystery with a dose a drama and a pinch of humour. As the series progresses, the mysteries are getting more complex and darker. In Antique Mourning, the setting of the college building almost has a life of its own. I found the different buildings and their layout very complicated at the beginning and wished I had a map of it. But with time I loved that feel of 'known confusion' help build up the tension and mystery. The cast introduced in the book played their parts in both building up the plot and the air of mystery.
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Alicia Trent has received an offer that is quite irresistible. She has been invited to an college in New York to catalogue and assess an antique collection that has been left to the college by an alumni. As a part of a deal, the college has also offered to let Alicia take some classes for free. Her business partner Barry is neither happy nor comfortable about having Alicia gone for better part of a year. But to top it off, Laudine would be traveling with Alicia to go and train the staff at the college.
What could go wrong?
Alicia and Laudine land at Druthmar college looking forward to an work and fun filled year ahead, yet they find themselves handling murders in a complicatedly big old place that has a haunted feeling on a good day!
Eileen Harris never fails to deliver a good mystery with a dose a drama and a pinch of humour. As the series progresses, the mysteries are getting more complex and darker. In Antique Mourning, the setting of the college building almost has a life of its own. I found the different buildings and their layout very complicated at the beginning and wished I had a map of it. But with time I loved that feel of 'known confusion' help build up the tension and mystery. The cast introduced in the book played their parts in both building up the plot and the air of mystery.
Read the full review on Bookish Indulgences with b00k r3vi3ws
February 24, 2022
Mayhem and Murder on a College Campus
Eileen Harris has crafted a whodunit at a small private college in New York. Alicia, an expert in antiques, is hired to catalog a college's collection of antiquities. It isn't long before there are two murders. Alicia has a magic bottle that alerts her to possible problems. She becomes part of the investigation, even putting herself in harm's way. This is a page turner until the very end with secret tunnels and passageways that keep a reader guessing who killer is and why.
Eileen Harris has crafted a whodunit at a small private college in New York. Alicia, an expert in antiques, is hired to catalog a college's collection of antiquities. It isn't long before there are two murders. Alicia has a magic bottle that alerts her to possible problems. She becomes part of the investigation, even putting herself in harm's way. This is a page turner until the very end with secret tunnels and passageways that keep a reader guessing who killer is and why.
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