House-Flipper Mystery (1-6) - Diane Kelly

Category: Mystery
Language: English
Keywords: Cat's Contemporary Cozy Mystery House-Flipper Mystery Real Estates USA

Written by Diane Kelly
Read by Sophie Amoss, Courtney Patterson
Format: M4B
Bitrate: Variable

Set in Nashville - where the real estate market is to die for.

Meet Whitney Whitaker. A hopeless romantic when it comes to real estate, she knows what it takes to find - and flip - the home of one’s dreams. A fixer-upper is like catnip to Whitney: she can’t resist the challenge of turning an eyesore into a priceless work of art.

#1 Dead as a Door Knocker

When one of her clients decides to liquidate a crumbling property, Whitney seizes the opportunity to purchase it for a song. But soon a curious incident of the cat in the night-time leads to a change in tune…. Sawdust is the name of Whitney’s cat - of course.
Whitney’s passion for gut-renovation may be a mystery to him, but one thing Sawdust knows for sure is this: Dead bodies don’t belong in flower beds.
/Narrated by: Sophie Amoss/

#2 Dead in the Doorway

Ideally, the property of Whitney’s dreams would not have come with a dead body blocking the entrance to the foyer. But Whitney, always quick to take heavy duty matters into her own hands, also happens to be a skilled amateur sleuth. So that helps.
Who is this older woman - and how did her corpse end up at the bottom of the staircase of this locked, unoccupied house?

#3 Murder with a View

While the Music City Motor Court might not be much to look at now, the two plan to transform the motel’s 12 units into six one-bedroom condominiums with popular mid-century styling. But surprises await when Whitney discovers a squatter living in Room Nine and Sawdust uncovers a body in the bed next door.

#4 Batten Down the Belfry

Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck have successfully flipped houses, but this is the first time they’ve attempted to renovate a house of worship. Still, the colorful stained glass in the country church has caught Whitney’s eye, and she’d love to breathe new life into the abandoned building. What’s more, the place has perfect acoustics. Could the worship hall be reborn as an entertainment venue with its parsonage repurposed as a pre-show bistro?

#5 Primer and Punishment

Whitney and 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.

#6 Four-Alarm Homicide

A historical property that has just come on the market—a fire station in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood that was built nearly a century ago.
Joanna owns the right half of her building, which she proudly maintains in perfect condition, while the left side falls into disrepair: the seven adult children who inherited it years ago refuse to lift a finger on repairs.
Joanna shows up at the fire station confused and rambling, then collapses, never to recover.

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