Family Jewels (A Stone Barrington Novel)

Fiction. Suspense. Thriller. HTML:When Stone Barrington takes on a wealthy heiress as his client, he finds himself handling a whole lot of trouble in this �this glossy, modern take on the classic detective story� (Publishers Weekly).   Stone Barrington�s newest client is a poised lady of considerable wealth who�s looking for help discouraging the attentions of a tenacious gentleman. But no sooner does Stone fend off the offensive party than his client becomes involved in two lethal crimes. With suspects aplenty, Stone probes deep into his client�s life to find the truth, and he discovers that the heart of the mystery may be a stunningly beautiful vestige of a bygone era. It�s a piece with a long and storied past and untold value...the kind of relic someone might kill for. Among the upper crust nearly everyone has buried a skeleton or two, and it will take all of Stone�s investigative powers to determine whose secrets are harmless, and whose are deadly.… (more)