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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.

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Author : Diane Kelly
★★★★☆ 4.5 from 5 stars (105 Reviews)
Langue : English
ISBN-10 : 1250816068
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When Whitney Whitaker talked to her cousin Buck about their next flipper project, she was glad to hear that he already had a good idea of what they should rehab. It’s a three bedroom, two bath, with a two-story deck. When she asks the square footage, and he says it’s about 600 square feet, Whitney is stumped. But then he explains that it’s a houseboat, and that makes perfect sense to her.The Skinny Dipper needs some updating and some repairs, and it lists a little to one side, but it’s a bargain of real estate and they could turn it around quickly. The bones of the boat are good. They just need to fix the leak that’s causing the tilt, repaint, and update the inside, and the boat will be good for a quick sale. And when Whitney realizes that once they get it fixed it up, it will be the perfect spot for a bachelorette party for her best friend and Buck’s fiancée Colette, Whitney is all in.They decide to live on the boat for the two weeks or so it will take them to fix it up. The marina is on Old Hickory Lake, just north of Nashville, so Whitney and Buck pack some bags and all the tools and equipment they’ll need to finish the boat and head out. Whitney also takes one more thing, her cat Sawdust, who will get to enjoy a couple of weeks of lake life too. Although when Sawdust is not locked inside the cabin, Whitney makes sure Sawdust has a life jacket on. Sawdust isn’t sure about it at first, but the smell of the fishes and the birds flying overhead is just too much of a draw to object.As Whitney and Buck are getting settled into the boar, they meet a well dressed woman asking about the empty slip next to the Skinny Dipper. She’s looking for a man named Grant Hardisty, but the cousins haven’t been there long enough to have met him. The woman leaves, and later a boat docks in the empty spot.The Sexy Sheila is the boat, and a man using a cane to walk introduces himself as Grant and his dog as JoJo. He invites them over for a beer, and they get to know him a little. He’s a bartender who got injured a couple of months back and hadn’t been able to work. He was dating, talking about which dating apps he was using. He borrows $60 from Buck for a date he has later, and Whitney offers to take his dog for a walk for him. JoJo has a lot of energy, but she’s fond of dogs and wants him to have a chance to stretch his legs after being cooped up on the boat.As the days go by, and Buck and Whitney get things shipshape on the Skinny Dipper, they can’t help but notice what goes on in the next boat. They witness some fights between Grant and friends and later between Grant and his soon-to-be ex-wife. They see him going out fishing with friends, and ducking from the friend he borrowed money from (Buck had already figured out that he wasn’t getting his cash back). And then, on the day that they are putting primer on the boat, they see his entire boat go up in flames. There was a huge explosion that knocks Sawdust off the boat (thank goodness for that life jacket).Whitney talks to a Deputy Fire Marshall, telling the woman everything she had seen since they had taken residence on the Skinny Dipper. From what Whitney tells her, she suspects that the fire was deliberately set. But was someone trying to kill Grant or just destroy the boat? And while Grant had a way of getting people angry with him, is one of those people angry enough to murder him? Whitney’s natural curiosity draws her toward the mystery, but will she be able to figure out who killed Grant before she and Buck become the next target?Primer and Punishment is the fifth book in the House-Flipper Mystery series from Diane Kelly. The idea of rehabbing a houseboat brings a new setting and a whole new cast of characters to keep an eye on. There are the ex-wives, the fishing friends, the mysterious bird-watcher, the angry friends who want their money back, the online dates, and the former owner of the Sexy Sheila who wants it back. There is no shortage of suspects in this one, but as always it’s Sawdust who steals all the scenes.I enjoyed Primer and Punishment. I thought the lake living was creative and a lot of fun, and the amount of drama happening next-slip to Whitney was worthy of a television drama. The new characters added a lot of texture and complications, but a lot of the drama early on came from Whitney overhearing arguments that she wasn’t involved in, which seemed awkward. But it was still a fun read, and I am all in for those chapters written by Sawdust.Egalleys for Primer and Punishment were provided by St. Martin’s Press through NetGalley, with many thanks. Primer and Punishment: A House-Flipper Mystery (A House-Flipper Mystery, 5) Online Kindle website Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this cozy mystery. It's the fifth in Diane Kelly's "house flipper" series, but I had no trouble reading it as a stand-alone. I'd read another of Diane Kelly's books from a different series, which I believe was better written.Nevertheless, this one was enjoyable. The characters are likable, the mystery is well done, and there are many suspects to distract attention from the real killer. Parts of the narrative seemed rushed, and after the final reveal, I didn't find the killer's motivation strong enough to commit murder.The heroine, Whitney Whitaker, tells the story in first person. She and her cousin Buck make a living flipping houses. This time, they purchase a houseboat to renovate, so they have a new challenge learning about boating.Early on, they meet the boat owner in the next slip, Grant Hardisty. He's pleasant enough at first but quickly becomes annoying. They also learn he's not a nice person. He rips off almost everyone he meets, including the friend who sold him the boat at a discount because of a questionable injury that prevents him from working. He's been married five times, and his fifth wife just kicked him out and filed for divorce. His fourth wife is out for revenge.Then one day. Grant's boat explodes, spreading pieces of him all over the marina. At first, it looks like an accident, but the authorities soon determine it was deliberate. Whitney gets involved as an amateur sleuth, eventually exposing the culprit. One has to suspend disbelief a little, but since her boyfriend is a police detective, he cuts her some slack.As in the other Kelly book I read, there are short chapters from Whitney's cat's point of view interspersed with the main narrative. I'm an animal lover, so I found them cute, but frankly, they don't advance the plot.As a bonus, there are recipes at the end! PDF Primer and Punishment: A House-Flipper Mystery (A House-Flipper Mystery, 5) pdf online Primer and Punishment by Diane KellyThis is book 5 of the house flipper mystery series.Whitney Whittaker and her cousin Buck's next rehab project is a houseboat. They've never done one before but think that they can do a quick turnaround. They need something quick because Buck's wedding to Whitney's best friend Colette is coming soon.While they are working on the houseboat, they meet the guy whose boat is in the next slip. Grant Hardisty seems like a handsome and charming guy who is dealing with an injury to his knee. He has a black lab mix puppy who is a bit too much for him to handle. He also has a string of ex-wives and a number of women he's met on dating apps. Oh, and the couple he cheated out of the boat are also coming around often to try to get their boat back.When Grant takes his boat out of the slip to grill his dinner and his boat explodes. Fire investigators don't think that it was an accident. There are many suspects and a number of them confess to killing Grant. When one of them confesses to the Nashville Police Department, Whitney's boyfriend Collin is assigned to the case.Now Whitney needs to figure out what happened to Grant to get to the bottom of his death and alert the police who the actual culprit is. This was a really quick read and I like that they did a rework of a houseboat as their project. It was a cool idea and made it a little different. This is a great little cozy mystery read. If you are a fan of cozies this one will be for you.Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a free copy of Primer and Punishment for an honest review. 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