I thoroughly enjoyed Miller's debut novel, The Antique Hunter's Guide to Murder, so of course I was really keen to read novel number two.
We're back with Freya and her wonderfully exuberant and ostentatious Aunt Carole as they search for stolen antiques under the mantle of their fledgling stolen-antiques agency, a side line to their antiques shop. It's an exotic pursuit this time, as they join a cruise to Egypt and Jordan.
It's every bit as enjoyable as the first novel, so very well done to Miller for another perfectly executed book. There is a 'but', though. Too many Americanisms, such as 'gotten', 'afterward', and other American spellings (marvelous instead of marvellous) I found that rather jarring. They didn't sit well in a British-authored novel. Perhaps it was the Canadian editors who were used? Although I'm not so sure who was responsible for overlooking 'an river', and phrases like 'she looked at him from under her eyelashes' belong in a trashy chic lit. (Does anyone actually look at anyone from anywhere else?)
That aside, this* is well written, well characterised and well plotted. I'm ready and waiting for more Freya and Aunt Carole adventures (un-Canadian edited).
*Provided by NetGalley
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