{"id":30238,"date":"2023-05-18T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30238"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T13:07:52","slug":"review-dressed-to-drill-by-kate-carlisle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/18\/review-dressed-to-drill-by-kate-carlisle\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d Dressed to Drill by Kate Carlisle"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30238\" data-postid=\"30238\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30238 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_cj34215 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_0qaa215 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_81jg215 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle.jpg?resize=212%2C346&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30239\" title=\"dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle\" alt=\"dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle.jpg?w=212&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle.jpg?resize=184%2C300&amp;ssl=1 184w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle.jpg?resize=400%2C652&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_tfbb215 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">While Shannon Hammer is thrilled to attend the premiere of the movie based on her boyfriend Mac\u2019s latest book, she can\u2019t wait to trade her killer heels for work boots and start her next renovation project in Lighthouse Cove: a quaint Victorian church that has seen better days. And will see them again\u2014as a museum\u2014if Shannon, her talented crew, and her sister Chloe have anything to say about it.<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">But on the first day of demolition, work comes to a screeching halt when they stumble on the body of a beautiful young woman in one of the chapels. Who killed the assistant art director? Suspects crawl out of the woodwork as fast as Shannon can restore it. The church is hiding a century of secrets from the days that smugglers wreaked havoc on the California coast. But it\u2019s a more recent secret that someone\u00a0killed to protect. Shannon and Mac will use every tool in their toolbox to nail down the truth before any more lives are sacrificed.<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_gexf215 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_8soe215  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> May 2, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>A Fixer-Upper Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>10<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Shannon Hammer<\/strong> and her boyfriend <strong>Mac Sullivan<\/strong> are in Hollywood attending a premiere for the newest movie based on Mac\u2019s latest book. While there, Shannon makes a guest appearance on her sister Chloe\u2019s home renovation program. The trip is fantastic, but when Shannon returns home to Lighthouse Cove there is plenty of work to be done. Her construction company has been hired to renovate a Victorian church into a museum. Shannon and her crew are eager to get started, but on their pre-construction walk-through, they find a dead body in one of the chapels. Shannon is determined to help find the killer and get justice for the young woman who was murdered.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dressed to Drill<\/strong> is the tenth book in the <em>Fixer-Upper<\/em> series, but works well as a standalone. I\u2019ve read some of the prior books, but that\u2019s not necessary to enjoy this one. The best parts of the book and of the series as a whole are those devoted to the projects Shannon works on. There are unique buildings and locations in the series, this time a church. The descriptions were so good I could visualize the church as Shannon and her crew were participating in their walk-through of the building. Shannon, her work crew, and her sister are all very likable characters. My least favorite character, who has appeared before, is Whitney Reid Gallagher. Her interactions with Shannon seem more like the things a middle-school mean girl would say than an adult woman. Whitney could be removed from the story and would not be missed. Other than that, I enjoyed getting to know most of the new characters, even those who become suspects in the murder.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The book is a quick read, even though the pacing is uneven. It starts out strong with the red carpet event in Hollywood, the beginnings of the church project, and the dramatic discovery of the body. Then things slow down, and the investigation doesn\u2019t go anywhere for what seems like a long time. On the positive side, I like that when Shannon does learn something, she shares the information with the police chief, who happens to be her sister\u2019s fianc\u00e9. I was disappointed that Shannon and Mac don\u2019t work together on the case as much as usual, but the scenes in which they do are excellent. Things come together in a surprising way in the investigation, and the resolution is satisfying. I was really pleased by something occurring in Shannon\u2019s personal life, which helped the book end on a high note that fans of the series will especially enjoy.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_show215 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MCJTad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/41IAgv3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle\/1141116028?ean=9780593201367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/dressed-to-drill-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Kate_Carlisle_Dressed_to_Drill?id=pN9iEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Shannon Hammer is thrilled to attend the premiere of the movie based on her boyfriend Mac\u2019s latest book, she can\u2019t wait to trade her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,89,128,48],"tags":[152,223,367,404,405],"class_list":["post-30238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-berkley","category-christine","category-penguin-group","category-reviews","tag-4-stars","tag-cozy-mystery","tag-mystery","tag-recommend","tag-recommended-reads"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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And will see them again\u2014as a museum\u2014if Shannon, her talented crew, and her sister Chloe have anything to say about it.<br \/><br \/>But on the first day of demolition, work comes to a screeching halt when they stumble on the body of a beautiful young woman in one of the chapels. Who killed the assistant art director? Suspects crawl out of the woodwork as fast as Shannon can restore it. The church is hiding a century of secrets from the days that smugglers wreaked havoc on the California coast. But it\u2019s a more recent secret that someone\u00a0killed to protect. Shannon and Mac will use every tool in their toolbox to nail down the truth before any more lives are sacrificed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> May 2, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <em>A Fixer-Upper Mystery<br \/><\/em><strong>Book: <\/strong>10<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $8.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Shannon Hammer<\/strong> and her boyfriend <strong>Mac Sullivan<\/strong> are in Hollywood attending a premiere for the newest movie based on Mac\u2019s latest book. While there, Shannon makes a guest appearance on her sister Chloe\u2019s home renovation program. The trip is fantastic, but when Shannon returns home to Lighthouse Cove there is plenty of work to be done. Her construction company has been hired to renovate a Victorian church into a museum. Shannon and her crew are eager to get started, but on their pre-construction walk-through, they find a dead body in one of the chapels. Shannon is determined to help find the killer and get justice for the young woman who was murdered.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dressed to Drill<\/strong> is the tenth book in the <em>Fixer-Upper<\/em> series, but works well as a standalone. I\u2019ve read some of the prior books, but that\u2019s not necessary to enjoy this one. The best parts of the book and of the series as a whole are those devoted to the projects Shannon works on. There are unique buildings and locations in the series, this time a church. The descriptions were so good I could visualize the church as Shannon and her crew were participating in their walk-through of the building. Shannon, her work crew, and her sister are all very likable characters. My least favorite character, who has appeared before, is Whitney Reid Gallagher. Her interactions with Shannon seem more like the things a middle-school mean girl would say than an adult woman. Whitney could be removed from the story and would not be missed. Other than that, I enjoyed getting to know most of the new characters, even those who become suspects in the murder.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">The book is a quick read, even though the pacing is uneven. It starts out strong with the red carpet event in Hollywood, the beginnings of the church project, and the dramatic discovery of the body. Then things slow down, and the investigation doesn\u2019t go anywhere for what seems like a long time. 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I was really pleased by something occurring in Shannon\u2019s personal life, which helped the book end on a high note that fans of the series will especially enjoy.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3MCJTad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/41IAgv3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/dressed-to-drill-kate-carlisle\/1141116028?ean=9780593201367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/dressed-to-drill-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Kate_Carlisle_Dressed_to_Drill?id=pN9iEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30238"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30244,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30238\/revisions\/30244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}