Antiques Con (A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery), by Barbara Allan
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"Endlessly amusing."--Kirkus ReviewsSmall-town sleuths Brandy and Vivian Borne--with their trusty shih tzu, Sushi--head for a Big Apple comics convention to sell a rare 1940s Superman drawing. When an intruder breaks into their hotel suite, their madcap Manhattan misadventure is only beginning. Soon the out-of-towners stumble onto a murder victim impaled by a pen-shaped award. Villains abound--from cartoonists to crime bosses--creating a jumble of clues. Brandy and Vivian will leave no comic-book page unturned in their race to trap a ruthless killer. Don't miss Brandy Borne's tips on antiques!
Antiques Con (A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery), by Barbara Allan- Amazon Sales Rank: #220741 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-31
- Released on: 2015-03-31
- Format: Kindle eBook
From Booklist The latest zany adventure featuring Brandy Borne and his mother, Vivian, finds them not in their usual setting of small-town Iowa but in New York City, at a comics convention, hoping to sell a valuable comic they found in a storage-locker auction. Instead, they wind up trying to solve the murder of the convention’s director, Tommy. Barbara and Max Allan Collins, writing under a pseudonym, bring their considerable experience of the comics world into the humorous details of the Comic-Con, from crazy costumes to fierce rivalries and the backstories on the comics being displayed. Fans of the series will enjoy the banter between this pair of engaging characters, and the insider look at convention politics makes a fine backdrop. --Amy Alessio
Review Praise for Barbara Allan and the Trash ‘n' Treasures Mystery Series..."The characters shine with brassy humor." --Publishers Weekly"One of the funniest cozy series going." --Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine"You'll laugh out loud." --Mystery Scene
About the Author Barbara Allan is the joint pseudonym of acclaimed short story writer Barbara Collins (Too Many Tomcats) and New York Times bestselling mystery novelist Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition). Their previous collaborations have included one son, a short story collection, and ten novels, including the 2008 winner of the Romantic Times Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery, Antiques Flee Market. They live in Iowa in a house filled with trash and treasures.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Is It a Bird? A Plane? No, It's a Mighty Good Read! By Jim Hillman Sushi . . . yes, the dog . . . along with the ditsy duo, Brandy Borne and her snoopy mom, engage their collaborative detection abilities in yet another mystery tale. While the yarn is self-contained for the casual reader, this latest "trash and treasure" novel compliments the past offerings in the series. This time we get to travel with our detective friends to a comic book convention. accompanied by a rare 1940s Superman sketch. Along the way, we get to visit a strip club, a jail cell, a retirement home (not necessarily in that order) and discover a murder victim along the way. Barbara Allan (Barbara Collins and her prolific writing partner and husband, Max Allan Collins) deliver another tongue in check "uncozy" cozy, complete with smiles and multiple laughs. ANTIQUES CON has heart! I recommend this book without reservation.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Light-Hearted & Humorous Mystery By Dave Wilde In the great age of pulp in the fifties, many authors would choose to write under a number of pen names, often one name for mysteries, one for westerns, one for romances, and one for more explicit novels. They often would do such also so they could write for different publishers, despite exclusivity contracts. Of course, you know where I am going with this, don't you. Barbara Allan is not a real person. Well, not exactly a real person as you think of such beings. It is a conglomeration of two authors combining their names, Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins. Max Allan Collins is well-known as the author of the Nathan Heller historical fiction novels, the Quarry series, the Mallory series, and many other hardboiled type books. I have read about two dozen of his books. Barbara Collins is his wife and is well-known in her own right, mainly for shorter pieces. Together, they have authored the Bombshell, which is a top-notch novel about Marilyn Monroe, the original Blonde Bombshell herself, meeting Nikita Kruschev. That book bears a lot of similarities to the Nathan Heller series in my humble opinion.They have also written together the Trash and Treasures series, of which Antiques Con is the eighth book. This series is unlike anything MAC has written on his own. It is not a tough-nosed hardboiled mystery in the pulp tradition. Rather, it is (assuming the first seven books in this series are like the eighth and one should generally not assume, because ....) a light-hearted, comedic mystery, sort of like Goldie Hawn solving mysteries. The series involves two women from Iowa, Brandy and Vivian Borne, daughter and mother, although truth be told Brandy is really the granddaughter not the daughter but that is another story.The mother, Vivian, never shuts up and annoys the crap out of Brandy, but Vivian has balls and nothing stops her when she is on a case. "Mother being Vivian Borne, seventies, bipolar, widowed, Danish stock, local thespian, and amateur sleuth." Vivian suffers from the syndrome too of giving out way too much information to anyone who would care to listen. The other main character is "Brandy Borne, thirty-two, prozac popping, divorced, and frequent accomplice in Mother's escapades since coming home to live with her in the small Mississippi river town of Serenity, Iowa, bringing along only a few clothes and my little blind shih tzu, Sushi." Now, you got the flavor of this book, don't you.This series might be more geared to women's reading, but I found that it was fast-paced reading and funnny so it does have wider appeal than that. I guess I should also disclose at this point that I did receive an advance copy of Antiques Con in exchange for a promise of a fair and unbiased review.This particular novel involves the two women traveling to New York City to attend a comic book convention where they hope to auction off an original Superman drawing. Of course, the drawing is inside a briefcase, handcuffed to Vivian's wrist and who knows who has the key. Their car breaks down on the way and, when a Broadway costume designer stops to help them, they push on to the City with Vivian desperately trying to get the helper's name and address to add to her Christmas list, a list that one can never get off, not even if one dies.They are also traveling with a blind dog.There are several murders at the comic convention and Vivian does get involved somehow with mob figures, but this is as lighthearted and funny as murder can be. Their adventures, told in alternating chapters with their alternating points of view, are told in voices that can only be described as tongue-in-cheek. It is obvious, too, that the author team has some familiarity with these conventions and the odd characters found therein.All in all, a fun, lighthearted romping novel that gives one a break from all the tough-nosed Mickey Spillane type fiction one reads.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A New Winner From the authors By Randy Johnson Though late to the party, the Trash 'n' Treasures cozy series has rapidly become a favorite. The husband and wife writing team of Barbara and Max Allan Collins have once again delivered a funny, character driven mystery.The mother and daughter writing team of Vivian and Brandy Borne are guests of honor at a small comics con in New York City, bringing along one of their treasures for an auction: a Superman drawing by series creator Joe Shuster and autographed ny him along with the other half of the team, writer Jerry Siegel.Naturally they get involved in a murder and Vivian pushes the boundaries to solve it, with warnings from police to stay out of it. But, hey, when has that ever stopped the lady when she gets her hooks into a good murder. After all, it provides the plots for their cozy mysteries.Had a lot of fun with this one. The writing kept me flipping pages, laughing at Vivian's antics and Brandy's long suffering aid.Worth a look.
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