A mystery series that’s consistently interesting and fun to read. The characters by now have become old friends and it’s nice to see what they’re up to with their lives.

When Molly Appleby and her mother Clara visit A Checkered Past, a new antique shop, they discover owner Charlotte Blair's dead body, effectively canceling Molly's scheduled interview. While waiting for the police to arrive, Clara informs Molly that her father wants to meet her. When Molly was eight days old, her father left, and Molly has never met him.

The Collector's Weekly staff writer and amateur sleuth juggles two stories that quickly merge into a single mystery. Meeting her father for the first time proves difficult for Molly, especially when there seems to be a connection with friends of her father's new family and friends of the deceased Charlotte Blair.

Ellery Adams and Parker Riggs are a creative team, and they concoct a well-done and intriguing mystery. The ninth Antiques & Collectibles Mystery, Mint Condition Murder, takes readers to the Vermont community to visit familiar characters as they deal with gathering clues and meeting lots of new characters. A complex story, this tale includes unexpected twists, a connection to an unsolved murder, and reuniting with a long-lost father.

Another good cozy. I am becoming a huge fan of the cozy mystery genre due to books like this. You can read this as an escape from the everyday in a weekend. A really good mystery. Especially if you're already an Ellery Adams fan, as I am.