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FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!
"In the seaside town of Lighthouse Cove in northern California, everyone knows the best man for the job is actually a woman--contractor Shannon Hammer. But while Shannon can do wonders with a power drill and a little elbow grease, she's about to discover that some problems aren't so easily fixed...."
Shannon's home-renovation and repair business is booming, but her love life needs work. On a blind date with real estate agent Jerry Saxton, she has to whip out a pair of pliers to keep Jerry from getting too hands on. Shannon is happy to put her rotten date behind her, but when Jerry's found dead in a run-down Victorian home that she's been hired to restore, the town's attractive new police chief suspects that her threats may have laid the foundation for murder.
Determined to clear her name, Shannon conducts her own investigation--with the help of her four best friends, her eccentric father, a nosy neighbor or two, and a handsome crime writer who's just moved to town. But as they get closer to prying out the murderer's identity, Shannon is viciously attacked. Now she'll have to nail down the truth--or end up in permanent foreclosure....

Reviews

Praise for the Novels of Kate Carlisle:
"A delicious, twisty tale."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Julie Hyzy
"A fun, fast-paced mystery that is laugh-out-loud funny."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Susan Mallery
"Carlisle never fails to make me laugh, even as she has me turning the pages."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Miranda James
"Great fun all around!"--"Library Journal," starred review
"Books seldom kill, of course, but this one could murder an early bedtime."--"Richmond-Times Dispatch"
"Saucy, sassy, and smart--a fun read with a great sense of humor."--Nancy Atherton, author of the Aunt Dimity mysteries

Praise for the Novels of Kate Carlisle:
"A delicious, twisty tale."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Julie Hyzy
"A fun, fast-paced mystery that is laugh-out-loud funny."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Susan Mallery
"Carlisle never fails to make me laugh, even as she has me turning the pages."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Miranda James
"Great fun all around!"--"Library Journal," starred review
"Books seldom kill, of course, but this one could murder an early bedtime."--"Richmond-Times Dispatch"
"Saucy, sassy, and smart--a fun read with a great sense of humor."--Nancy Atherton, author of the Aunt Dimity mysteries

Praise for the Novels of Kate Carlisle:

"A delicious, twisty tale."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Julie Hyzy

"A fun, fast-paced mystery that is laugh-out-loud funny."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Susan Mallery

"Carlisle never fails to make me laugh, even as she has me turning the pages."--"New York Times" Bestselling Author Miranda James

"Great fun all around!"--"Library Journal", starred review

"Books seldom kill, of course, but this one could murder an early bedtime."--"Richmond-Times Dispatch"

"Saucy, sassy, and smart--a fun read with a great sense of humor."--Nancy Atherton, author of the Aunt Dimity mysteries

Author Bio

Award-winning author Kate Carlisle worked in television for many years before turning to writing. Inspired by the northern seaside towns of her native California, where Victorian mansions grace the craggy cliffs and historic lighthouses warn fishermen and smugglers alike, Kate was drawn to create the Fixer-Upper Mysteries, featuring small-town girl Shannon Hammer, a building contractor specializing in home restoration. Kate also writes the "New York Times" bestselling Bibliophile Mysteries ("The Book Stops Here," "A Cookbook Conspiracy," "Peril in Paperback") featuring Brooklyn Wainwright.