A High-End Finish
A High-End Finish

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-11-04

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 0698153898

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THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING FIXER-UPPER MYSTERY SERIES! Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery 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 her home-renovation and repair business is booming, her love life needs work. On a blind date with real estate agent Jerry Saxton, Shannon has to whip out a pair of pliers to keep Jerry from getting too hands on. She's 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...

This Old Homicide
This Old Homicide

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-01-27

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 069815391X

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Don't miss Framed For Murder, a Hallmark Movies & Mystery Original starring Jewel, based on This Old Homicide—the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Fixer-Upper Mystery series! Valentine’s Day is approaching, and while contractor Shannon Hammer is delighted to be friends with not one but two handsome men, not everyone in Lighthouse Cove, California, is feeling the love. After her elderly neighbor Jesse Hennessey fails to make his daily appearance at the local diner, Shannon swings by his place to check on him. Not only does she find Jesse dead—of an apparent heart attack—but she also realizes that his home has been ransacked. Someone suggests that a thief was searching for a priceless necklace Jesse claimed to have retrieved from a capsized sailing ship, but Shannon doesn’t believe it. Everyone knows Jesse had a penchant for constructing tall tales—like the one about him having a hot new girlfriend. But his death is soon ruled a homicide, and shady suspects begin popping out of the woodwork. When another victim turns up dead, Shannon is convinced she must find the killer before someone else gets nailed...

Premeditated Mortar
Premeditated Mortar

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1984804421

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Contractor Shannon Hammer gets tangled up in murder at a spooky old asylum in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle. . . . Shannon Hammer is about to embark on one of the biggest projects of her career. Her best friend Jane Hennessey has purchased one wing of the Gables, formerly the old state insane asylum, located on a bucolic hillside two miles northeast of Lighthouse Cove. Jane plans to turn her section into a small luxury hotel complete with twenty ocean-view rooms, a spa, and a restaurant. Shannon is raring to get started on the enormous project and is shocked when a group of unruly protesters shows up at the groundbreaking ceremony and wreaks havoc. She’s even more freaked-out when someone pushes her into a pit of bricks in a closed-off room of the asylum. Despite her close call, Shannon wants nothing more than to get back to work . . . until she finds a body not far from where she was pushed. Now Shannon is determined to get to the bottom of the goings-on at the Gables even if it kills her. . . .

Eaves of Destruction
Eaves of Destruction

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0399586466

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Murder is on the to-do list when construction contractor Shannon Hammer looks for a killer in the fifth Fixer-Upper Mystery... Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery series! At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California’s premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly.... Shannon is in high demand among rival homeowners, who will do anything to win Best in Show. One-upmanship and even espionage break out among neighbors, construction crews, decorators, and landscapers. Thanks to several new hires, Shannon is sure she can handle the extra load—until murder throws a wrench in the works. The small town’s corrupt building inspector is found dead on one of Shannon’s jobsites, and soon plenty of suspects are coming out of the woodwork. When another body is discovered, Shannon calls on her team of close friends and devilishly astute thriller writer Mac to help her nail down the details and build a case against the killer before the door shuts on someone else—for good.

Crowned and Moldering
Crowned and Moldering

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781410488206

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A New York Times Bestselling Author A Fixer-Upper Mystery When Mac Sullivan, famous thriller writer and contractor Shannon Hammer's new beau, moved to Lighthouse Cove, he bought the historic lighthouse mansion. Shannon is more than happy to help Mac clean up the run-down Victorian. But during demolition, a grisly discovery is made among the debris.

A Wrench in the Works
A Wrench in the Works

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2018-11-06

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0399586490

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Lights! Camera! Homicide! Contractor Shannon Hammer has to dig through murder suspects in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Eaves of Destruction and Once Upon a Spine. Don't miss the Hallmark Movies & Mystery Originals starring Jewel, based on the Fixer-Upper Mystery series! Shannon Hammer’s younger sister, Chloe, left Lighthouse Cove after high school to make it big in Hollywood. And she did it! Chloe is the cohost of a popular home repair show on the Home Builders Network. Now, after ten years, she has returned to their quaint coastal hometown to film several shows featuring her sister, Shannon, along with some special mini-segments on Victorian style and design. But Shannon quickly realizes that things are not exactly blissful in TV land. Bree, the executive producer of the show, has a knack for stirring up sticky situations, and when she’s found dead, Chloe and the entire crew are under suspicion. Shannon, her thriller writer boyfriend, Mac, and their crime-solving friends soon unearth the real reason Chloe left home. Is that ten-year-old secret connected to Bree’s death? And can Shannon track down the real killer before her beloved sister becomes the next victim?

Homicide in Hardcover
Homicide in Hardcover

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-02-03

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780451226150

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Book expert Brooklyn Wainwright discovers that murder is always a bestseller in the first novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can’t be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn’s friend and former employer. On the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying in a pool of his own blood. With his final breath Abraham leaves Brooklyn with a cryptic message, “Remember the Devil,” and gives her a priceless—and supposedly cursed—copy of Goethe’s Faust for safe-keeping. Brooklyn suddenly finds herself accused of murder and theft, thanks to Derek Stone, the humorless—and annoyingly attractive—British security officer who found her kneeling over the body. Now she has to read the clues left behind by her mentor if she is going to restore justice...

Murder Under Cover
Murder Under Cover

Author: Kate Carlisle

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-05-03

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 1101514531

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A rare book inspires a crime of passion in the fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mystery series. When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, bookbinder Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates recreating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life. But before Brooklyn can get started, Robin winds up in big trouble: her apartment’s been ransacked, and the great guy she recently met lies murdered in her bed. Now Robin is the #1 suspect. Luckily Brooklyn’s boyfriend, British security expert Derek Stone, has moved to San Francisco and is ready to help. And not a moment too soon as Brooklyn’s own apartment is found thoroughly searched. Obviously, exploring the Kama Sutra’s bliss will have to wait until after Brooklyn finds the killer...

Fixer-Upper Murder: A Cold Case Cozy Mystery
Fixer-Upper Murder: A Cold Case Cozy Mystery

Author: Brittany E. Brinegar

Publisher: Britt Lizz Publishing

Published: 2023-09-22

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13:

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Enjoy this DIY murder mystery from Brittany E. Brinegar, author of witty whodunits... Her dream house is a nightmare in disguise. But the leaky roof and termites are nothing compared to the dead body. After her first success in Hollywood, amateur sleuth Becky Robinson buys a fixer-upper in Lemon Hollow. But the discovery of a skeleton in the walls throws a wrench into the remodel. With no clue as to the skeleton’s identity or when she died, Becky must put her investigative skills to the test and trace the history of her new home. The walls are talking and they’re spilling secrets of a priceless heirloom. Can Becky unravel the decades-old clues? Or will the cold case kill more than her home sweet home? ----------------------------------- Fixer-Upper Murder is the twelfth installment in the Hollywood Whodunit cozy mystery series. If you love clumsy heroines, a Hollywood backdrop, quirky suspects, and an adorable rescue puppy this series is for you! Hollywood Whodunit Series Order Book 1: Prime Time Murder Book 2: Stand-In Murder Book 3: Music City Murder Book 4. Trap Door Murder Book 5: Fool's Gold Murder Book 6: Holly Jolly Murder Book 7: Blue Suede Murder Book 8: Family Reunion Murder Book 9: Summer Vacation Murder Book 10: Sunlight Swindler Murder Book 11: Castle Island Murder Book 12: Fixer-Upper Murder Book 13: Hometown Murder Book 14: Big Apple Murder Book 15: Devil Wears Murder ----------------

A Vision of Murder:
A Vision of Murder:

Author: Victoria Laurie

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2005-12-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0451217152

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Professional psychic Abby Cooper has invested in a fixer-upper, hoping to make a killing in the real estate market. But a killing of another kind puts her plans awry, as the ghost of a murdered woman and some troublesome poltergeists lead her into a mystery that stretches all the way back to World War II.