Hammers and Homicide

By: Paula Charles

Narrated by: Petrea Burchard

Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter thought running her own hardware store after the death of her husband was hard enough. With her adult daughter, April, moving back into town, and Darlene, the annoying boutique owner next door to her shop poking around, Dawna has her hands full. But when she finds a dead man in the bathroom of her store, with a framing hammer by his side, she’s in way over her head. The victim, Warren Highcastle, was a land developer who was looking to purchase the old theater in town to build a new hotel. Dawna and April, worried about the implications of the crime scene at the hardware store, put themselves on the case. They soon learn that Warren had made quite a few enemies in his short amount of time in town. As the suspect list starts growing, so too do the threats against Dawna and April. Can Dawna and April nail the killer before they strike again?

©2024 Paula Charles (P)2024 Dreamscape Media

3 stars

It's okay forthe firstbookin the series. The pace is a bit slow and the characters are a bland. I probably won't get the bext one.

Great debut!

I absolutely loved the mother daughter relationship. I can't wait to see what's next for the Carpenter Women!