From the Bookshelf of Crazy Challenge Connection

Find A Copy At

Group Discussions About This Book

No group discussions for this book yet.

What Members Thought

Carol
Welcome to Lighthouse Cove, California. This is a
small community near San Francisco. This is
where Shannon Hammer grew up and has come
back to live to take over her father’s business.
Shannon is a contractor. She does home renovations
and restorations.
At one of the working sites, Shannon discovers a dead
body. It is a man who she went on the blind date from
hell. Dinner had been nice then on a walk the man made
very string unwanted advances. Now he is dead and
murdered with one of her pink constructi
...more
Diane ~Firefly~
The bad news - there is a love triangle and I hate them.

I liked Shannon and her friends. She is a capable adult who runs a construction company and actually can do the work (and does work occasionally in the book). She has a horrible blind date that ends in assault in public (and I still don't know why no one called the police) and then she finds the body of the blind date and is immediately suspect number 1.

The police chief is new in town and of course smitten with Shannon even when suspecting
...more
Chaitra
Gah. I’m docking a star for the love triangle. Sick of those. Don’t like the mystery author, he seems too thirsty. He lifted whole plot points from this girl’s life after grilling her extensively about it, and he’s a love interest because he’s good looking? Ugh, leech. It also bugged me that Shannon trusted this killer person way too long. The book could’ve been considerably shorter if she logically considered stuff. This book also made me appreciate how good it is for people to move out of thei ...more
Allison Ann
Jan 20, 2020 rated it really liked it
I love renovation cozies and I love imaginary small-town cozies where everybody knows everybody, but the town is still large enough for every business option on earth to survive and thrive and for handsome men to move in almost daily. :D I liked the MC and for a change really liked most of the secondary characters. They weren't too weird and self-consciously quirky. A refreshing change. The mystery was a touch weak, but not terrible and I'm looking forward to seeing where the series goes.
...more
Megan
This was a fun mystery. I was curious who was behind it all and the reasoning for framing Shannon. I'm curious to see if either guy will win Shannon's affection in future stories, so I'll hopefully be reading the next book soon. ...more
Jennifer
Jan 18, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Jonquil
Aug 23, 2015 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: cozy
Kme_17
Nov 29, 2015 marked it as to-read
Joann
Jun 13, 2017 rated it it was ok
Jamie Dubois
Oct 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
Mary Bronson
Jun 18, 2017 marked it as to-read
Linda C
Aug 27, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Alisha
Oct 14, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sam
Aug 18, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2021
Kristy
Mar 11, 2018 rated it liked it
Shelves: 2018
Jessiebee
Jun 08, 2018 marked it as to-read
Leslie Ann
Aug 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
ChrisGA
Sep 08, 2018 rated it really liked it
Mande
Dec 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
Amy
Aug 07, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: california
Lena
Oct 25, 2019 marked it as to-read
Rebecca
Jan 18, 2020 rated it really liked it
Jaret
Apr 04, 2020 marked it as to-read
Carolyn
May 27, 2020 marked it as to-read