Some properties are too hot to handle...
Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are hot for a historical property that has just come on the market—a fire station in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood that was built nearly a century ago.
The cousins have just begun the interior demolition work at the fire station when Joanna Hartzell, who lives in a townhouse around the corner, comes by with a plea for help. Joanna owns the right half of her building, which she proudly maintains in perfect condition, while the left side falls into disrepair: the seven adult children who inherited it years ago refuse to lift a finger on repairs. Never one to turn down a challenge, Whitney and Buck manage to acquire the rundown townhouse—though it turns out Joanna is only one of the many neighbors interested in buying the property once they've worked their magic.
Then Joanna shows up at the fire station confused and rambling, then collapses, never to recover. Alarm bells go off for Whitney: she suspects something—and someone—evil could be the real cause. Can she and Collin put the clues together and smoke out a killer?
My Review:
It was so much fun to read this book! I just love this series, and that this book had a double whammy of a flip, the firehouse, and the left side townhouse. Plus there was all sorts of things going on, between the siblings who inherited the house, and the wedding preparations!
One thing that was interesting to note for me, this is the first book in the series that I've read since I adopted my own cat, Holly, and the first book with a cat's perspective in the book. So that was a lot of fun, though she hasn't kneaded me yet-can't tell if I want her to want to do it or not, since it sounds painful!
Really, those seven co-owners of the house, yeah, they were really frustrating, they were adults, some of them even had grandchildren, but pretty much all of them acted like children themselves, and there were quite a few awful actions that they did!
Oh, but the mystery was pretty sad, given that it's a grandmother who just was told that a second grandchild was coming. That the case was complicated by an unknown cause of death, and all the complications, yeah, this book was such a quick and fast paced, easy to consume read!
It was so much fun reading this book, and I can't wait to see what the future holds!
Author: Diane Kelly
Series: House Flipper Mystery #6
Read: February 17th, 2024
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Love her writing and the series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2024 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Expected Publication: April 23rd 2024
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