Hammers and Homicide, Paula Charles
Hammers and Homicide, Paula Charles
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Hammers and Homicide

Author: Paula Charles

Narrator: Petrea Burchard

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/16/2024


Synopsis

Recent sexagenarian widow Dawna Carpenter thought running her own hardware store after the death of her husband was hard enough. With her adult daughter, April, moving back into town, and Darlene, the annoying boutique owner next door to her shop poking around, Dawna has her hands full. But when she finds a dead man in the bathroom of her store, with a framing hammer by his side, she’s in way over her head. The victim, Warren Highcastle, was a land developer who was looking to purchase the old theater in town to build a new hotel. Dawna and April, worried about the implications of the crime scene at the hardware store, put themselves on the case. They soon learn that Warren had made quite a few enemies in his short amount of time in town. As the suspect list starts growing, so too do the threats against Dawna and April. Can Dawna and April nail the killer before they strike again?

About Paula Charles

Paula Charles is the author of Hammers and Homicide. During her childhood, she grew up in a town suspiciously resembling the fictional Pine Bluff, Oregon, where she trailed behind her grandmother in the family’s hardware store until she got put to work counting nails. When she isn’t writing under the towering trees of the Pacific Northwest, she can be found in the garden with her hands in the dirt or sitting on her front porch with a good book and a glass of iced tea.

About Petrea Burchard

Petrea Burchard is a talented actor and audiobook narrator whose career covers everything from Second City to Shakespeare to a space pirate in the classic anime Tenchi Muyo. A writer and animal lover, she can never get enough dog cuddles.


Reviews

This is Paula Charles's debut cozy mystery, and she knocked it out of the park. I love the fact that her main character, Dawna, is starting a new chapter in her life after her husband passed away. She is still running their hardware store, and she reminded me a lot of my Nonnie. Tough, loving, and a......more

Goodreads review by Louise

If you enjoy cozies set in small towns with a quirky main character, you will enjoy Hammers and Homicide, the first book in a new cozy mystery series. Dawna Carpenter is around 60 and has been widowed for a few years. She now runs the local hardware store in Pine Bluffs, Oregon, with just one other......more

Goodreads review by Joshua

I don't usually read cozy mysteries, but really enjoyed Hammers and Homicide. The was able to put myself in the POV of the characters. If you're looking for a fun murder mystery on these long winter nights, I highly recommend Hammers and Homicide by Paula Charles. :)......more