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Murder at the Estate Sale: First in the Molly & Emma Booksellers Series

Lily Charles

Based in Atlanta, Georgia the world of antiquarian and collectible bookselling is exposed as a hotbed of collectors and booksellers who will do almost anything to score that perfect collectible book. Emma and Molly find themselves in the middle of both a murder, and an occult cult, as they pursue their work and each other in a delightfully twisted, intriguing puzzle.


Book Details

  • Publisher: Black Opal Books
  • Publish Date: Aug 15th, 2020
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.99in - 5.24in - 0.54in - 0.59lb
  • EAN: 9781644372449
  • Categories: Books

About the Author

Charles, Lily: - Charlene Ball is the author of the award-winning DARK LADY: A NOVEL OF EMILIA BASSANO LANYER (She Writes Press, 2017). She has a lifelong love of the Renaissance and its literature and history. She has taught English and Women's Studies. In 2009 she retired from the Institute for Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Georgia State University. Since retirement, she has been busier than ever with writing, volunteer work, and bookselling. She is a member of the Atlanta Writers Club and the Georgia Writers Association and a fellow of the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences. She is married to author and bookseller Libby Ware. They collaborate on writing bibliomysteries under the name of Lily Charles. MURDER AT THE ESTATE SALE is their first collaboration and the first in the Molly and Emma Booksellers series. Libby Ware is the author of the award-winning LUM: A NOVEL, published in 2015. She is the owner of Toad-lily Books, an antiquarian book business. She is president of the Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Booksellers, Atlanta Writers Club and the Georgia Writers Association. She is a fellow of the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences. Libby lives in Atlanta with her dog Robin about a mile from her wife Charlene Ball. They collaborate on writing bibliomysteries under the name of Lily Charles. MURDER AT THE ESTATE SALE is their first biblio-mystery and the first in the Molly and Emma Booksellers series.

Praise for this book

"Murder at the Estate Sale is erudite, suspenseful and simmering with sexual tension. Antiquarian booksellers Molly O'Donnell and Emma Clarke are lovable and believable sleuths. The book is an introduction to a fascinating world and a rip-roaring good time to read! I can't wait to see what Molly and Emma get into next."

-Kate Jessica Raphael, author of Murder Under the Fig Tree and Murder Under the Bridge


When I opened Murder at the Estate Sale, I expected to enter a familiar world of antiquarian booksellers, rare book fairs and estate sales, with a few dead bodies littering the bookshelves. That I did, but I also found a history of occult literature and a group of characters that make me wonder what my bookselling colleagues might be doing in the basement! There's a twist around every corner and a nice love story developing as well.

-Lee Linn, Bookseller

The Ridge Books, Calhoun, GA


"Lily Charles' Murder at the Estate Sale combines the bookish passion of A.S. Byatt's Possession, the occult history of Deborah Harkness' A Discovery of Witches, and the cozy mystery of Ellen Hart. Readers will love this peek behind the curtain of the rare book world and will cheer for the friendship and budding romance between likable amateur sleuths, Molly and Emma."

-E.R. Anderson, bookseller, Charis Books & More, Decatur, GA