Every Tom, Dick & Harry

In the droll latest from Lipman (Ms. Demeanor), a woman takes over her family’s estate sale business. The company was called Finders, Keepers when it was run by Emma Lewis’s father and stepmother, and Emma ruffles feathers in their bucolic Massachusetts town by renaming it Estate of Mind. When a respected bed-and-breakfast is put on the market, Emma swoops in to handle its contents, but controversy ensues from revelations that the B&B doubled as a brothel. Dismissing any possible legal risks stemming from the property’s illicit use, she takes on the “sale of the century,” as a friend calls it. Emma, a self-styled matchmaker, also sets up her recently widowed employee Frank with the mother of police chief Luke Winooski, and starts dating Luke, despite worrying he might find a reason to bust her on the brothel’s estate sale. The reappearance of Frank’s stepdaughter, the unveiling of the brothel’s client list, and an accusation of theft further stir the pot. The plot chugs along through its many twists and turns and the dialogue is snappy and witty. Lipman’s fans and newcomers alike will be tickled. Agent: Suzanne Gluck, WME. (Feb.)