Antiques Swap -- Barbara Allan (Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins

Brandy and Vivian Borne, a couple of my favorite amateur sleuths, are back in Antiques Swap.  This time, the pilot for their TV reality show is wrapping up and there's great news about their pesky little dog, Sushi (no, I'm not telling what it is).  Life is good.  Well, for a little while, anyway.  Then there's a murder, and the victim is a woman that Brandy's had a very public scene with at a local swap meet.

The husband is always the first suspect in a case like this, especially when a neighbor has seen him going into the house just before the murder and leaving soon afterward, but the husband has such a good alibi that even a sleeping (literally) lawyer can get him released from jail.  So it's up to Brandy and Vivian to go into action once more and save the local police from another embarrassing situation.  They uncover some interesting things about the husband and wife (A wife swapping club!  In Iowa!) and before long they're up to their ears in trouble again.

As usual in this series, you get more than the story.  You also get antiquing tips and recipes (Fried butter!), not to mention lots of laughs. If you're ever in a down mood, this books in this series will pick you up, and if you're feeling fine, they'll make you feel even better.  Check 'em out.