Death of a Rug Lord (Avon Mystery) | 
 enlarge | Author: Tamar Myers
Publisher: Avon
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 39763
Media: Mass Market Paperback
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Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0060846593
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780060846596
ASIN: 0060846593
Publication Date: June 1, 2008
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Business isn't booming for antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn. A local rug store is luring away her customers with its rock-bottom prices. Eager to check out the competition, Abby is delighted to find a priceless Persian amid the cut-rate carpets—and shocked when Gwendolyn Spears, the store's beleaguered owner, begs her to take it home! Abby feels more than a little guilty about getting such a great deal . . . especially when Gwendolyn is found dead the next morning. Investigating the brutal murder, Abby soon discovers that the prized Orientals of Charleston's society dames are nothing more than cheap fakes . . . and that a dangerous thief will do anything to pull the rug out from under her.
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 Very Funny But Light August 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Abigail Timberlake knows when something is valuable - she runs The Den of Antiquity, an antique store. So she is naturally curious when a local rug store is selling good rugs at rock bottom prices and even more curious when the manager gives her an expensive rug for free. She thinks the manager may be sending her some kind of message but before she can figure out what the message might be the manager is found dead in Charleston Harbor wrapped in a rug. Abby decides to investigate the murder and before she knows it she is involved with fake royalty, fake rugs, and fake friends.
"Death of a Rug Lord" is a very funny if light mystery. The emphasis in the book is on humor and there are plenty of laugh out loud moments starting with the characters. All of them are larger than life (C.J. literally) and eccentric. Mozella, Abby's mother, is a prime example as she dresses and talks like a 1950's TV character (author Tamar Myers explains this by saying Mozella has dressed that way since her husband died in 1958, which may either be a joke or a mistake - either way it doesn't fit in with Abby's age, but Myers never lets reality get in the way of a good joke). And there are plenty of jokes, plays on words, puns, etc. in the book. All of this makes for a very humorous book.
While the book is very funny, lost amid all the humor is any real plot. Yes, there is a murder, but it is almost impossible to figure out who the killer is since characters come in and out of the story. Several times Abby will set off to do one thing that sets up a chain of events so funny that by the end Myers seems to have forgotten what she originally planned to write. While regular characters the Rob-Bobs are in the book quite a bit, old favorites Wynnell and C.J. only make cameo appearances and soon disappear altogether leaving an unfinished plot line involving C.J. Myers does introduce some nice twists into the plot involving some of the characters, but it is not the most tightly plotted mystery that I've read.
"Death of a Rug Lord" is perfect for those that like light, funny books (think Janet Evanovich) but look elsewhere if you want to read a well plotted, well developed mystery.
 Series is declining August 5, 2008
I have read all of Tamar Myers' Den of Antiquity Mysteries, but this one really indicates that the series is declining. Abby Washburn, the proprietor of the Den of Antiquity shop in Charleston, South Carolina, becomes involved with some handmade and not-so-handmade rugs. The essence of the mystery is revealed halfway through the book and the second part is a silly and scattered road trip by heroine Abby and her mother. Some of the characters are absolutely over-the-top, such as Abby's Aunt Nanny who has the characteristics of a goat. Need I say more? The series either needs to improve or it needs to end.
Really needed a good edit July 21, 2008
Although I've enjoyed much of her previous work, I found this latest offering from Tamar Myers to be very frustrating. It could have been a darn good cozy mystery, but seemed to have been rushed to print unedited, resulting in a disjointed plot, an overdose of leaden humor, and frequent grammatical errors.
 I'm sorry I bothered... June 25, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've read the entire series and also Ms. Myers' Magdalena Yoder series to date. I'd been unhappy with both series for a while, but I enjoy reading series and seeing characters develop, and didn't want to give these two up. I had to stop reading Death of a Drug Lord. Same old, same old. I'm surprised anyone finds the lame attempts at humor to be funny. It's reach the point where the characters are a bore and the outlandishness stupid. I told my sister I'd given up on the Penn Dutch mysteries and now I'll add this series to the "No Read" list.
Disappointing June 23, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book was a disappointment. It was more disjointed than Tamar Myers' other books and contained many irritating little mistakes; she could use a new editor. If you want to read this latest addition to the "Den of Antiquity" series, wait to pick it up at a discounted price - you won't have to wait very long.
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