Let's Fake a Deal (Sarah W. Garage Sale Series #7)

by Sherry Harris

Overview

SHE’S GOT THE GOODS . . .
As a former military spouse, Sarah Winston’s learned a little about organizing, packing, and moving. Her latest project sounds promising: a couple of tech-industry hipsters, newly arrived in her Massachusetts town, who need to downsize. Unfortunately, when Sarah tries to sell their stuff, she discovers it’s all stolen—and she’s the unwitting fence.
 
BUT SARAH’S PROBLEMS ARE JUST BEGINNING
Michelle, an old friend of Sarah’s from the Air Force base, is in line for a promotion—but not everyone is happy about it, and she’s been hit with an anonymous discrimination complaint. When one of the men she suspects is behind the accusations turns up dead in Michelle’s car, Sarah needs to clear Michelle’s name—as well as her own for selling hot merchandise. And she’ll have to do it while also organizing a cat lady’s gigantic collection of feline memorabilia, or they’ll be making room for Sarah in a jail cell . . .
 
 
Praise for the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mysteries
 
“There’s a lot going on in this charming mystery, and it all works . . . Well written and executed, this is a definite winner.” —RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars on All Murders Final!
 
“Full of garage-sale tips…amusing. A solid choice for fans of Jane K. Cleland’s Josie Prescott Antique Mystery series.”
—Library Journal on Tagged for Death
 
“A slam dunk for those who love antiques and garage sales . . .surprising twists and turns.” —Kirkus Reviews on A Good Day to Buy

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496716989
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Series:	Sarah W. Garage Sale Series , #7
Pages:	304
Sales rank:	661,711
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Sherry Harris is the author of Agatha Award-nominated Best First Novel Tagged for Death, as well as The Longest Yard Sale, All Murders Final!; A Good Day to Buy, and I Know What You Bid Last Summer in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery series. Sherry started bargain hunting in second grade at her best friend’s yard sale. She honed her bartering skills as she moved around the country while her husband served in the Air Force. Sherry combined her love of garage sales, her life as an Air Force spouse, and her time living in Massachusetts as inspiration for this series. Sherry is an independent editor for fiction and nonfiction writers, a member of Sisters in Crime, Sisters in Crime New England, and Sisters in Crime Chesapeake Chapter. She blogs with New England mystery writers at WickedCozyAuthors.com.

Editorial Reviews

Plenty of mysterious circumstances and garage-sale tips keep the angst-ridden story moving at a headlong pace.” 
—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2019-05-13
Who knew organizing garage sales could be a dangerous occupation?

In her new career as a garage-sale manager, Sarah Winston has run into a lot of mysteries (The Gun Also Rises, 2019, etc.), but she's never been arrested—until she's about to open a sale of surplus items for a couple who claimed to be downsizing. Officer Jones has gotten a tip that everything on sale is stolen property, and Sarah realizes that Kate and Alex Green have conned her and vanished, leaving Sarah holding the bag. Jones, dismissing Sarah's protestations of innocence, throws her in jail. Luckily, her crime solving has given her some connections, and when a friend on the force can't help, he calls mob lawyer Vincenzo DiNapoli, who springs her. Sarah quickly realizes that to clear herself, she's going to have to solve this case with a little help from her friends. Since she doesn't want to smear the reputation of her boyfriend, the district attorney, she goes to work herself, armed only with a bad cellphone picture of the fraudulent couple. Her former husband was an Air Force officer, and her friends on the nearby base include Michelle Diaz, who has troubles of her own because someone's filed a complaint against her. As a woman, Michelle has to work twice as hard and put up with harassment from jealous male officers who make nasty comments when she meets Sarah for a drink. After one of them ends up dead in Michelle's car, Sarah adds the murder to her long list of things to clear up. She's shocked to learn how easy it was for the Greens to make her look guilty, but she does dig up some clues showing that the duplicitous couple had done it before and hinting at a possible Air Force connection. Happily, her friends support her, and a planned sale of cat-themed items keeps her from falling into despair as she pursues the mysterious couple and a murderer.

Plenty of mysterious circumstances and garage-sale tips keep the angst-ridden story moving at a headlong pace.

Kirkus Reviews