Lethal Treasure

This is the 8th entry in the "Josie Prescott Antique Mysteries" by author Jane Cleland. The protagonist buys and sells antiques and does appraisals for other businesses or individuals who need her research skills, knowledge and network of experts. She lives and work in Rocky Point, New Hampshire, a small coastal town, and in this installment, has a gorgeous, thoughtful and loving partner, Ty.  They are good friends with a couple who run a new interior design business in town, Henri and Leigh Ann Dubois. When Henri is found murdered inside a storage unit for which he had the winning auction bid, Josie gets involved in trying to help find the killer. Nothing is found in the unit that seems worth much, but Henri had previously brought Josie some very old original movie posters for appraisal and Josie and her crew begin to realize that they may be worth a great deal. There are interesting lines of investigation for the appraisal process that also may move Josie closer to finding Henri's killer, but when the murder weapon turns up in Josie's car, and supposed love letters between Henri and Josie are discovered in an e-mail account, Josie realizes someone is clever and desperate enough to frame her. Now solving the mystery has become very personal. I loved reading about the appraisal process, have a fondness for antiques, and thoroughly enjoyed the setting and the characters. I will definitely find more of these to read.