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Uncle Oscar owned a small San Francisco antique shop called the Green Vase. His area of expertise: Gold Rush history. With his many contacts in the construction business, Oscar had amassed an extensive collection of artifacts. Dead of an apparent stroke, Oscar left his shop to his niece. As she began to sift through the contents, she couldn't shake the feeling that Uncle Oscar's death may well have been a result of foul play -- and directly linked...
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When frogs begin appearing in the antiques shop Rebecca has inherited from Uncle Oscar, her cats Rupert and Isabella instantly give chase. But why are frogs also turning up in San Francisco's City Hall building? And what does her late uncle's mysterious note to "follow the frogs" mean? Soon Rebecca is caught up in the chase herself, along with a crazy crew of her uncle's oddball friends-as well as his oldest enemy. With rumors of hidden gold, political...
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Since her Uncle Oscar passed away and left Rebecca his odd little antique shop specializing in Gold Rush history, her cat Rupert has sniffed out several tightly wrapped bundles of cash that Oscar had apparently hidden throughout his apartment. But now Rupert has turned up something else -- a dusty green vase with a toy bear inside holding a tiny paper flag that reads "Nevada City." Rebecca assumes that this is just another of Oscar's infamous clues...
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Granted, an albino alligator on the loose in San Francisco is pretty darn exciting. But my two cats, Rupert and Isabella, and I have better things to do than tail a reptile from Nob Hill to Fisherman's Wharf. We're investigating the mysterious Steinhart brothers--the 1900s-era benefactors who provided the original funding for Clive the alligator's aquarium. Follow the money, as my uncle Oscar used to say. In the media circus surrounding Clive, one...
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