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A Fatal Collection

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Callie Reed pays a long overdue visit to her aunt, Melodie, at her fairy-tale cottage in quaint Keepsake Cove, which is home to a bevy of collectible shops on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Just as they're beginning to reconnect, Callie discovers her aunt's body on the floor of the music box shop she owns. Grief-stricken, Callie finds she can't accept Melodie's death being ruled accidental. How could her strong and healthy aunt take such a fatal fall? And why was she in the shop in the middle of the night?

As Callie searches for the truth, signs seem to come from her late aunt through a favorite music box, urging Callie on. Or are they warnings? If Callie isn't careful, she could meet a similar deadly fate amid Melodie's collection.

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"Hughes kicks off her new Keepsake Cove series with a charming locale..."—Kirkus Reviews

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      September 1, 2017
      An unexpected new start in life morphs into a dangerous hunt for the truth.Callie Reed is visiting her Aunt Melodie, whom she has not seen in 10 years, on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Melodie sells music boxes in charming Keepsake Cove, whose shops are devoted to all things collectible, and lives in one of the cottages behind the shops. Next door is her dear friend Delia Hamilton. A less hospitable neighbor, Karl Eggers, who's outgrowing his model car shop, is eager to persuade Melodie to sell him her store. After a lovely evening of nostalgia and admiration for family items like her grandmother's desk and her grandfather's music box, Callie awakens to find Melodie dead in her shop, "eyes open and mouth slack, lying in a pool of dark red blood." The police think her death is an accident, but Callie's forebodings are intensified by spooky moments in which the music box suddenly plays by itself as if to warn her of danger. When she learns that she's inherited all her aunt's property, Callie ends her moribund romance and decides to stay and run the business with the help of Tabitha, Melodie's part-time worker. She's attracted to cafe owner Brian Greer, harassed by Eggers, and befriended by music box collector Jonathan Harman. She even gets drawn into a fight over ingratiating Duane Fletcher, who keeps the store owners association's books. Some members have complete faith in Duane; others can't help noticing that he seems to live beyond his means. The discovery of a box of love letters to her aunt fuels Callie's need to know more about her death even though, in a town full of strangers, her hunt for information may prove perilous. Hughes (Scene of the Brine, 2016, etc.) kicks off her new Keepsake Cove series with a charming locale, standard-issue cozy characters, and a schmaltzy storyline.

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