A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle (English) Paperback Book

Description: A High-End Finish by Kate Carlisle Includes an excerpt from Kate Carlisles next Fixer-upper mystery, This old homicide. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The exciting debut of a brand new cozy mystery series from New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile series, Kate Carlisle, featuring handywoman and sleuth extraordinaire Shannon Hammer.THE FIRST NOVEL IN THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLINGFIXER-UPPER MYSTERY SERIES!Dont miss theHallmark 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 herhome-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. Shes happy to put her rotten date behind her, but when Jerrys found dead in a run-down Victorian home that shes been hired to restore, the towns 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 whos just moved to town. But as they get closer to prying out the murderers identity, Shannon is viciously attacked. Now shell have to nail down the truth-or end up in permanent foreclosure... Author Biography A native Californian, New York Times bestselling 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 featuring Brooklyn Wainwright. Review Praise for Kate Carlisle and the Fixer-Upper Mysteries"Sleuth Shannon Hammer knows her way around a building site and a murder—I fell for this feisty, take-charge heroine, and readers will, too."—Leslie Meier, New York Times bestselling author of the Lucy Stone Mysteries"Clever wit and complex plotting...immensely satisfying."—Jenn McKinlay, New York Times bestselling author of the Library Lovers Mysteries"Perfect escapist cozy fare."—Library Journal"Another winner from one of the leaders in the genre!"—RT Book Reviews"Highly entertaining...quick, clever, and somewhat edgy....Shannons not a stereotype—shes a person, and an interesting, intelligent, likable one at that, which makes it easy to become invested in her tale."—Smitten by Books Review Quote 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 Excerpt from Book Shannon Hammer-- contractor in Lighthouse Cove, California Jack Hammer-- Shannons father Uncle Pete Hammer-- Shannons uncle, winemaker and owner of the Town Square Wine Bar Chloe Hammer-- Shannons sister Jane Hennessey-- Shannons best friend and owner of Hennessey House, the newest small hotel in town Lizzie and Hal Logan-- Shannons friends and owners of Paper Moon book and paper store; their kids are Taz (11) and Marisa (13) Emily Rose-- Shannons friend and owner of the Scottish Rose Tea Shoppe Marigold Starling-- Shannons friend and owner, with her aunt Daisy, of Crafts and Quilts Eric Jensen-- the chief of police Mac Sullivan-- a famous crime novelist Tommy Gallagher-- police officer and Shannons high school boyfriend Whitney Reid Gallagher-- Tommys wife and Shannons worst enemy from high school Jennifer Bailey-- Whitneys best friend Penelope "Penny" Wells-- the new bank loan officer Wendell Jarvick-- Shannons short-term tenant Jerry Saxton-- a real estate agent and Shannons blind date Joyce and Stan Boyer-- Shannons homeowner clients Luisa Capello-- a high school friend Cindy-- head waitress at the Cozy Cove Diner Rocky-- cook and owner of the Cozy Cove Diner Augustus "Gus" Peratti-- Shannons auto mechanic Wade Chambers-- Shannons head foreman Carla Harrison-- Shannons second foreman (husband, Chase, and daughter, Keely) Todd, Billy, Sean, Johnny, Douglas-- Shannons crew Jesse Hennessey-- Shannons next-door neighbor and Janes uncle Mrs. Coleen Higgins-- the neighbor across the street Chapter One "You couldve warned me that installing drywall would be hell on my manicure." I looked down from my perch at the top of the ladder and saw my best friend, Jane Hennessey, scowling at her hands. They were smeared with sticky joint compound. She had flakes of drywall stuck to her shirt and there were flecks of blue paint highlighting her blond hair. "I did warn you, remember? I told you to wear gloves." And a hat, I thought to myself, but didnt bother to mention it aloud. I wondered, though, where in the world that blue paint in her hair had come from. "The gloves you gave me are so big and awkward, its hard to work in them." "Im sorry, princess," I said, hiding a smile. "Why dont you go rest and Ill finish up here?" She laughed. "And have you rubbing my nose in the fact that Im hopeless at manual labor? No way." "I would never do that." But I laughed, too, because of course I would do that, and Id expect her to do the same for me. We had known each other since kindergarten and had become best friends when we realized that the two of us were taller than all of the boys in our class. These days, I was still pretty tall at five foot eight, but Jane was two inches taller than me and as svelte as a supermodel. Despite her delicate hands and my teasing, she had never been a stranger to hard work. This might have been her first experience with hanging drywall, but there was no way she would give up before the job was finished. This place was her home as well as her business, so I knew she wanted to be involved in every aspect of the renovation. Jane had inherited the old mansion--formerly a brothel--three years ago, after her grandmother died. The imposing structure was a glorious example of the Victorian Queen Anne style, with an elaborate round tower rising three stories at the front corner; steeply gabled rooftops; four balconies; bay windows; six fluted chimneys; and a wide-planked, spindled porch, which spanned the front and wrapped around one long side of the house. But except for the common rooms on the ground floor and Janes grandmothers suite on the second floor, the rest of the house had been dangerously moldy, musty, and drafty when we first started to work on it. During our first inspection, wed found rodents living inside one wall, a nest of bees swarming in the attic, and termites infesting the wood on the western side of the house. The plaster in some rooms was cracked or simply gone. To put it mildly, the place was falling apart. Through much of the initial demolition work, wed had to wear full-face respirators to protect ourselves from the mold, asbestos, and toxic dust, among other substances. The rooms that hadnt been devastated by the ravages of time had been ruined by something almost worse: bad taste. Janes grandfather had had a peculiar fondness for 1970s-era wood paneling and had used it to hide much of the richly detailed Victorian-era wallpaper throughout the house. The gorgeous mahogany bay windows in the dining room had been covered over with a high-gloss pale pink paint. And in the bedroom where we were currently working, the decorative redbrick chimney had been disguised with fake yellow plastic flagstone paneling. Plastic! No wonder Janes grandmother had divorced the man. Luckily for Jane, though, she had a best friend in the construction biz. Namely, me. Im Shannon Hammer and I own Hammer Construction, a company that specializes in Victorian-home restoration and renovation right here in my hometown of Lighthouse Cove. I took over the company five years ago when my father, Jack, suffered a mild heart attack and decided to retire. I had agreed to help Jane refurbish the mansion with the aim of turning it into Hennessey House, an elegant small hotel. It was the perfect solution for Jane, who had studied hotel management and had been running the Inn on Main Street for the past five years. I enlisted some of my guys to help us out, too, whenever their presence wasnt demanded at one of my other job sites. After three long years, we were getting close to finishing all fourteen guest suites. The extensive repair and intricate repainting of the exterior of the house had been completed last week. The day after that, Jane had met with a landscaper to start taming the wildly overgrown gardens that circled the large house. When she wasnt busy working on the property itself, she was tweaking Hennessey Houses new Web site. In two months, she would officially open for business and the place was already sold out. Everyone in Lighthouse Cove was excited for her. "Okay," Jane said, rubbing her hands clean with a wet towel. "Whats next?" "Once the mud youre applying is dried and sanded," I said, "well be ready to paint this room." I climbed down from the ladder and picked up the pole sander to smooth out a section of dried mud on the opposite wall. "And before you know it, well be done." "Hallelujah." There was true relief in Janes voice and I couldnt blame her for it. When shed insisted on helping me get this last room completed, Id warned her that while installing and finishing drywall wasnt terribly hard, it was frankly a big pain in the butt and seriously time-consuming. I admit Id skimmed over the details about the damage it could do to ones nails, but I figured that was a given. Many homeowners Id worked with thought that hanging drywall was a simple matter of screwing some four-by-eight sheets of the hard wallboard to some studs and voil Details ISBN0451469194 Author Kate Carlisle Short Title HIGH END FINISH Language English ISBN-10 0451469194 ISBN-13 9780451469199 Media Book DEWEY FIC Birth 1951 Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-11-04 Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Series A Fixer-Upper Mystery Series Number 1 US Release Date 2014-11-04 UK Release Date 2014-11-04 Narrator Jonathan Glover Illustrator Pete Mueller Death 1988 Affiliation Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Bipolar Clinic and Reseach Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Position Associate Professor of Psychiatry Qualifications U.S.M.C Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Format Paperback Audience General NZ Release Date 2014-11-03 AU Release Date 2014-11-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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