Crafts and Life

When the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society discovers it owns some unique real estate, a deadly plot unfolds . . .
 
Society president Nell Pratt believes life is finally going her way. Everything’s running smoothly at work, and her love life is thriving. Then some unexpected news rocks her foundation. Two members of a local neighborhood rescue program, Tyrone Blakeney and Cherisse Chapman, inform Nell that her society owns an abandoned row house in a rundown area of Philadelphia and they insist on taking her to see the property before its date with the wrecking ball.
 
But soon after they arrive at the house, Cherisse is fatally shot and Tyrone is badly injured. The police believe it’s just random violence in a bad neighborhood, but Nell thinks there’s more to it and is determined to find answers before someone else becomes history . . .

Everything is going smoothly in Nell's world when she discovers that the Society apparently owns another building (which surprises her as she thought the Society had divested themselves of all buildings bar the one they are housed in).  She agrees to go to see it but whilst there the car they are traveling in is shot at and one of her companions is killed (Nell herself had dived out of the car!) She now needs to figure out if she was the target, what is she supposed to do with the building (and do they owe any back taxes for it!) and where is the Society supposed to go from here …. all in a day's work!

It seems this is the last in the series which is a shame – but all loose ends were tied up which is good!

5 stars