Ex big-city art-gallery manager, Marion Shea, and her bank manager husband, Stephen, are transferred to the regional Australian town of Ridgeway under a cloud. Leaving their home and children behind has been painful, and trying to adapt to a new life in a strange town is not easy, but Marion becomes a committee member and is persuaded to take on the task of organising the annual art show for the Ridgeway Arts and Cultural Centre committee.

Because of Marion's experience the art show is a resounding success, but as soon as the doors are closed things become murderous, and the next day the committee is shocked to find that all is far from well on the financial front.

Will the art show Marion put so much effort into for so little thanks be the last event the Ridgeway Arts and Culture Centre committee is ever to hold? And can Marion and her husband help to find a killer.

Archie's Antiques Mystery Puzzles: Books 1 & 2

Archie's Antiques is a charming fictional antique shop set in a small town somewhere in Australia. And inside Archie's are a wonderful group of characters; Sam, the knowledgeable owner of Archie's, his clever friend, the retired policeman, Edward Destranger, and his young niece, Sandra. Also, you will find a surfeit of mysteries and puzzles.

Archie's not only attracts all sorts of curious questions but also interesting people. It welcomes through its doors a parade of charlatans, frauds, and pranksters, who arrive with a variety of dishonest schemes and ingenious tricks. It also attracts ordinary townsfolk, and Sam's family, and friends who bring their troubles and problems through its door in search of answers.

Robin Hillard's Archie's Antiques Mystery Puzzles books 1 & 2 are combined here, and this book contains fifty-six small mysteries, or puzzles, that the shop's staff, and you the reader, can investigate and solve.

The mysteries in this book often include intriguing snippets of general knowledge that may entice you to look deeper into things, or they may involve exposing the type of scams that can easily take in the unwary.

As Sam, Edward, Sandra, their family, friends, and Archie's customers struggle with these mysteries you can try to match your brains against theirs, in finding a way around every problem, and a solution to every mystery.