Lie Like A Rug

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by Donna Huston Murray

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Writer's Digest Award-Winning AuthorWhile escorting Bryn Derwyn Academy's most infamous student downtown to be scared straight by a Federal judge, Ginger Barnes is shocked to find her childhood babysitter, textile professor Charlie Finnemeyer, on trial for fraudulently aging an Oriental rug. Even more alarming, Gin learns that two witnesses against her beloved "Uncle Wunk" suffered suspiciously convenient heart attacks.Eager to assist the professor's attorney, the veteran amateur sleuth pries secret information from a university president and uncovers past transgressions of a TV craft show host--all while acquiring an overnight education in early American textiles from experts at Winterthur and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Others guilty of questionable behavior: two antique dealers, and Charlie's overprotective wife. Yet damning evidence can't be swept under a rug. Before Gin can persuade anyone else that Charlie is innocent, she must first convince herself. "...a cleverly plotted mystery with an interesting story line and greatcharacters. Murray keeps readers guessing all the way to the end, withtwists and turns and red herrings. This engrossing page-turner is amust-read for any lover of cozy mysteries." 5 stars, Heather Stockardfor Reader's Favorite Second edition now available in paperback or ebook. Donna Huston Murray's cozy mystery series features a woman much like herself, a DIY headmaster's wife with a troubling interest in crime. Both novels in her new mystery/crime series won Honorable Mention in genre fiction from Writer's Digest , and her eighth cozy FOR BETTER OR WORSE was shortlisted for the Chanticleer International Mystery & Mayhem Book Award. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS, set at Philadelphia's world famous flower show, achieved #1 on the Kindle-store list for Mysteries and Female Sleuths. At home, Donna assumes she can fix anything until proven wrong, calls trash-picking recycling, and although she should probably know better by now, adores Irish setters. Donna and husband, Hench,live in the greater Philadelphia, PA, area. 

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