Shannon Hammer, a
contractor who specializes in restoring old houses, is particularly
pleased to get a commission to restore the old farmhouse that will be
the home of her friend, Marigold, and her fiance, Raphael Nash, a
retired tech billionaire. In addition to the farmhouse project, Rafe
wants Shannon’s team to construct a conference center. It’s
supposed to have environmentally friendly buildings and be the site
of a planet-saving conference.
The project has a
short timeline because Rafe wants to showcase his green building
technology. The site is ready on time and the conference goes on as
scheduled. Shannon finds the participants an interesting mix of
odd-balls and serious technologists. All is going well. The
five-hundred people in attendance seem to be enjoying the site and
the presentations until Rafe’s ex-partner is found dead. Now Rafe
is the primary suspect and Shannon and her partner, Mac, need to help
the police figure out what happened.
This is a fun read.
Shannon and Mac engage in amusing banter. I found Rafe an attractive
character. The descriptions of his conference center are well
conceived. If you enjoy renovation and construction, the process of
building the center is well described.
The background in
eco-friendly technology is interesting, but sometimes veers into
parody. Still, it’s fun to meet the strange characters responsible
of the ideas. Altogether, this is a fun book.
I received this book
from Net Galley for this review.
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