Faux Finished: An Interior Design Mystery

Authors: Marberg, Peg
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC022000
ISBN: 9781440622090, Related ISBNs: 0425214281, 1440622094, 9780425214282, 9781440622090
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 224,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Seville, Indiana has five traffic lights and one interior design firm—Designer Jeans, co-founded by Jean Hastings and her daughter, Jean Jr.  Lately they’re finding that the keen eyes needed for plotting color schemes and tracking down flea-market treasures also come in handy for interpreting more sinister designs…
 
Death of the party
 
Even the death of a local bookseller can’t throw a pall over the grand re-opening of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club’s dining room. It’s a triumph for Jean, who transformed it from tired and bland to Art Deco grand. But when the manager—who fought Jean every step of the way—rises to make a toast, he promptly falls down dead. Two fatalities in one week have aroused Jean’s curiosity—and her instincts for discovering deadly patterns…
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