{"product_id":"death-of-a-russian-doll-barbara-early-9781683317029","title":"Death of a Russian Doll: A Vintage Toy Shop Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eJust in time for the holidays, fans of Leslie Meier and Vicki Delany are going to want to pick up the charming third installment in Barbara Early's Vintage Toy Shop mysteries. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's all fun and games with toyshop owner Liz McCall until deadly secrets are unwrapped upon the eve of the holidays.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho knew? Liz McCall is not thrilled when her boyfriend Police Chief Ken Young introduces her to his estranged wife Marya. The model-quality Russian immigrant, back in East Aurora to rekindle their romance, will be working as a hairstylist at the barber shop next door to Well Played, the toyshop Liz manages for her dad. When Marya offers to help with the shop's doll rehab project, Liz can't help but offer up only a weak smile, but her secret hesitations are for naught when Marya's body is discovered in the barber shop with a hair dryer cord wrapped around her neck. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiz's dad, retired from the police force, is asked to investigate since Ken is the prime suspect.The whole town is abuzz with the scandal and Liz has a few questions of her own, wanting nothing more than to forget the loud argument she overheard between Marya and Ken the night before. There could have been other motives...Was Marya going to cut into a competing hairstylist business? Who is the bumbling private investigator hanging around and why won't he explain himself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll eyes are on Liz, including those of an odd matryoshka doll in the shop which seems to move of its own accord, to unravel this entertaining riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma that is \u003ci\u003eDeath of a Russian Doll\u003c\/i\u003e, the third jolly Vintage Toy Shop mystery from Barbara Early.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barbara Early\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1683317025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781683317029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/06\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2018","brand":"Barbara Early","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48485840617727,"sku":"9781683317029","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_719c58de-c435-45e6-a675-1afeef88fdbd.jpg?v=1778051959","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/death-of-a-russian-doll-barbara-early-9781683317029","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}