Spotlight of A Collection of Lies by Connie Berry

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A COLLECTION OF LIES

CONNIE BERRY

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS COURTESY OF KATELYNN DREYER | PUBLICIST | KAYE PUBLICITY 

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In book #5 of the Kate Hamilton series, we join American antiques dealer Kate Hamilton as she follows bloodstained clues to discover the truth about the murder of a modern-day Victorian gentleman.

This story is a fascinating blend of old and new, where the past and present collide in a deadly game of whodunit. 

**Although this is book 5 in the series, it can be read as a standalone**

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June 18 

Crooked Lane Books

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PRAISE FOR A COLLECTION OF LIES:

“Berry’s fifth Kate Hamilton novel combines a cold case and contemporary murder in an outstanding traditional mystery.”—Library Journal, Starred Review

“Connie Berry had me at 'Devon,' but then added a history museum, a bloodstained dress, and an antiques dealer sleuth—and I realized I had a page-turner of a story on my hands. A Collection of Lies is a welcome addition to the traditional mystery genre. More, please.”—G. M. Malliet, Agatha Award–winning author of the DCI St. Just and the Rev. Max Tudor mysteries

“What a wonderful addition to Connie Berry's Kate Hamilton series. A Collection of Lies ticks all the boxes: an evocative English countryside setting, a deliciously twisty plot, unique and engaging characters, and elegant prose. A winner from start to finish.”—Jane K. Cleland, Agatha-award winning author of Jane Austen’s Lost Letters

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ABOUT A COLLECTION OF LIES:

As Kate Hamilton and her new husband, DI Tom Mallory, honeymoon in Devon, a local history museum asks them to trace the provenance of a bloodstained dress said to belong to a Victorian lacemaker accused of murder.

If genuine, the dress and its puzzling connections to a nineteenth-century Romani family who camped on Dartmoor will be the centerpiece of a new historic crimes exhibit—exactly Kate’s kind of mystery.

But matters turn deadly when a shot is fired during a fundraising gala, injuring the man who donated the dress.

The injured donor, Gideon Littlejohn, is a cyber-security expert who lives and dresses as a Victorian gentleman, but everyone believes the real target of the attack to be another attendee—a controversial politician intent on rooting out local corruption. 

This belief is overturned when Gideon is found dead in a pool of blood. But then the politician receives a death threat.

Who was the real target? 

Who would want to kill both a man with an obsession for history and a tough-on-crime politician?

When asked to assist in the investigation, Kate races to discover the truth as it becomes clear the killer isn’t going to come quietly.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Connie Berry is the author of the Kate Hamilton mysteries, set in the UK and featuring an American antiques dealer with a gift for solving crimes.

Like her protagonist, Connie was raised by antiques dealers who instilled in her a passion for history, fine art, and travel.

During college she studied at the University of Freiburg in Germany and St. Clare's College, Oxford, where she fell under the spell of the British Isles.

In 2019 Connie won the IPPY Gold Medal for Mystery and was a finalist for the Agatha Award's Best Debut.

She's a member of Mystery Writers of America and is on the board of the Guppies and her local Sisters in Crime chapter. 

Besides reading and writing mysteries, Connie loves history, foreign travel, cute animals, and all things British.

She lives in Ohio with her husband and adorable Shih Tzu, Emmie. 

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