A Hamptons Home and Garden Mystery
BY KATHLEEN BRIDGE
ABOUT THE BOOK:
After Meg Barrett found her fiancé still had designs
on his ex-wife, she decided it was time to refurbish her
life. Leaving her glamorous job at a top home and garden
magazine, she fled Manhattan for Montauk, only to find
decorating can sometimes lead to detecting…
In between scouring estate sales for her new interior design business, Cottages by the Sea, Meg visits the swanky East Hampton home of her old college roommate, Jillian Spenser. But instead of seeing how the other half lives—she learns how the other half dies. Jillian’s mother, known as the Queen Mother of the Hamptons, has been murdered. Someone has staged a coup.
When she helps a friend inventory the Spensers’ estate for the insurance company, Meg finds herself right in the thick of things. Cataloging valuable antiques and art loses its charm when Meg discovers that the Spenser family has been hiding dangerous secrets, which may have furnished a murderer with a motive. As Meg gets closer to the truth, the killer will do anything to paint her out of the picture…
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
In between scouring estate sales for her new interior design business, Cottages by the Sea, Meg visits the swanky East Hampton home of her old college roommate, Jillian Spenser. But instead of seeing how the other half lives—she learns how the other half dies. Jillian’s mother, known as the Queen Mother of the Hamptons, has been murdered. Someone has staged a coup.
When she helps a friend inventory the Spensers’ estate for the insurance company, Meg finds herself right in the thick of things. Cataloging valuable antiques and art loses its charm when Meg discovers that the Spenser family has been hiding dangerous secrets, which may have furnished a murderer with a motive. As Meg gets closer to the truth, the killer will do anything to paint her out of the picture…
FIRST IN A NEW SERIES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kathleen Bridge started her writing career working at the
Michigan State University News in East Lansing, Michigan.
She is the author and photographer of an antique reference
guide, Lithographed Paper Toys, Books, and Games, and
the author of Revenge of the Sports Widows—How to
Cope with a Sports Fanatic. She is a member of Sisters
in Crime and has taught creative writing classes at the
William Cullen Bryant Library in Roslyn, New York. Kathleen
is also an antiques dealer in Long Island, New York, and has
contributed to Country Living magazine.
PRAISE FOR KATHLEEN BRIDGE'S BETTER HOMES AND CORPSES:
Be sure and visit Kathleen Bridge's delightful website HERE to read some of the wonderful reviews for this First in a New Series Book.
BETTER HOMES AND CORPSES was very well written, with a wonderful plot. Extremely well done for a first installment in a series. You can tell author Bridge really put her all into this book. I have no doubt this series is going to be a favorite on more than a few people’s book shelves.---from Lisa K's Book Reviews
“A delightful sneak peek into life in the Hamptons, with intricate plotting and a likeable, down-to-earth protagonist. A promising start to a promising series.”—Suspense Magazine
“The descriptions of furniture and other antiques, as well as juicy tidbits on the Hamptons, make for entertaining reading for those who enjoy both antiques and lifestyles of the rich and famous.”—Booklist
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THANKS TO KAYLEIGH AND THE FOLKS AT
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Better Homes and Corpses sounds like an exciting book, and it has a dog! (I like cozy books with pets) Cute cover.
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I visited Kathleen Bridge's website, and I adored the pictures (taken in Montauk).
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I like that it will have details about furniture and I am expecting a role for the dog on the cover.
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On her website, I looked at the video and the pictures of Montauk!
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I've 'visited' the Hamptons many times in those romantic chick lit type books, about time people start getting knocked off out there! Thanks for the chance to win the first in a new series.
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A new interior design business and cataloguing antiques sound fascinating. Sounds like a fun mystery. Thanks for the giveaway.
I always enjoyed Better Homes and Gardens magazine (and still do) so I know I would like this book.
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Going to estate sales, secrets in the family of a former close friend, being 'by the sea '
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