Sport of Kings: A Samantha Duncan Mystery (Samantha Duncan Mysteries Book 8)

In Thurbin's 8th book in the series, retired Oxford Don, Samantha Duncan looks forward to a bit of R & R in New England with her friend Annie after a conference at Amherst College. A chance visit to a New York antiques shop sparks her curiosity about the long ago disappearance of a piece of sculpture from the collection of an iconic Thoroughbred racing family. It is not until they return to England that the quirky amateur sleuth realizes that the clues may lie closer to home than she had thought. Samantha has little difficulty in unearthing the culprit, but can the she prove her case? Thurbin gives her readers another well crafted and meticulously researched tale that provides an interesting conundrum for Samantha and her readers to unravel.