She's afraid that her past is catching up to her. She believes her life is in danger, and as soon as Derek sits her down and questions her, Claire reveals that in the last few weeks she has experienced two near-fatal attacks, along with weird notes left in her mailbox, hang-up phone calls, and one very scary car chase. The day after the book arrives, Claire shows up at Brooklyn and Derek's home- in disguise. Brooklyn appraised books on the show, and Claire's expertise was in antique British weaponry, but they bonded over their shared love of gothic novels. The two women met while working as expert appraisers on the television show This Old Attic. The book is a rare British first edition of Rebecca, and inside, Brooklyn finds a note from her old friend Claire Quinn, asking her to restore it to its former luster. Can Brooklyn page through the clues to keep her friend's past from destroying their future?īrooklyn has been happily settling into married life with her hunky husband, security expert Derek Stone, when a little black book arrives in the mail on a quiet Saturday afternoon. And now it seems that she's been followed, bringing the threats against her literally to Brooklyn's doorstep.

When Claire was only nine years old, she witnessed several men, one of whom was her father, planning a terrible crime.

Brooklyn has been happily settling into married life with her hunky husband, security expert Derek Stone, when a little black book arrives in the mail on a quiet Saturday afternoon.

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