Josie Prescott has just opened her new boutique called Prescott's Vintage Fashions. With trusty Gretchen heading up the new venture, Josie is looking forward to having a friend, Riley Jordan, as a speaker. Riley comes from money and has excellent taste in vintage clothing. When Riley is found dead in Josie's building, Josie is determined to find out who killed Riley, and why. The most obvious suspect is Riley's husband, a cheating chef who seems to really like her money but likes other women's attention just as much.

There is plenty of vintage clothing tidbits scattered throughout the story and well as some button history.

I never saw the actual killer coming, total surprise to me and, as usual, once it is explained it made perfect sense.

I'm still a ways behind on this series but I do enjoy it and will keep reading the books. ( )

I missed the clues, a very good ending. ( )

This is a series set on the coast of New Hampshire about Josie Prescott, owner of Prescott’s Antiques, who is nosy and cannot pass a murder investigation. A good friend of Josie's, Riley Jordan has the bad fortune of being strangled at Josie's business. Then Gretchen, an employee of Josie's is shot and then her apartment falls victim to an arsonist. As usual, in a Jane Cleland novel, the whys and wheres of antiques are explained. This story centers on vintage clothing, and the stories are interesting, but the research seems extensive. The characters are fun and the setting very brutal at times. ( )