Antiques Round-Up

Yee-haw! Saddle up for adventure as former sheriff, talented thespian, and delightfully eccentric true-crime author Vivian Borne gets mixed up in murder in the heart of Texas in the new Trash ‘n’ Treasures cozy mystery – “one of the funniest cozy series going” (Ellery Queen Magazine)

Spring! The season of hope, possibilities . . . and an opportunity for Brandy Borne and her mother Vivian to replenish their Trash ‘n’ Treasures shop. With Western antiques in demand, Vivian (true-crime author, amateur sleuth) ropes Brandy (reluctant Watson to her mother’s Sherlock) into hitting the trail for Tranquility, Texas, where a city-wide yard sale awaits.

After a journey filled with one calamity after another, Vivian makes a horseback call on a local banker for a pre-arranged sale, only to find him dead with his boots on. Even though she gets tossed temporarily in the hoosegow, this is not Vivian’s first rodeo, and soon she and pardner Brandy are riding herd on a stampede of suspects ranging from unhappy heirs to a chicken rancher to assorted dealers in Western antiques.

The tenderfoot duo must face deceit and danger, and risk cashing in their chips, if they are to round up a deadly outlaw or two and return to their cozy shop in Serenity, Iowa—not to mention Brandy’s shih tzu sidekick Sushi—alive.

This light-hearted, laugh-out-loud cozy mystery also features mother-daughter sleuths Brandy and Vivian’s witty tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes. Not tried the Trash ‘n’ Treasures series before? It’s safe to jump right in!

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Antiques Round-Up

Yee-haw! Saddle up for adventure as former sheriff, talented thespian, and delightfully eccentric true-crime author Vivian Borne gets mixed up in murder in the heart of Texas in the new Trash ‘n’ Treasures cozy mystery – “one of the funniest cozy series going” (Ellery Queen Magazine)

Spring! The season of hope, possibilities . . . and an opportunity for Brandy Borne and her mother Vivian to replenish their Trash ‘n’ Treasures shop. With Western antiques in demand, Vivian (true-crime author, amateur sleuth) ropes Brandy (reluctant Watson to her mother’s Sherlock) into hitting the trail for Tranquility, Texas, where a city-wide yard sale awaits.

After a journey filled with one calamity after another, Vivian makes a horseback call on a local banker for a pre-arranged sale, only to find him dead with his boots on. Even though she gets tossed temporarily in the hoosegow, this is not Vivian’s first rodeo, and soon she and pardner Brandy are riding herd on a stampede of suspects ranging from unhappy heirs to a chicken rancher to assorted dealers in Western antiques.

The tenderfoot duo must face deceit and danger, and risk cashing in their chips, if they are to round up a deadly outlaw or two and return to their cozy shop in Serenity, Iowa—not to mention Brandy’s shih tzu sidekick Sushi—alive.

This light-hearted, laugh-out-loud cozy mystery also features mother-daughter sleuths Brandy and Vivian’s witty tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes. Not tried the Trash ‘n’ Treasures series before? It’s safe to jump right in!

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Antiques Round-Up

Antiques Round-Up

by Barbara Allan
Antiques Round-Up

Antiques Round-Up

by Barbara Allan

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Yee-haw! Saddle up for adventure as former sheriff, talented thespian, and delightfully eccentric true-crime author Vivian Borne gets mixed up in murder in the heart of Texas in the new Trash ‘n’ Treasures cozy mystery – “one of the funniest cozy series going” (Ellery Queen Magazine)

Spring! The season of hope, possibilities . . . and an opportunity for Brandy Borne and her mother Vivian to replenish their Trash ‘n’ Treasures shop. With Western antiques in demand, Vivian (true-crime author, amateur sleuth) ropes Brandy (reluctant Watson to her mother’s Sherlock) into hitting the trail for Tranquility, Texas, where a city-wide yard sale awaits.

After a journey filled with one calamity after another, Vivian makes a horseback call on a local banker for a pre-arranged sale, only to find him dead with his boots on. Even though she gets tossed temporarily in the hoosegow, this is not Vivian’s first rodeo, and soon she and pardner Brandy are riding herd on a stampede of suspects ranging from unhappy heirs to a chicken rancher to assorted dealers in Western antiques.

The tenderfoot duo must face deceit and danger, and risk cashing in their chips, if they are to round up a deadly outlaw or two and return to their cozy shop in Serenity, Iowa—not to mention Brandy’s shih tzu sidekick Sushi—alive.

This light-hearted, laugh-out-loud cozy mystery also features mother-daughter sleuths Brandy and Vivian’s witty tips for buying and selling antiques, along with a selection of tasty recipes. Not tried the Trash ‘n’ Treasures series before? It’s safe to jump right in!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781448314935
Publisher: Severn House
Publication date: 10/07/2025
Series: Trash 'n' Treasures Series , #19
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 208
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of husband-and-wife mystery writers Barbara and Max Allan Collins. Barbara is an acclaimed short-story writer, and Max is a multi-award-winning New York Times bestselling novelist and Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. Their previous collaborations have included one son, several short story collections, twenty-one novels, and most recently a Trash ‘n’ Treasures film, Death By Fruitcake. They live in Muscatine, Iowa—their Serenity-esque hometown—in a house filled with trash and treasures.

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