Antiques Slay Belles

<p><b><i>Former sheriff, talented thespian and delightfully eccentric true-crime author Vivian Borne hunts down a Christmas killer in the new Trash ''n'' Treasures cozy mystery</i></b><b><i>- "one of the funniest cozy series going" (Ellery Queen Magazine)</i></b><br><br>It''s five days before Christmas, and Vivian Borne - septuagenarian antiques dealer, true-crime writer and enthusiastic amateur sleuth - and her long-suffering daughter Brandy are preparing a presentation of holiday antiques at the local country club''s annual Christmas luncheon.<br><br>Distracted by their secret Santa gifts, the ladies of the club, to Vivian''s dismay, are <i>not </i>giving her and her antique sleigh bells the attention they deserve. But when Norma Crumley, socialite and world-class gossip, falls face first into her plum pudding, it seems Santa has also delivered the sleuthing mother and daughter a present: a cracker of a case!<br><br>Christmas in small-town Serenity is (usually) a magical time. Can Vi