Blurb:
Primer and
Punishment marks the
fifth in the delightful cozy mystery series from Diane Kelly set in Nashville,
Tennessee. Whitney Whitaker has a knack for nailing down murderers . . .
but this time she might just come unmoored.
Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are looking once again to rehab
and resell a house, only this particular house is made of fiberglass, floats,
and has been dubbed the Skinny Dipper. The old houseboat sure could use some
work, but the unusual project has Whitney bubbling with excitement.
The charming and handsome Grant Hardisty lives on the cabin cruiser in the
adjacent slip, but the cousins soon learn he’s left a half dozen angry ex-wives
in his wake and made enemies of all sorts of unsavory folks. The man is clearly
caught in an increasingly dangerous current with no life preserver in sight.
Whitney and Buck are spraying primer on their houseboat when—KABOOM!—Grant’s
boat blows sky high with the man himself inside. Detective Collin Flynn has no
shortage of suspects, but the waters become muddied when several of them
confess to the crime. Is one of those who confessed truly guilty, or are they
taking a dive for someone else? When anonymous threats are made against the
cousins, Whitney must quickly determine who killed their neighbor at the lake,
or she and Buck might also be sunk.
My review:
Whitney and Buck are back and
this time they are flipping a houseboat. Lake life is the best! Their marina
neighbor has issues and one of them is going to blow him and his boat to bits. Of
course Whitney has to involve herself in the investigation. It’s not like she
doesn’t have enough to do with rehabbing the boat, planning a bridal party for Colette,
and spending time with Sawdust. But her intentions are good. I love the amount
of research the author puts into these stories and I always learn something
new. The ending took me by surprise but boy did I love it. Another terrific
adventure.
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