Unholy Treasure (Palmyrton Estate Sale Mystery #9)

A holy relic of the past unleashes a deadly passion in the present.

When estate sale organizer Audrey Nealon turns over management of a small sale to her trusty staff, she’s not expecting much profit. The ordinary house contains no art, no antiques, not even a collectible Star Wars lunch box. But after the sale, both of her staff members are victims of vandalism.

Unimpressed with the police response, Audrey’s assistant Ty sets out to find the vandal. At the same time, Audrey is stunned to learn a small knick-knack Ty sold at the sale for five bucks has been resold anonymously at Christie’s auction house for half a million dollars. The little house-shaped object turns out to be a medieval reliquary, purported to hold a fragment of the bone of the martyred Saint Stephen.

With her client furious at the costly error, Audrey must discover how this precious reliquary turned up in a suburban New Jersey estate sale. Is Ty’s hunt for the vandal a distraction, or is it linked to the mystery of the reliquary?

Others are equally intent on finding the person who profited from the sale of the reliquary. As the forces of sin, faith, and devotion battle, Saint Stephen might not be the only one who is martyred.