Silent Auction

Silent Auction by JANE K. CLELAND. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780373267569.

"The autumn foliage is in full fiery glory on a beautiful day in the little coastal town of Rocky Point, nestled comfortably on the New Hampshire coastline. Josie Prescott is busy preparing for the weekly tag sale at her antiques and appraisals shop when she receives an exciting call - shes been asked to appraise Guy Whitestones world-famous marine art and artifact collection. Josie jumps at the rare opportunity to examine nearly priceless objects in a spectacular setting, the renovated lighthouse owned by the Whitestones, Rocky Point Light. When Josie arrives at the famous financiers lighthouse, she horrified to discover the bludgeoned body of Frankie, the beloved nephew of her friend and neighbor Zoe." "Frankie had left a troubled past when he came to live with Zoe, and had quickly revealed a heart of gold. He had been working for the Whitestones and was thrilled with the chance to start a new life. Josie cant imagine whod want to kill the young man." Desperate to find Frankies killer, Josie soon realizes that a scrimshaw tooth, part of the Whitestones extensive antiques collection, may be the key to solving the crime that has shaken the little town of Rocky Point and broken her dear friends heart.