X,” but will it be enough to prove that Forsythe is guilty not only of theft and bribery but of possible murder?įorsythe throws his best at them, from threats and kidnapping to near-drowning, but Beverly and Adam prove that even though they may not be able to outgun their nemesis individually, together they may just have a fighting chance. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Separately and together, Beverly and Adam enlist the help of a sympathetic antiques dealer and the mysterious “Mr. Played to Death ebook &mid A Scott Drayco Mystery Adam also becomes a target for covering up for Beverly and working to take Forsythe down. Forsyth’s criminal tendrils seem to reach into all areas of Vermont politics and the Northeastern Antiquities League, and he’ll do anything to keep his dark secrets safe.īeverly is sighted in Forsythe’s crosshairs for getting the best of him when she scams him out of a valuable Paul Revere heirloom. When Beverly Laborde becomes a con artist extraordinaire to extract vengeance on the man who shut down her grandmother's antiques business and sent her to an early grave, she comes face to face with the handsome but haunted Vermont police detective, Adam Dutton, who doesn’t know whether to arrest her or ask her out on a date.īut Beverly and Adam soon face an even worse problem than their inconvenient growing attraction toward each other: they have both incurred the wrath of the wealthy and formidable Reginald Forsyth.

Slowly, inevitably, Drayco gets pulled into a tangled scheme of jealousy and betrayal that reaches across the Atlantic into some of the darkest days of human history.

A bitter con woman and a jaded detective reluctantly join forces to stop a killer. One mystery soon turns to two, as Drayco learns of a famous Polish pianist whose last concert was at the Opera House 50 years ago and was murdered after returning home.

Played to Death by B.V. Lawson