Another Man's Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery Series) Paperback – October 26, 2012

This was my first time to read S.W. Hubbards’ work. The characters were wonderful, well developed and the story wouldn’t let me go.

I went from loving to yuck to loving it over and over. I would decide it was wonderful and then yuck and back to loving the story. It wasn't very reliable for the mystery but I loved the characters!

Another Man's Treasure by S. W. HubbardI just read this terrific new book by S.W. (Susan) Hubbard, "Another Man's Treasure" (AMT). I will disclose that even though she was my college roommate, my recommendation is based on thoroughly enjoying this engrossing page-turner suspense novel. Hubbard's previous three books, the Adirondack Trout Run series featuring Frank Bennett, published by Pocket Books, came to a premature close when Pocket decided to close down its mystery line. Though I loved her first series (Take The Bait, Swallow The Hook, and Blood Knot) - think British style mystery in an American regional setting - I was delighted to enter into a new space and place with the release of Another Man's Treasure. Set in New Jersey with the backdrop of an estate sale business, Audrey Nealon, the sassy, entrepreneurial, protagonist of AMT is on a quest to find answers about her childhood and her family by resolving the disappearance of her mother thirty years ago.The novel is fast-paced and full of quirky, cleverly described characters. Audrey's two young assistants, Tyshaun, a young man with street cred and a criminal record is highly believable and is as accurately drawn as Jill, the other assistant who wears a post-punk crew cut, a tongue stud and Doc Martens. And then there is the cold, cerebral math whiz father who has (conveniently) suffered a stroke, the handsome political operative Cal, the burly, magnetically attractive Detective Coughlin, the loyal mutt Ethel, and numerous other characters that are part of the estate sale scenes, the political campaign for the New Jersey governorship, and the Manor View Senior Living facility. The author has a keen eye for the details and nuances that make these various worlds real and seamlessly intersects them culminating in a very unexpected ending.I love to read and I admit that reading mysteries is one of my secret guilty pleasures. It shouldn't be, but it isn't all that easy to find books like AMT that are well written and intelligent, as well as just fun with "who done-it" suspense-filled plot twists and a literary allusion to Proust's Madeleine. ATM is a little hard to characterize - the author has settled on "personal journey thriller" - and I can't argue with this description. Audrey has never really accepted the disappearance of her mother and estrangement from her father. When she discovers a ring that belonged to her mother as she prepares for one of her estate sales, the story launches into a tale that touches on art, antiques, street drugs, political ambition, family bonds, and personal growth and acceptance. Not bad for a fun page-turning mystery that you will still feel good about reading when you are done.This book is interesting in another way. Numerous publishing houses really liked it but because the plot didn't fit into any really neat genres or categories, they weren't quite sure how to market it and as a result didn't accept it for publishing. So the author went on and published it herself through Amazon and is now hoping that personal recommendations via word of mouth will push out sales to a larger audience.I highly recommend this book and if you like it, tell others about it too!ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE by S. W. Hubbard, is available on Kindle, Nook, iPad and paperback via Amazon only.Visit [...] to read the first chapter.

Love the chatacters .so many twists and turns Cant wait to see what happens in their next advrnture. A fun fast resd

Audrey Nealson’s business is estate sales, but after finding a a ring her mother always wore in sorting through some “treasures” , she is determined to find out the truth about her mom, who mysteriously left one night to finish Christmas shopping and never returned. Her body was never found.Clues start to mount up in many directions. Can she find out the truth or will she be in danger?

Audrey has a business where she cleans out houses after a person dies and auctions off the items at the dead persons. Family does not want. While doing this in one house, she finds orang that her mother owned and would never take off. Audrey’s mother vanished one Christmas day and everybody thought that she had drowned. I found the plot very good and the twist interns really made for a good reading. Has Audrey tries to find out what happened to her mother all sorts of things begin happening to her. I found this a very good murder, mystery book. I’d recommend it to all who enjoy a crime and mystery books.

Seldom have I read a book about a protagonist that I like less. Ok, she had, she thinks, a hard childhood, and she did in some ways. But it left her with so much baggage she makes decisions that land her in so much trouble, I had a hard time believing the story line. I mean really, who makes decisions like that? Unfailingly she trusts the wrong people, and unfailingly lands in the soup. She's a slow learner! I did find some of the other characters intriguing and that as much as anything lead me to buy the other two books in the trilogy. Plus I liked her dog. Managed to get through book 2, which also had some intriguing characters, who also make very bad decisions, but when I tried to start book three, I just couldn't do it. I lost patience with her. I liked the idea about the type of business she had, and I think with a more sympathetic main character I would have been hooked, but I just couldn't relate to her. Interesting characters, some good plot twists, but heavy going for me.

When I began the book I had doubts. The further I read the more hooked I became! Can't wait for the next

I was immediately drawn into this mystery. The main character, Audrey, has an interesting business in estate sales. The characters are complex and the plot kept me guessing until the end. Love the author's voice and writing style. This is the first in a series and I will definitely check out more of these books.

Excellent, loved this book.

Beautifully written I stayed up all night to read …. Loved it, loved how you made my old brain pick up the pace to find the answers

Audrey runs a business of a slightly different nature : she is paid to sort through dead people's homes and belongings in order to sell them.When she comes across a ring that once belonged to her mother, things go really wrong, and she lands in the hospital.Her mother had vanished when she was three and of all a sudden she needs to know the truth about this family mystery.It is truly a gripping story with a less than perfect heroin , a seemingly perfect boyfriend, that bring us in a seemingly perfect politician family , an escape from Audrey's less than perfect family.We encounter some predictability but the suspense is there, and the characters endearing. A great read...

Well written story with nice twists. Kept me glued to the seat. Very likeable characters. Will look for other books by this author. (4 stars because it's the kind of book that cannot be reread once you know the "whodunit" and the "whyfor")