Death at the Antique Fair
(2026)(The eighth book in the Ashford Creek Mystery series)
A Story by Ella Andrew
A deliciously twisty cozy mystery with a loyal canine sidekick
Welcome to Ashford Creek, where the tea is hot, every antique comes with a story, and one of those stories is a lie.
Eliza Prescott only meant to sell a few paperbacks at the town's annual Antique Fair. Then a dealer is found dead beside a captain's desk with a hidden compartment, and her old detective instincts refuse to stay retired.
The victim? Graham Vale. Antiques dealer, blackmailer, and a man who sold other people's secrets by the piece.
The suspects? Everyone who wanted what was inside that desk.
With her retired police dog Bruno at her side, Eliza follows a repair label that could not possibly be genuine, a painting that is not what the records claim, and a harbor clerk who vanished in 1968 with a thief's reputation he never earned. When a second death follows, it becomes clear that someone in Ashford Creek has spent forty years deciding which version of the past the town is allowed to keep.
And they are not finished editing.
By the time Eliza builds a case that answers every question, she has an innocent man in a cell and one morning to prove it.
Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a mystery where the evidence fits perfectly. It just fits the wrong person.
Perfect for readers who love:
Welcome to Ashford Creek, where the tea is hot, every antique comes with a story, and one of those stories is a lie.
Eliza Prescott only meant to sell a few paperbacks at the town's annual Antique Fair. Then a dealer is found dead beside a captain's desk with a hidden compartment, and her old detective instincts refuse to stay retired.
The victim? Graham Vale. Antiques dealer, blackmailer, and a man who sold other people's secrets by the piece.
The suspects? Everyone who wanted what was inside that desk.
With her retired police dog Bruno at her side, Eliza follows a repair label that could not possibly be genuine, a painting that is not what the records claim, and a harbor clerk who vanished in 1968 with a thief's reputation he never earned. When a second death follows, it becomes clear that someone in Ashford Creek has spent forty years deciding which version of the past the town is allowed to keep.
And they are not finished editing.
By the time Eliza builds a case that answers every question, she has an innocent man in a cell and one morning to prove it.
Pour yourself a cup of tea and settle in for a mystery where the evidence fits perfectly. It just fits the wrong person.
Perfect for readers who love:
- Small-town secrets buried for decades
Amateur sleuths with four-legged partners
Fair-play clues you can solve alongside the sleuth
Suspects with genuine motives and real alibis
A final parlor reveal in the Christie tradition
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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