Haunted home renovation mysteries
Author
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"Since she took over her father's construction business, 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 renovation 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 tracking down the killer, she can rid herself of the ghostly presence...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"General contractor Melanie Turner's latest restoration is a historic Queen Anne Victorian in San Francisco's Cow Hollow neighborhood. Trouble is, she'll have to work around the owners, the Daley family, who refuse to leave during the construction. But when eerie things start happening around the site, the Daleys threaten to call off the renovation for fear that the work is disrupting ghosts who live on the property. But the ghosts aren't the only...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Word has spread that contractor Mel Turner can communicate with the spirits of the dead, and she{u2019}s having a hard time maintaining a low profile. She decides to embrace her reputation for the chance to restore a historic house that calls to her. The new owners, who hope to run a haunted bed-and-breakfast, want Mel to encourage the ghosts that supposedly roam the halls to enhance the house{u2019}s paranormal charm. The catch: Mel has to spend...
Author
Series
Publisher
Obsidian Mystery
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
While helping her boyfriend, Graham, who is managing the stone-by-stone reconstruction of an ancient Scottish building, uncover any paranormal activity, San Francisco contractor Mel Turner stumbles upon a dead body and must lay the foundation to trap a killer before they all meet the same fate.
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
San Francisco millionaire Andrew Flynt wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Flynts that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"When her friend Alicia hires Turner Construction to renovate a historic lighthouse in the San Francisco Bay, Mel Turner can't wait to get her hands dirty. Alicia plans to transform the island property into a welcoming inn, and while Mel has never attempted a project so ambitious--or so tall--before, she's definitely up for the challenge. But trouble soon arises when Alicia's abusive ex-husband shows up to threaten both her and Mel, and later turns...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Mel Turner can't resist the chance to bring the Crockett Theatre, a decrepit San Francisco Art Deco movie palace, back to life. But there's a catch for Turner Construction: Several artists are currently squatting in the building, and they aren't the only ones haunting the once-grand halls of the historic theater. When Mel discovers that the former owner of the Crockett Theatre died under mysterious circumstances, and that there just might be a connection...