Author: Sherry Harris
Genre: Mystery
Mass Market Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9781496722515
Kensington Publishing
304 Pages
$7.99; $5.99 Amazon
December 31, 2019
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ONE WOMAN's TRASH...
Sarah Winston's garage sale business has a new client: the daughter of a couple who recently died in a tragic accident while away on a trip to Africa. Their house is full of exotic items from around the world that need to be sold off. When Sarah learns that the deceased were retired CIA agents, the job becomes more intriguing -- but when an intruder breaks in and a hidden camera is found, it also becomes more dangerous. And Sarah has enough on her plate right now since she's investigating a murder on the side at the nearby Air Force base, where her status as a former military spouse gives her a special kind of access.
...IS ANOTHER WOMAN'S TROUBLE
With so much work piling up, Sarah decides to hire some help. But her assistant, Harriet -- a former FBI hostage negotiator -- has a rare talent for salesmanship. Which is good, because Sarah may have to haggle for her life with Harriet's assistance...
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Sarah Winston is a former military spouse who decided after her divorce to stay in Ellington, Massachusetts, near her friends. She's built a life for herself and is happy with her business organizing garage and estate sales. Her latest client is the daughter of former CIA agents, and has asked her to sell all the contents in her parents' home, since she and her brother don't want anything. But when a man enters the home declaring he's Jeanette's brother Troy, Sarah is at first told it's okay, but then after he injures himself and is taken to the hospital, Jeanette declares him a fraud and both are wondering what he wanted so badly at the home that he would lie to gain entrance...
Meanwhile, a young military spouse at Fitch Air Force base is found murdered, and to Sarah's surprise, both police officer Pellner, who's now a friend, and OSI agent Frank Bristow are asking for her help. They want her to listen to any rumors of who might have had a reason to kill her and report back to them.
It looks as if her plate is full, with the murder investigation, and a sale so large she needs to hire help. But there's more...mobster Mike Titone is back again, living next door to Sarah for reasons unknown -- meaning he won't tell her -- and she's on guard looking for strangers trying to enter her building, even if Mike does have a bodyguard outside.
But when Sarah hears disparaging remarks about herself, and a base wife is asking for her help declaring her innocence, what is she to do? Stretch herself as thin as she can and hope that she doesn't break over trying to catch the bad guys...this one might even be too much for her...
This is the eighth book in the series and I have read them all. I am really enjoying this series, and reading them faster than the author can turn them out. If I like a series, I will try and read them all at once (not always possible); but I love Sarah. She's not stupid and doesn't take unnecessary chances like breaking and entering, and even though she goes a little farther than the police like, she doesn't knowingly put herself in danger.
Sarah is strong, smart, a beautiful woman, and finally deciding she can move on with life after her divorce left her broken and bruised. Watching her figure things out is interesting enough, even with everything else that is going on in her life. I love the fact that we are given glimpses into what her life must have been like as opposed to what it is now (I much prefer the now, having once been an Air Force wife myself).
When Sarah figures things out, she catches the man breaking into the home in a dramatic climax that is different enough to be believable, and when the murderer of the young wife is found, it's rather sad how people can do things that can cause pain to others. This book is definitely a very good one, and the story is drawn well, with characters you want to see time and time again; and like the DiNapolis, I do like Seth much better than CJ. Highly recommended.
More on Sherry Harris's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/sherry-harris/
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