Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are no strangers to murder. After all, they’ve encountered corpses on their properties before. But this is the first time they’d decided to take a chance on a property where two suspicious deaths have already occurred. Most buildings on the former boarding school property will be repurposed for an upscale retirement community, but the developer has no use for the headmaster’s house given its violent history. The headmaster and his wife were killed there decades earlier, their deaths remaining unsolved to this day.
Still, it seems a shame to see the beautiful Victorian give way to decay or the wrecking ball, even if many claim the unsettled souls of the victims still wander its halls, seeking retribution and justice. Can Whitney and Buck exorcise the structure’s demons, solve the cold case, and give the building new life? Or will ghosts from the past seek to silence them forever?
I do like when cozy mysteries involve cold cases, or historical cases. There is something tangible, connecting the past with the present. I also love Victorian houses and thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
I felt nothing but sadness for the poor headmaster and immediately knew that there was more to the story. I pretty much knew who the killer was, but I went a different route for why until about two-thirds of the way through. However, that didn’t take anything away as I still needed to know the motivation as well as what would happen to the house.
Overall, I rate this novel 5 out of 5 stars.
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