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Investigative reporter Mac buys a mansion and hires Shannon to fix it. She finds her friend's uncle dead in his house. The police calls it an accident. Shannon investigates. Mac helps.

In the small resort town of Lighthouse Cove, everyone knows that the best man for the job is a woman. And that woman is Shannon Hughes, owner of Hughes Restoration and an expert in Victorian home restoration and renovation. Through her renovations she will find clues to uncover the house's secret past and in turn become an unlikely sleuth to help crack these unsolved mysteries. From the Fixer Upper Mystery book series by Kate Carlisle.

Shannon Hughes is a renovation contractor in Lighthouse Cove, Oregon, where she grew up. Her latest big project was for her longtime friend Jennifer Hennessey to convert Jen's family home into a B&B. Shannon hopes her next big project, which would be the biggest of her career, is the renovation of a historic home in town for its new owner, Macintyre Sullivan, an investigative journalist who is looking for a getaway to write his crime novel. Jennifer and Shannon's friendship is a second generation one where Jennifer's uncle Jesse Hennessey, Shannon's father Pete Hughes, and their friend Stephen Davison's father Ned Davison are best friends, they primarily going fishing and salvage diving. Jesse in particular likes to tell tall tales. However, the truth behind Jesse's dives are well known as he donated everything from his dives to the Maritime Museum, he not interested in monetary possessions for himself. Jesse and Ned's best friend status hit a bump in the road when Jesse started dating yogi Althea Morton, a woman who Ned "saw first" and who Jesse is contemplating asking to marry him. Life among this collective takes a turn for the worse when a death occurs among the group. Although the police deem the death to be due to an accidental fall, Shannon, who found the body, suspects that the victim met with foul play. Mac, who has moved into Shannon's small guest house while she works on his house, and Shannon combine their skills to investigate, Mac's strengths in investigation and Shannon's in the knowledge of contracting and historic buildings of the area. The key to discovering the truth may be the mysterious white haired man driving the small blue compact hatchback. But the closer Shannon and Mac get closer to the truth, the more they place themselves and Shannon's friends and loved ones in danger.—Huggo

Investigative journalist Macintyre Sullivan bought a historic Victorian mansion in Lighthouse Cove, Oregon as getaway to write his crime novels, after restoration by well-reputed local contractor Shannon Hughes. She's presently converting into a B&B the family home of her friend Jennifer Hennessey,, whose uncle Jesse is best buddies with Shannon's father Pete Hughes and Ned Davison, father of the girls' friend Stephen Davison, a men's club for fishing and salvage diving, which yielded pieces allegedly all donated to the town's maritime museum. The friendship recently suffered from rivalry over yogi Althea Morton between Jesse and scorned Ned. After Jesse's fatal car accident, accepted by police chief Jensen, deputy Tommy Sloane helps Mac and Shannon investigate informally, which proves dangerous with a mystery car and complex intrigues about a salvaged colonial age princess's legendary necklace, claimed internationally via a law firm, but with criminal twists.—KGF Vissers