Framed for Murder: A Fixer Upper Mystery

Shannon Hughes is a renovation contractor in Lighthouse Cove, Oregon, where she grew up. Her latest big project was for her longtime friend Jennifer Hennessey to convert Jen's family home into a B&B. Shannon hopes her next big project, which would be the biggest of her career, is the renovation of a historic home in town for its new owner, Macintyre Sullivan, an investigative journalist who is looking for a getaway to write his crime novel. Jennifer and Shannon's friendship is a second generation one where Jennifer's uncle Jesse Hennessey, Shannon's father Pete Hughes, and their friend Stephen Davison's father Ned Davison are best friends, they primarily going fishing and salvage diving. Jesse in particular likes to tell tall tales. However, the truth behind Jesse's dives are well known as he donated everything from his dives to the Maritime Museum, he not interested in monetary possessions for himself. Jesse and Ned's best friend status hit a bump in the road when Jesse started dating yogi Althea Morton, a woman who Ned "saw first" and who Jesse is contemplating asking to marry him. Life among this collective takes a turn for the worse when a death occurs among the group. Although the police deem the death to be due to an accidental fall, Shannon, who found the body, suspects that the victim met with foul play. Mac, who has moved into Shannon's small guest house while she works on his house, and Shannon combine their skills to investigate, Mac's strengths in investigation and Shannon's in the knowledge of contracting and historic buildings of the area. The key to discovering the truth may be the mysterious white haired man driving the small blue compact hatchback. But the closer Shannon and Mac get closer to the truth, the more they place themselves and Shannon's friends and loved ones in danger.