Very good first mystery in a new series on collectibles. This one takes place in North Carolina's pottery-making area and has a lot of details on art pottery-making and auctions, a few photos included.' Molly Appleby is a writer for Collector's Weekly magazine and her new assignment is to cover the kiln opening of a new rising star in Southern pottery-making. George-Bradley Staunton is the most obnoxious collector around, and at the kiln opening, he drops dead. His death is ruled an accident, but Molly has ideas of her own that make her believe it wasn't an accidental death, and she sets out to prove it.

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Great cozy and first mystery in the colectible mystery series with background on the Seagrove pottery area of North Carolina. A little romance and information on the antiques and auction business as well as a good mystery. When George-Bradley drops dead at the kiln opening sale of a Southern potter-maker there were plenty of suspects with reasons to kill the agressive, obnoxious collector.

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Great first book of a series. A lot of info on clay pots, and potters. Good mystery too! hope there is more coming!

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Excellent first in a new series. Very well thought out, lots of background details on the world of Southern art pottery, interesting characters. I'll be looking forward to reading the next one!

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Great first mystery!

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Originally published in 2006 under the name J.B. Stanley, A Killer Collection is the first book in the three-volume Collectibles cozy series. The author has completely revamped each book to have them reissued under her pen name Ellery Adams. What I enjoyed most about this first book in the series were the behind-the-scenes action at an auction and all the good information about Southern folk art pottery-- and A Killer Collection absolutely glows whenever Adams describes the creative process as a potter sits at the wheel.

I was slightly less satisfied with the characters and the mystery. As a journalist Molly has the right training to ferret out the perpetrators of crime and to provide readers interested in collecting with plenty of good information. However, I didn't find enough there to make her stand out from all the other amateur sleuths available today. And for all the readers who prefer justice to prevail and all their plot threads neatly tied up in bows by book's end... they may be left feeling a bit dissatisfied. I have to admit that I didn't particularly care for the way Molly dealt with the information she had.

All in all, the book is enjoyable in its depiction of folk art pottery, its history and traditions as well as in showing us the evolution of a writer.

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I was really impressed with the writing style and story line of this book. It had a wealth of details regarding pottery making and a most believable theme thruout. It is plain that the author really knows her subject matter and I am so glad that she managed to end it all in a very upbeat way. I am looking forward to future books in this series.

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