The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea

In this follow-up to the USA TODAY bestselling “utterly charming mystery” (Robyn Harding, author The Party) The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, Freya Lockwood and Aunt Carole are on the hunt once again to return priceless stolen antiques and catch a dangerous criminal abord a cruise ship.

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Published 13th February 2025

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Reviews

Readers who love a good family saga of loss and rejection will find their heart’s desire…worth the wait.

Kirkus Review

Freya Lockwood and her flamboyant Aunt Carole inherited Crockleford Antiques after Arthur Crockleford’s death. In addition to operating the shop, Freya has formed the Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency to locate and return stolen antiques to their rightful owners. She’s thrilled when Betty Peters asks her to find a painting taken from the Lowestoft Maritime Museum, where an unidentified man was found murdered outside the museum. To continue their investigation, Freya and Carole board a specialty cruise ship to Jordan, with Freya working as one of the ship’s antiques experts. They soon learn that the Collector, a legendary antiques thief, is rumored to be on board. Working with an FBI agent and a thief with a conscience, they uncover a vast black market consortium and attempt to bring it down. The multiple points of view, fast pacing, well drawn characters and setting, plot twists, hidden clues, and antiques and antiquities frame combine for a satisfying mystery, after The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder (2024).

Sue O’Brien, Booklist

CL Miller does it again – clever, twisty, and enormously fun, The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea is the perfect second adventure for antique hunter Freya and her glamorous Aunt Carole. Expertly laid breadcrumbs take the reader on a deep-dive into the world of black market antiques, with the perfect balance of action, international antique-hunting flair, and of course Aunt Carole’s signature wit.

Kristen Perrin, author of How to Solve Your Own Murder

The perfect modern cozy. Great characters, great story and you’re always eager for the next one.

Ian Moore, bestselling author of Death and Crossaints

Come sail away with your new favorite investigative duo. But keep your wits about you because art, like life, can be deceptive and even dangerous. Will Freya and Carole figure out who the real collector is before it’s too late? It’s a delight to find out.

Catherine Mack, USA Today bestselling author of Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies

An intriguingly complex locked-cruise-ship mystery filled with wonderful characters, murdery twists, humor, and fascinating antiquities details, Miller’s The Antique Hunter’s Death on the Red Sea is a page-turning delight from start to finish. I enjoyed it every bit as much as I thought I would!

Celeste Connally, author of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord

C.L. Miller a writer of that rarest vintage, painting beautiful words to create a compelling story. This is another classic and I tore through this gripping and gratifying mystery.

Maz Evans, author of Over My Dead Body

Synopsis

In this follow-up to the USA TODAY bestselling “utterly charming mystery” (Robyn Harding, author The Party) The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, Freya Lockwood and Aunt Carole are on the hunt once again to return priceless stolen antiques and catch a dangerous criminal abord a cruise ship.

When a painting vanishes from a maritime museum and a dead body is found nearby, the newly established Lockwood Antique Hunter’s Agency, Freya Lockwood and her Aunt Carole, are called to investigate.

Following a lead that takes them aboard a glamorous antiques cruise sailing toward the Red Sea in Jordan, they quickly discover that the ships art gallery is filled with stolen antiquities. Each antique is also listed in Freya’s late mentor’s journals that detail unsolved cases. In chasing a murderer with a stolen painting, they may have found something more sinister than they could’ve imagined…

Their hunt soon turns deadly when they learn the enigmatic and dangerous art trafficker named The Collector could be on board. But on a ship full of antiques enthusiasts—plus some unexpected familiar faces—will Freya and Carole be able to discover the Collector’s identity and stop his murderous plans before the ship docks? Or will the killer strike again?

Information

13 Feb 2025
978-1035021758
336 pages

Press & Media

In the entertaining sequel to The Antique Hunter’s Guide to Murder, Miller onceagain explores the dark underbelly of the antiques trade. Spunky 47-year-old Freya Lockwood and her vivacious aunt Carole have recently inherited Crockleford Antiques from the late Arthur Crockleford in the English village of Little Meddington. In addition to running Arthur’s shop, Freya and Carole carry on Arthur’s work exposing the black-market trade in art and antiquities. To that end, Freya accepts an invitation to serve as an in-house expert for an antiques-themed cruise from Cyprus to Jordan—an engagement she assumes Arthur had agreed to before his unexpected death. While onboard, her true mission is to ferret out the identity of a mysterious dealer known only as The Collector, who heads an international thieving syndicate. It proves a difficult task, considering that the ship is awash with double-dealers, fraudsters, and at least one killer, the latter of whom raises the stakes of Freya’s sleuthing from securing stolen goods to preventing murder. Readers steeped in the antiques world will be delighted by Miller’s robust knowledge of the trade, and Freya remains an appealing protagonist. This series continues to deliver.

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