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Include books by the same authorThis Old Homicide
Kate Carlisle · 322 pages
"Contractor and part-time sleuth Shannon Hammer specializes in improving the quirks and flaws of the Victorian homes in Lighthouse Cove, California. The quirks and flaws of their residents are another story.... Valentine's Day is approaching, and while Shannon is delighted to be friends with not one but two handsome men, not everyone in town is feeling the love. After her elderly neighbor Jesse He
Deader Homes and Gardens
Joan Hess · 291 pages
Finding what she hopes will be an ideal house to share with her new husband and teenage daughter, Claire Malloy learns that the property's previous owner died under suspicious circumstances and that a real estate agent has gone missing.
Murder of a Real Bad Boy
Denise Swanson · 330 pages
After breaking up with her boyfriend, a blue Skye Denison cheers up when a sexy contractor renovates her house. He looks too good to be true. Sure enough, he has a reputation for conning the ladies. But before Skye can fire the hunk, he turns up with a bullet in his head. Even bad boys deserve justice, so Skye's got a killer to catch.
Deadly Decor
Karen Rose Smith · 346 pages
"Quiet Kismet, Pennsylvania, may look like any other small town, but as a home stager; Caprice De Luca can see behind closed doors--and it seems someone has designs on murder. Life is full house for Caprice these days. She's dating, she's rescuing adorable cocker spaniels, and she's decorating the roomy interiors of Kismet's most well-heeled residents with fun fantasy themes. But she's worried abo
All Roads Lead Home
Diane Greenwood Muir · 368 pages
Polly Giller returned to Iowa from Boston to start a new life; with her inheritance, she purchased an old school building in Bellingwood and is in the middle of renovating it when the bones of two bodies are pulled out of a ceiling. The whole town knows who those bones belong to, but when she also finds crates and crates of items from the sixties through the early nineties in the old root cellar,
One Bad Apple
Sheila Connolly · 262 pages
When Meg Corey unexpectedly finds herself out of a job, an apartment, and a relationship, she seizes the opportunity to renovate the Massachusetts colonial house her mother has inherited from distant relations and to sell it quickly for a share of the profits. But Meg gets more than she bargained for when she learns that renovating a two-hundred-year-old house is no easy task and that the gorgeous
Owls Well That Ends Well
Donna Andrews · 322 pages
Meg and Michael are having a garage sale to empty their new house of all the clutter gathered by the Sprocketts. The sale brings an influx of relatives and a horde of visitors. A bargain seeker wants to buy a chest but insists on seeing inside it first - when Meg unlocks it a body is found and a murder investigation begins with a vast array of suspects from the large crowd that just wants to shop
Keeper of the Castle
Juliet Blackwell · 324 pages
While helping her boyfriend, Graham, who is managing the stone-by-stone reconstruction of an ancient Scottish building, uncover any paranormal activity, contractor Mel Turner investigates when she finds a dead body.
Better Homes and Corpses
Kathleen Bridge · 292 pages
"After Meg Barrett found her fiance still had designs on his ex-wife, she decided it was time to refurbish her life. Leaving her glamorous job at a top home and garden magazine, she fled Manhattan for Montauk, only to find decorating can sometimes lead to detecting...In between scouring estate sales for her new interior design business, Cottages by the Sea, Meg visits the swanky East Hampton home
The Tale of Castle Cottage
Susan Wittig Albert · 303 pages
Beatrix and William's impending nuptials are delayed when the remodeling of their future home, Castle Cottage, causes more problems than anticipated in the latest installment of a series that incorporates events from the life of Beatrix Potter and her beloved characters.
Mariner's Compass
Earlene Fowler · 322 pages
A bizarre inheritance, a dangerous quest and a political battle are the main events of Benni Harper's captivating sixth adventure (after Dove in the Window). Benni's work at the San Celina Folk Art Museum is interrupted when she unexpectedly inherits the estate of a stranger named Jacob Chandler. His house in Morro Bay is worth $200,000, but Chandler's will stipulates that Benni can keep the windf
Tippy Toe Murder
Leslie Meier · 254 pages
When Lucy Stone's neighbor, Caro Binney, a retired dance teacher, disappears, and Morrill Slack is killed with a video camera, Lucy sets out to track down Caro, who could be linked to Morrill's murder.
Miss Frost Saves The Sandman: A Nocturne Falls Mystery
Kristen Painter · 268 pages
Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well
Nancy Atherton · 278 pages
"When a strapping young Australian named Jack MacBride arrives in Finch to wrap up his late uncle's affairs, heads turn in the sleepy English village. But when Lori volunteers to help Jack clear out his uncle's overgrown garden, they discover something even more shocking than a stranger turning up in Finch. After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into the garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baf
A Small Hill to Die On
Elizabeth J. Duncan · 259 pages
When the pregnant teenage daughter of a wealthy newcomer to Llanelen is found dead in the nearby woods, spa owner Penny Brannigan investigates the family's suspicious financial dealings while her paramour, Detective Inspector Davies, tracks down the killer.
Plain Murder
Emma Miller · 260 pages
"Fifteen years after leaving her Old Order Amish life, Rachel Mast has returned to Stone Mill, Pennsylvania. Corporate success didn't bring true happiness, but Rachel also knows she can never be Amish again. Instead she runs a B&B and tries to help her community in ways they can't help themselves. But now a gruesome discovery has been made on her Uncle Aaron's cow pasture--the body of prominent En