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A review by moondance120
Death is a Cabaret by Deborah Morgan
3.0
It was something you didn't often see on the expressway: a factory-condition '48 Chevy woodie, glossy black-it had, easily, twenty coats of paint-with gleaming wooden side panels from which came its nickname, and whitewalls like new ivory.
Usually a sentence like that will keep me from reading a book. I'm so glad it didn't. Jeff Talbot is a former FBI agent now working as a professional picker for antiques. Frank Hamilton is Jeff's chief rival. Frank is obnoxious and seem to turn up like a bad penny. Jeff learns that a rare tea set, a cabaret, that was commissioned by Napoleon for Josephine is to be auctioned at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. He has been looking for this piece for some time for Blanche Appleby. The set once belonged to Blanche's family and she would give almost anything to have it returned to her. Jeff sees Frank on Mackinac arguing with a woman and then finds his body the next day in a fountain.
I really enjoyed this book! I have a major addiction to all things tea. I collect tea ware and have a couple of cabaret sets. (The cabaret is intended as a tea for one. It has a pot, creamer, sugar dish, a cup and saucer and a tray) The setting at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island made me swoon. I would so love to visit. I enjoyed the descriptions of the characters, the clothing and the hotel. Jeff was an intriguing character. His agoraphobic wife was an interesting twist. The plot was good, the characters well balanced and a lovely mystery.
Usually a sentence like that will keep me from reading a book. I'm so glad it didn't. Jeff Talbot is a former FBI agent now working as a professional picker for antiques. Frank Hamilton is Jeff's chief rival. Frank is obnoxious and seem to turn up like a bad penny. Jeff learns that a rare tea set, a cabaret, that was commissioned by Napoleon for Josephine is to be auctioned at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan. He has been looking for this piece for some time for Blanche Appleby. The set once belonged to Blanche's family and she would give almost anything to have it returned to her. Jeff sees Frank on Mackinac arguing with a woman and then finds his body the next day in a fountain.
I really enjoyed this book! I have a major addiction to all things tea. I collect tea ware and have a couple of cabaret sets. (The cabaret is intended as a tea for one. It has a pot, creamer, sugar dish, a cup and saucer and a tray) The setting at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island made me swoon. I would so love to visit. I enjoyed the descriptions of the characters, the clothing and the hotel. Jeff was an intriguing character. His agoraphobic wife was an interesting twist. The plot was good, the characters well balanced and a lovely mystery.