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    Three Strikes: A Picker Mystery, #2
    Three Strikes: A Picker Mystery, #2
    Three Strikes: A Picker Mystery, #2
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    Three Strikes: A Picker Mystery, #2

    By Scott Soloff

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    Antique dealer extraordinaire Picker receives a phone call from an old friend. Amy Henderson's husband, Hari 'Bigfoot' Henderson has been murdered.

    Hari has unearthed a collection of vintage baseball cards, but apparently not valuable enough to be a motive for murder.

    In between buying and selling high priced antiques and collectibles, Picker hunts for the guilty culprit and investigates the motivation behind the crime.

    Picker is relentless as he tries to stay alive while being bushwhacked by bad guys, sharing an espresso with a Mafia Don and uncomfortable close encounters with law enforcement.

    Colorful characters assist Picker in his adventure including: the beautiful Kelly Lane; his Irish Uncle Moe; previously unknown half brother and master con man, Connor Jones and his German Shepherd, Kato.

    This Picker Mystery is fast moving, great fun and filled with antique lore. Join Picker and his criminal mastermind brother Connor by reading "Three Strikes" today.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScott Soloff
    Release dateSep 8, 2014
    ISBN9781502278531
    Three Strikes: A Picker Mystery, #2

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      Three Strikes - Scott Soloff

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this publication may be copied, reproduced in any format, by any means, electronic or otherwise, without prior consent from the copyright owner and publisher of this book.

      This is a work of fiction. All characters, names, places and events are the product of the author's imagination or used fictitiously.

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      Strike one

      It Saturday morning.

      Hey Picker. What have you got? John, from the duo John and Fred, wants to know what I'm selling.

      Like most Saturday’s, I'm at the flea market.

      Nothing.

      The Golden Nugget Antique Market was founded in 1967. Two miles south of Lambertville, New Jersey; dealers buy, sell and trade antiques, collectibles and art Wednesdays and weekends year round.

      At four this morning I grabbed a painting from the stables; threw it in the backseat; called the beast and set off to the market.

      Popped the trunk; removed and set up an easel; grabbed the painting from the backseat and set it up.

      It was early summer. The sun was just starting to come up and it was about 70 degrees. Kenny, who specializes in early twentieth century smalls, asked How much?

      'Smalls' are what we in the trade call antiques and collectibles that you can carry in your hands.

      It's not for sale.

      The painting that I placed on the easel was an Anthony 'Doo Wop' DeAngelo special. Although Anthony was no longer with us, I still had dozens of his paintings in my workshop.

      Sherry, short for Sheridan, because she primarily deals in furniture of the same name asked about the artist.

      Turner I said and turned to leave. With a short whistle, the monster commonly known as Kato, leapt from the car. He fell into step next to me as I meandered through the market.

      Joseph Mallord William Turner was born in England in the late 18th century. He was a landscape painter, watercolorist as well as a printmaker. Famous for his oil paintings, Turner was brilliant when it came to watercolors. He is often referred to as 'the painter of light'.

      My first stop was the little restaurant that sits in the middle of the market. I grabbed a cup of coffee and slice of cherry pie from the counter. Made my way to a table in the corner; Kato plopped down on the floor.

      Heard Bigfoot stumbled onto a treasure yesterday. Danny Boy Boyle is a young black man that gets his merchandise from doing clean outs in North Philadelphia. He pulled out a chair and sat down; patted Kato on the head and took a sip of his coffee.

      I was curious. Fully half of the antique business is conducted through whispers and rumors. Selling is easy, finding the stuff is what keeps us alive. What did Hari find?

      Hari Bigfoot Henderson is a six foot seven inch Asian who also gets his entire stock from cleanouts. Unlike DBB, Hari has arrangements with better than a dozen estate lawyers. When an estate has to be settled one of said lawyers will set Hari up with the deal. For a small consideration, of course.

      Baseball card collection. Came out of a mansion on the Main Line.

      Hari's non de plume, Bigfoot comes from both his physical stature and the unfortunate similarity of his name to the Sasquatch featured in a major motion picture.

      And how did you stumble across this lucrative tidbit Danny.

      Danny Boy is married to a beautiful Vietnamese woman, Mai. Together they purchase quality merch from retired African American women that once worked as servants for the wealthy on the Main Line. It was a common cultural phenomenon for employers to pass on unwanted furniture, knick-knacks and artwork to their servants.

      I ran into Rebel. You know him, he's part of Hari's crew. Saw him this morning, I did. Told me all about it. Valuable baseball card collection, he says.

      Thanks for the dirt Danny. Got anything good for sale? Something I might be interested in?

      "Sure thing, Pick. Stop by my table when you're done. I stuck it in

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