S.W. Hubbard Author chats about UNHOLY TREASURE and her very beloved and successful Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery Series with Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Crime & Wine. Warning: this conversation likely to go off tracks about dogs and hiking. Sorry, not sorry.
UNHOLY TREASURE
A holy relic of the past unleashes a deadly passion in the present.
When estate sale organizer Audrey Nealon runs a small sale in conjunction with a larger one, she's stunned to learn a small knick-knack Ty sold at the sale for five bucks has been resold anonymously at Christie’s auction house for half a million dollars. The little house-shaped object turns out to be a medieval reliquary, purported to hold a fragment of the bone of the Saint Benedict.
With her client furious at the costly error, Audrey must discover how this precious reliquary turned up in a suburban New Jersey estate sale. Is Ty’s hunt for the vandal a distraction, or is it linked to the mystery of the reliquary?
Others are equally intent on finding the person who profited from the sale of the reliquary. As the forces of sin, faith, and devotion battle, Saint Benedict might not be the only one who is martyred.
MEET SUSAN
My addiction to mysteries followed a familiar trajectory. Innocent dabbling with the Bobbsey Twins and Nancy Drew led to a craving for stronger stuff—Christie, Conan Doyle, Poe—so that by the age of twelve I had a habit that couldn’t be broken. Here’s what makes a great mystery for me: plot twists that I didn’t see coming, characters like real people I know, motivations that make sense, and a touch of humor. Those are the kinds of mysteries I like to read, so that’s the kind of mystery I write!
My first mystery novel was published way back in 2003, and I’ve been writing mystery novels ever since. In 2019, I expanded into women’s fiction, a genre that I also enjoy reading.
I live in Morristown, NJ with my husband, Kevin, and my dog, Libby. All three of us are avid hikers.
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