Stealing with Style

by Emyl Jenkins Narrated by Linda Stephens

Overview

Stealing with Style is a Mystery Guild Book Club Selection, and the first in a series starring the witty and charming Sterling Glass, an intrepid antiques appraiser and amateur sleuth. In her debut adventure, Sterling must foil a plot set up by a shady construction company looking to bilk the elderly out of their prized possessions. Following a trail of clues from her small Virginia town to New York City, Sterling and her #1 guy Peter try to bring these crooks to justice.

Editorial Reviews

Library Journal

Sterling Glasss, a small-town Virginia antiques appraiser, aficionado, and sleuth, discovers a fabulous Paul Storr silver tea urn amid the effects of a recently deceased bank client. Subsequent finds in thrift shops raise red flags. Then, during a New York trip, she meets an old man whose collection of rare, handmade dolls seems under attack by thieves. An insurance claim leads her to the root cause: a clever conspiracy to bilk families of their antiques treasures. This first novel in a debut series offers a fascinating look at the world of antiques-all the way from pickers to New York auction houses. Fans of other antiques mysteries (e.g., Sharon Fiffer's Buried Stuff, Deborah Morgan's Marriage Casket) and collectors especially will enjoy the steady flow of facts. A longtime antiques appraiser and the author of numerous books on antiques (Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book), Jenkins lives in Richmond, VA. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Greed, duplicity and violence disrupt the life of a Virginia antiques appraiser. Sterling Glass is astonished when a valuable tea urn is found by her friend and love interest Peter Donaldson, an ex-minister with an eye for antiques who helps at the thrift shop in historic Leemont. Then Peter discovers a diamond brooch in a batch of items donated by the estate of a woman of modest means found dead in unusual circumstances. On a trip to Manhattan to oversee the urn's safe passage to the high-toned Layton auction house, Sterling finds the brooch on an insurance list of property missing from a Virginia estate. A side trip to Brooklyn previously arranged in an enigmatic call from Sol Hobstein reveals a treasure trove of Art Deco figurines that have survived two wars. Sterling is soon embroiled in Sol's problems. She witnesses an attack on his junk-shop friend by two thugs who want the figurines and goes to work for the insurance company on the list of missing items. The suspects include a phony roofer, a sitter for the elderly, the secretary for Layton's Art deco expert, and the Layton specialist who covers the south. Peter and Leemont police chief Ed Pavich assist Sterling in tying all the clues together. Though this debut mystery is a bit facile, Sterling is a beguiling heroine, and antiques aficionados will love the store of insider information. Author tour

The New York Times

"A highly entertaining tale of thieving, mystery and fraud....Delightful."
—The New York Times

Booklist

"Hats off to a heroine of a certain age with plenty of smarts."
—Booklist

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171110505
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	11/25/2011
Edition description:	Unabridged

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