Mallets aforethought : a home repair is homicide mystery
(Book)

Eastport's most notorious landmark, the Harlequin House was used as a hideout for gunshot gangsters and their molls during Prohibition. Now fixer-upper enthusiast Jake Tiptree and Ellie White are refurbishing the mansard-roofed mansion to host the local Historical Society's upcoming gala. But when stripping down old wallpaper reveals a secret door to a room containing not one but two corpses, Jake and Ellie once again find home repair leading to homicide. The two amateur sleuths must sift their way through a trail of seemingly contradictory clues. Then another corpse surfaces and suddenly Jake and Ellie realize they must find this killer fast. A clever culprit is not only building an airtight case against Ellie's husband. He or she is planning to nail everyone who stands in the way.