Juliet Blackwell
Paperback | Pages: 316 pages Rating: 3.84 | 5053 Users | 438 Reviews
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| Title | : | If Walls Could Talk (Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #1) |
| Author | : | Juliet Blackwell |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 316 pages |
| Published | : | December 7th 2010 by NAL (first published October 25th 2010) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Cozy Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal. Ghosts. Fiction |
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Melanie Turner has made quite a name for herself remodeling historic houses in the San Francisco Bay Area. But now her reputation may be on the line.At her newest project, a run-down Pacific Heights mansion, Mel is visited by the ghost of a colleague who recently met a bad end with power tools. Mel hopes that by nailing the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence of the murdered man-and not end up a construction casualty herself...
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| ISBN: | 0451231813 (ISBN13: 9780451231819) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #1 |
| Characters: | Melanie "Mel" Turner |
| Setting: | San Francisco, California(United States) |
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Ratings: 3.84 From 5053 Users | 438 ReviewsCommentary Based On Books If Walls Could Talk (Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #1)
This was a pretty fun read for a rainy week in October. The story involves the renovation of a historic haunted house, a severed hand, a mysterious death and sightings of ghosts. It sounds really scary and gory, but it's really a fun read. I was surprised that there were actually passages about the process of restoring old homes included in the story. Reading this was like watching the Halloween version of an HGTV episode.This is a cute, cozy series that has a good murder mystery to give it some weight. Good characters that are not too silly and can carry a ghost story. Xe Sands is so great with these cozy's. Perfect cadence with interesting voices to bring all to life.
I read this book first in 2014. It was my first paranormal and I didn't understand the story. I read it again just recently for a group read. while I enjoyed it, this time, I still felt the descriptions of all architectural took from the story. The ending was not complete and there were loose ends left. The are several subplots that do not hang together.Melanie is meeting her client at an old Victorian house. There they find a person who has been shot with a nail gun and his hand is gone. The
I didn't like this book as much as I wanted to. Unfortunately, it's all the rage these days to take a perfectly fine cozy and throw in the supernatural element, a ghost, a vampire, something. I'm not fond of that trend. In this one the main character runs a contracting firm. After taking over a job, she starts seeing the ghost of a man killed on the site. That's not the main problem with the book, though. There's no real focus. One minute she's freaking out about seeing dead people, then she's
So, I thought I would give this series a chance as I really like Juliet Blackwell's other series, A Witchcraft Mystery. For me, this one didn't fully hit the mark. It was a little bit all over the place, as the main protagonist, Mel, has a lot going on in her life, and maybe that's why it felt a bit disjointed.Mel has gone through a messy divorce that she is not totally over, her mother has passed away, and she has inherited her father's renovation business temporarily, supposedly. She longs for
The only other cozy mystery series Ive tried was not very satisfying, so I had low expectations coming into this one. But what a pleasant surprise! The author introduces each character with descriptions that drew a clear picture in my mind and also gave some hint of what was to come. I learned a little history and felt some of the MCs enthusiasm for her work in restoring historic homes. The whodunnit was not especially difficult to figure out before it was revealed, but the journey to get there
What a fun start to a new-to-me series! I like Our Heroine very well, indeed. She's smart, sassy, and quirky, so what's not to like? And she's not very happy about her new "gift" of seeing spirits! It's a riot to watch her fumble her way through spirit communication, all the while questioning her own sanity. The mystery portion of the program also kept me engaged, which, after all, is the main reason to read a cozy!
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