Showing The Property of a Lady by Anthony Oliver

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Margaret Garland was one of Flaxfield's most respectable young women, with an attractive property and a tidy sum in the bank. So a quite
delicious wave of gossip sweeps round the usually peaceful village when she takes a handsome stranger into her home and her heart and sets him up in the antique business.
For wily Mrs Lizzie Thomas, a Welsh immigrant to Flaxfield, the young man's genius with antiques fits ill with his throwing stones at her cat. So, hauling stolid ex-Detective Inspector John Webber with her into the fray, she resolves to unearth the secrets of his past and his plans for Miss Garland. And Mrs Thomas is a very determined woman.
A delightful second novel from the talented author of THE PEW GROUP.