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A Domestic Bliss Mystery #2"Sparkles with charm, design lore, and a sleuth with a great mantra. Cozy fans will embrace the Domestic Bliss series." —Carolyn Hart, Edgar Award-winning author of Letters from Home
"An appealing heroine and warm, genuinely winning voice." –Publishers Weekly
"A fast, breezy read." –The Mystery Reader
"A great mystery that puts you on the edge of your chair until the end!" –Fresh Fiction
"A great mystery that puts you on the edge of your chair until the show more end!" –Fresh Fiction
Smart, talented interior designer Erin Gilbert is becoming great friends with her free-spending client, Laura Smith, whose stunning mansion is brimming with rare, expensive antiques...until she realizes the fabulous treasures she so carefully acquired for Laura have been completely replaced with fakes! When Laura's explanations sound as phony as the furniture, Erin is compelled to dig deeper into Laura's glamorous life—the real antiques have got to be somewhere—until her investigation is interrupted by a murder!
It seems Erin has revealed the same cunning con artist who all but ruined her handsome-but-bitter archrival, Steve Sullivan. Erin wants answers but Sullivan dreams of revenge; so when detectives are called in, their perfect suspect is...the charming (almost, maybe, not quite, perhaps boyfriend) Steve Sullivan himself!
Now Erin must chase down the real killer before the cops drag Sullivan away in cuffs...that would put a real damper on their budding romance!. show less
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Erin Gilbert is an interior decorator. One of her clients had her fill a home with priceless pieces of furniture, but when she later visits the home, she discovers that they've all been replaced by fakes. Erin expects fraud. Her client turns up dead. Evidence points to a variety of persons with whom Erin has contact and who are interconnected. The plot was convoluted. Most of the characters were not likeable. The "asides" (chapters with a Domestic Bliss moniker and a larger sans serif font) detracted from the flow of the novel. I did not read the first book in this series. I'm not likely to go back to read it or to try any future installments. This series just didn't work for me.
Who killed Laura the con woman? Who to trust? Will Gilbert and Sullivan ever get along? Danger and twists throughout this cozy mystery. While I did guess the guilty person, it wasn't obvious. I enjoy reading this fast paced roller coaster series.
really enjoying this cozy series thus far which is good as I think I have 4 others in the series in my library bag.
Now I remember why I liked this author. Next please!
Cute mystery that involves an interior designer
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- Canonical title
- False Premises
- Original publication date
- 2005-06-28
- People/Characters
- Erin Gilbert; Steve Sullivan; Audrey Monroe; Linda Delgardio; Detective O'Reilly (a.k.a. Oh Really?); John Norton (show all 12); David Wong; Robert Pembroke; Henry Toben; Hannah Garrison; David Holland; Laura Smith
- Important places
- Crestview, Colorado, USA
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- Members
- 130
- Popularity
- 248,197
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (3.38)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 4

























































