This is the first book in the Georgiana Neverall cosy series. She's a former corporate type who gave it all and moved back home to her small town in Oregon to become an apprentice plumber, much to the chagrin of her mother, a hard-charging Type A real estate agent.

She's working on a job at the Martha Tepper house when she finds a brooch in the pipes, which ordinarily wouldn't seem odd -- people lose jewellery down their sinks all the time, right? But Martha was literally never seen without this brooch as it had much sentimental attachment for her. Georgie is convinced that something must be wrong here, although everyone shrugs this off as Martha told everyone that she was moving away.

As Georgie continues to work in the Tepper house, she begins to think the job is jinxed - a toilet breaks and falls on her foot while she's moving it, her boss falls on a broken step while walking to the basement, etc. And that's all before they discover the bloody rag and the bullet shell hidden in the basement wall.

Assisting Georgie are her best friend (who also owns a dog grooming shop, which comes in handy, since Georgie owns two dogs who often need bathing!), her high school sweetheart (who may be more interested in local politics than in her), and her boss' wife (who was close to Martha).

This was a great cozy with good pacing, fun humour, and colourful characters. I liked that each chapter opened with common sense tips about plumbing that everyone can use, and the end of the book had a list of tools that everyone should have in the toolbox. That being said, this book wasn't full of technical jargon, and people who aren't DIYers could easily follow the plot. I'll definitely be checking out the rest of this series.