TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlisle,Kate
TI  - Absence of mallets
T2  - Fixer-upper mysteries
SN  - 9780593201336
PY  - 2021///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berkley Prime Crime
KW  - Contractors
KW  - Fiction
KW  - City and town life
KW  - California
KW  - Murder
KW  - Investigation
KW  - Detective and mystery fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Series numeration from goodreads.com
N2  - "Shannon could not be happier that her hunky thriller-writing boyfriend, Mac, has moved in, and it is a good thing they are living together because they are both busier than ever. Mac is hosting writing retreats at his now vacant lighthouse mansion, while Shannon and her crew build Homefront, a quaint Victorian village of tiny homes for veterans in need. Mac's latest guests are proving to be a handful though, and Shannon has heard some grumbling from the luminaries of Lighthouse Cove about her latest passion project. But nothing can throw a wrench in their plans except a malicious murder. When one of Shannon's new friends is found brutally bludgeoned with a mallet near the lighthouse on Mac's property, the couple hammers out a suspect list and searches for a motive. As they drill deeper for clues, more violence strikes and a new victim winds up in a coma. The pressure is on, and Shannon and Mac will have to move fast to find an unhinged killer dead set on demolishing anyone who gets in their way...." -- page [4] of cover
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