Guilt Edged

Lina Townend #6

by Judith Cutler

Antiques dealer Lina Townend finds herself accused of theft in the latest intriguing mystery
 
When a middle-aged woman enters Lina Townend’s antiques shop wanting to sell a white Beswick china horse which she claims is a cherished heirloom, Lina’s instincts tell her to avoid the sale.    Suddenly, wherever she goes, Lina sees the supposedly rare white horses.  Something strange is afoot.
 
As she looks further into the matter, it turns out that the horses are only the tip of the iceberg. But Lina’s investigations are attracting unwelcome attention.  With her business partner Griff laid up in hospital and her relationship with her boyfriend Morris floundering, when she herself falls under suspicion for theft, Lina doesn’t know where to turn.

Genres: Mystery, British Literature

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Judith Cutler was born and bred in the Midlands, and revels in using her birthplace, with its rich cultural life, as a background for her novels. After a long stint as an English lecturer at a run-down college of further education, Judith, a prize-winning short-story writer, has taught Creative Writing at Birmingham University, has run occasional writing course elsewhere (from a maximum security prison to an idyltic Greek island) and ministered to needy colleagues in her role as Secretary of the Crime Writers' Association.

Reviews

[Barbara Bothwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

As ever Linda Townend is fascinating heroine. I'm enjoying watching her grow through the series. In Guilt Edged she has to almost run the antiques business alone as her business partner Griff is hospitalised. From the moment a lady brings a Beswick horse into the shop asking Lina to buy it, Lina smells a rat. She doesn't know much about Beswick but she is immediately suspicious.

Between running the business, restoring valuable antiques, dashing about Kent on buying trips and antiques fairs Lina has to visit the hospital and try to take care of her Pa whom the National Trust allow to live in a corner of the family home. At times you feel that Lina is more like a mother than a daughter!

For those who love mystery and are fans of programmes such as Antiques Road Show, the Lina Townend Myster books are a MUST.

Thank you, Judith Cutler for creating such a wonderful young lady.

[Linda Smatzny · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the sixth book in the Lina Townsend Mystery series. This series is set in England and features antiques. This time Lina suspects that Beswick horses are being made to look more expensive or fraud. Also the fraud involves miniatures. Easy read.

[Sally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another wonderful book in this terrific series.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad but I should have read earlier ones first.

[Lesley Shears · Rating 4 out of 5]

this is a brilliant series - loved this book