Antiques Can Be Deadly
(2026)(The second book in the Stella Ray & Rex Cozy Mystery series)
A novel by Hope Quinn
In Willowberry, a cozy café is known for warm coffee, flaky pastries, and a place where everyone feels safe. Until the owner finds herself tangled in a murder.
When a reclusive antique dealer is found dead, whispers spread quickly, and not all of them are about the crime. Items people trusted him to safeguard begin to surface, pulling long-held secrets loose and unraveling the town thread by thread.
As the truth surfaces, fingers point toward a town official with too much influence, a community figure who handled ‘follow-ups,’ and a desperate local whose livelihood would collapse if old records were exposed.
With her loyal bulldog by her side and a sheriff determined to protect her, Stella follows the trail of quiet transactions, hidden leverage, and fear that was never meant to be exposed. But the closer she gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that the murder was only the beginning.
Someone in Willowberry believes silence is worth killing for and stopping them may cost Stella her café, her peace, everything she’s worked for, and maybe even her life itself.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
When a reclusive antique dealer is found dead, whispers spread quickly, and not all of them are about the crime. Items people trusted him to safeguard begin to surface, pulling long-held secrets loose and unraveling the town thread by thread.
As the truth surfaces, fingers point toward a town official with too much influence, a community figure who handled ‘follow-ups,’ and a desperate local whose livelihood would collapse if old records were exposed.
With her loyal bulldog by her side and a sheriff determined to protect her, Stella follows the trail of quiet transactions, hidden leverage, and fear that was never meant to be exposed. But the closer she gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that the murder was only the beginning.
Someone in Willowberry believes silence is worth killing for and stopping them may cost Stella her café, her peace, everything she’s worked for, and maybe even her life itself.
Genre: Cozy Mystery
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