Batten Down the Belfry (House-Flipper Mystery #4)
Diane Kelly
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
4.13
· 8 ratings · 304 pages · Published: 01 Mar 2022
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?
Open the doors, and see all the trouble.
The owner of the horse farm next door has asserted a legal claim to the church property, rendering their title uncertain. If that’s not bad enough, while rehabbing the church, Whitney’s cat Sawdust discovers a bombshell in the bell tower—the body of the man who’d delivered their beautiful new replacement windows. What transpired in the spire? Who rang the man’s bell and why?
The steeple is keeping its secrets and, when a second body turns up, things become even less clear. Can Whitney help Detective Collin Flynn solve the crimes before someone else is sent to meet their maker?
Tagged as:
- cozy 3
- mystery 3
- family 2
- autumn 2
- animals 2
- historical 1
- female mc 1
- amateur sleuth 1
- Add topics
- format - reader age
- audiobook 3
romance tags
crime tags
literary-fiction tags
historical-fiction tags
fantasy tags
sci-fi tags
action-adventure tags
thriller tags
horror tags
Collections/Custom tags
The 'House-Flipper Mystery' series
4.08 · 53 ratings- Dead as a Door Knocker by Diane Kelly Book #1
- Dead in the Doorway by Diane Kelly Book #2
- Murder With a View by Diane Kelly Book #3
- Batten Down the Belfry by Diane Kelly Book #4
- Primer and Punishment by Diane Kelly Book #5
- Four-Alarm Homicide by Diane Kelly Book #6
- Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly Book #7
cozy · mystery · fiction · female-mc · animals · amateur-sleuth · contemporary · audiobook · suspense · adult · book · cats · family
House-Flipper Mystery reading order and complete book list ❯