Perfect for fans of Kate Carlisle and Victoria Gilbert, when a body is found in a hardware store, will Dawna Carpenter’s sleuthing measure up to find the killer?
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?
My Review:
Super excited about this new cozy mystery series! All the cozy vibes are amazing — from the quirky small town to Dawna’s ‘old timey’ hardware store to her wonderful relationship with her daughter, April. Worth the read just for those elements but then a murder happens and things get even more interesting.
Dawna and April may be amateur sleuths on their first case, but they are savvy ones and I love the camaraderie they have with the police. It’s a nice balance of respect for the information they uncover and ‘don’t mess with my investigation’ with some humour thrown in.
The perfect mix of cozy and mystery with characters it’s easy to care about made ‘Hammers and Homicide’ a compulsive read for me. I can’t wait for the next ‘Hometown Hardware Mystery’ to release. Please let it be soon!!! This is definitely going to be a bingeable series!
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