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Book Review of Sell Low, Sweet Harriet (Sarah Winston Garage Sale, Bk 8)

Sell Low, Sweet Harriet (Sarah Winston Garage Sale, Bk 8)
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Sell Low, Sweet Harris is the eighth installment in the Sarah Winston Garage Sale Mystery series set in Ellington, MA and featuring former military spouse and garage sale organizer, Sarah Winston. Winter is not a popular time for garage sales so Sarah is grateful for the opportunity to organize an estate sale for Jeannette Blevins.

Jeannette's parents, both CIA agents, were both tragically killed in a gas explosion several months ago and their house if filled with exotic memorabilia and antiques. Sarah has just started cataloging the house contents when a gentleman appears at the door claiming to be Jeannette's brother Troy. A quick phone call to Jeannette seems to verify his identity and Sarah lets him in to take a last look through his parent's belongings. When she overhears a shout and a scuffle she runs to find Troy lying beaten on the floor and a person running across the yard.

A young military wife, Alicia Arbas has been murdered on neighboring Fitch Air Force Base and Sarah is surprised when Ellington Police Officer Scott Pellner asks her to snoop around on base to look for clues, instead of warning her to stay out of his case. Alicia had been very well liked by the community but she appeared to have been acting strangely lately by lashing out at other wives.

A fast paced plot features the return of many series regulars including Sarah's landlord Stella and her boyfriend, the DiNapoli's - owners of the local neighborhood restaurant, Sarah's boyfriend, Seth Anderson and reputed mobster Mike "Big Cheese" Titone.