Stealing with Style Antiques appraiser and syndicated columnist Sterling Glass has a pleasant life in Leemont, Virginia. A member of Leemont's upper crust through her former husband, Sterling is the soul of discretion when family skeletons are unearthed among the heirlooms. She is content with her life -- well almost. She does have a yearning for a certain retired and widowed Episcopal priest who, like Sterling, has reached life's half-century mark and also loves antiques. Then, on a seemingly routine estate appraisal -- though there is a dead body and police swarming around -- Sterling discovers a rare and important 18th-century English silver tea urn in a closet. To complicate matters, a wonderful Georgian pin shows up at the local Salvation Army thrift shop hidden in an oven mitt donated from the same estate. Soon Sterling is embroiled in more than she asked for in a plot that involves crooked antiques dealers, experts in a sophisticated New York auction house, fine old Southern families, small-time crooks, and yet another treasure trove -- this one of highly valuable bronze and ivory Art Deco figurines long buried away in the bowels of Brooklyn -- all the while she tries to figure out her own personal life. Stealing with Style, the first in a series of Sterling Glass adventures, is a selection of the Mystery Guild Book Club, has been translated into Japanese, is available in big print, and has been highly acclaimed. Read the 1st Chapter here. Published by Algonquin Book, Stealing with Style, ISBN: 10:1-56512-445-6 is available in bookstores everywhere including these fine online book sellers: Amazon.com Booksense.com Borders.com Powells.com