The Big Steal (Sterling Glass Mysteries, #2)

by Emyl Jenkins

Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she'd anticipated.

• ISBN10: 1408457709
• ISBN13: 9781408457702
• Publish Date: 3 May 2010 (first published 14 July 2009)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 6 November 2015
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: AudioGO Limited
• Imprint: Chivers
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English

Reviews

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I haven’t read the first Sterling Glass novel, but it wasn’t necessary. You miss a little of the background between Sterling and her two love interests, but it doesn’t take much to catch on. She gets a lot more than she bargained for when she accepts a job appraising the value of some antiques following a robbery. In fact, she does very little appraising, becoming more caught up in the politics of the foundation that owns the home and the intricacies of the unusual home itself. Sterling also writes a column where she answers questions about antiques, and there’s a question and answer at the start of each column. I felt like I learned quite a bit about antiques just by reading those questions.

The mystery itself is almost unnecessarily complex, and there’s a twist of sort at the end that I didn’t real understand the purpose of. Regardless, I liked the story, and I would definitely read the first book (and any subsequent). But I have to confess... I found the name "Sterling Glass" *way* too kitschy.