The Mystery of the Missing Book: A cozy crime mystery set in an English village (The Antique Shop Mysteries)

First published 2025

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Antiques Roadshow meets Agatha Christie! Discover your next favourite cozy mystery series, featuring a funny, feisty antique dealer turned amateur sleuth who lives in the cosiest corner of Kent. Meet novice antique dealer Lina Townend: warm, independent and blessed with an uncanny nose for a bargain . . . and a talent for sniffing out trouble! Lina is finding her feet in the antiques trade, working alongside her eccentric mentor Griff. Attending a bustling local fair, Lina makes a thrilling discovery: a single page from a rare medieval manuscript. Not only is the missing book priceless, but it could hold the key to a mystery Lina’s spent her whole life trying to solve — the identity of her father. If she can find it. But Lina’s hunt quickly turns dangerous. A string of break-ins suggests she’s not the only one after the treasure.

Published: 17 Nov 2025
Pages: 314
Publisher: Joffe Books
Edition: Paperback
Elsewhere: Open Library