Now she’ll have to nail down the truth-or end up in permanent foreclosure.…(Goodreads) But as they get closer to prying out the murderer’s identity, Shannon is viciously attacked. 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.ĭetermined 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. 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’s home-renovation and repair business is booming, but her love life needs work. 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…. 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. Shannon and Mac will use every tool in their toolbox to nail down the truth before any more lives are sacrificed.A High-End Finish A Fixer Upper Mystery #1 By Kate Carlisle ISBN#9780451469199 Author’s Website:

But it’s a more recent secret that someone killed to protect. The church is hiding a century of secrets from the days that smugglers wreaked havoc on the California coast.

Who killed the assistant art director? Suspects crawl out of the woodwork as fast as Shannon can restore it. And will see them again-as a museum-if Shannon, her talented crew, and her sister Chloe have anything to say about it.īut on the first day of demolition, work comes to a screeching halt when they stumble on the body of a beautiful young woman in one of the chapels. While Shannon Hammer is thrilled to attend the premiere of the movie based on her boyfriend Mac’s latest book, she can’t wait to trade her killer heels for work boots and start her next renovation project in Lighthouse Cove: a quaint Victorian church that has seen better days.

Contractor Shannon Hammer’s new project, renovating an old church, reveals some old sins when a body is found on the premises in the latest Fixer-Upper Mystery from the New York Times author Kate Carlisle.

A high end finish a fixer upper mystery