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Book Review of Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair is Homicide, Bk 7)

Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair is Homicide, Bk 7)
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Jake Tiptree and her friend Ellie White are refurbishing the old Harlequin House for the Historical Society Gala. The towns most notorious landmark once housed a gangsters hideout, a hospital, and a makeshift morgue for gangsters and their molls. While stripping the wallpaper in one room they discover a secret room that includes a mummified body and a fresh one as well. The newly dead body is a local real-estate mogul who has many enemies in town. Ellie's husband George is accused of the murder so Jake and Ellie set out to prove him innocent and someone else guilty. Then another body is found but dead long enough it doesn't clear George so they investigation continues.