"First in a new series!" -- Front cover.

"Shannonś home-renovation and repair business is booming, but her love life needs work. On a blind date with real estate agent Jerry Saxton, she has to whip out a pair of pliers to keep Jerry from getting too hands on. Shannon is happy to put her rotten date behind her, but when Jerryś found dead in a run-down Victorian home that sheś been hired to restore, the townś attractive new police chief suspects that her threats may have laid the foundation for murder. Determined to clear her name, Shannon conducts her own investigationẃith the help of her four best friends, her eccentric father, a nosy neighbor or two, and a handsome crime writer whoś just moved to town. But as they get closer to prying out the murdererś identity, Shannon is viciously attacked. Now sheĺl have to nail down the truthór end up in permanent foreclosure..."--Back cover.