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Shot Through the Hearth: 11/24/23

Shot Through the Hearth

Shot Through the Hearth by Kate Carlisle and and Angela Starling (Narrator) (2019) is the seventh book in the Fixer-Upper mystery series. Raphael Nash has an ambitious project for his house and land and has hired Shannon Hammer and her crew to do the transformation. After months of work, with the end in sight, Rafe's ex-business partner is murdered, his body left at the site of the new barn.

Although the entire story covers about nine months construction time, the actual mystery is set within that last week or so, during the first of many environmental conferences Rafe has planned on his property. Unfortunately writing scientists isn't one of the author's strong suits. The ones she focuses on most as either victims or suspects all come off as caricatures rather than people who happen to be scientists.

Yes, there are snobs amongst scientists just as there are in any group or profession. There are some hyper-focused ones too who are otherwise introverts. But like any other facet of society, most scientists are neurotypical.

The mystery itself then wasn't that hard to figure out. Unfortunately their motives stem from a mixture of misunderstanding on how corporate patents work and a lack of nuance for caricaturization.

The eighth book is Premeditated Mortar (2020).

Three stars

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