A killer assignment

Thanks to Aunt Midge’s unlikely friendship with the Duke of Valle Charme, Avery Ayers and her associates at Antiques and Artifacts Appraised head off to their most glamorous assignment yet—appraising the contents of a castle-like mansion on the Hudson River. But regal splendor becomes a backdrop to mayhem when a precious timepiece disappears—and housekeeper Suzanne Vick plummets to her death.

Avery, her dad William, and colleagues Micah Abbott and Sir Robert Lane soon learn that Suzanne’s predecessor also met with an untimely end. Further, the housekeeper’s suspicious demise coincides with Avery’s discovery that many of the Duke’s most priceless heirlooms have been replaced by fakes. Can Avery bring the culprit to justice?

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