Fakes and Fatal Mistakes

A Small Town Antique and Dog Cozy Mystery

When the Tri-County Antique Collectors Convention comes to Peaceful Falls, Taylor Grey couldn't be more excited. Three days of rare finds, fascinating vendors, and the chance to watch legendary appraiser Miles Fairbanks conduct his famous live authentications. But Miles's brutal honesty has a way of making enemies, and when he's found dead in the authentication room with a Victorian letter opener in his back, Taylor realizes someone at the convention came prepared to silence him permanently.

The suspect list reads like a roster of the wronged. A grieving widow whose husband's prized Tiffany lamp was exposed as a fake. A dealer whose career Miles destroyed with a few cruel words. A young protégé who claims Miles ruined her reputation over a certification she swears was legitimate. As Taylor digs deeper, she uncovers a web of forged documents and false identities that suggests Miles's murder wasn't about revenge—it was about protecting a secret worth killing for.

With her loyal Siberian Husky Yukon alerting on clues she might otherwise miss and the sheriff running out of patience with her amateur sleuthing, Taylor must separate the genuine suspects from the frauds before the killer decides she knows too much. In a world where authenticity is everything, the deadliest deceptions aren't always the ones on paper.