Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly

 Dead Post Society

Book Summary

The seventh in the House-Flipper mystery series set in Nashville, TN, where the real estate market is to die for.

This year's honor roll is killer...

Carpenter Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck are no strangers to murder. After all, they’ve encountered corpses on their properties before. But this is the first time they’d decided to take a chance on a property where two suspicious deaths have already occurred. Most buildings on the former boarding school property will be repurposed for an upscale retirement community, but the developer has no use for the headmaster’s house given its violent history. The headmaster and his wife were killed there decades earlier, their deaths remaining unsolved to this day.

Still, it seems a shame to see the beautiful Victorian give way to decay or the wrecking ball, even if many claim the unsettled souls of the victims still wander its halls, seeking retribution and justice. Can Whitney and Buck exorcise the structure’s demons, solve the cold case, and give the building new life? Or will ghosts from the past seek to silence them forever?

My Thoughts

Dead Post Society by Diane Kelly is an entertaining cozy mystery.  I always look forward to catching up with Whitney, Buck, and Sawdust in the latest A House Flipper Mystery.  While Dead Post Society is the seventh A House Flipper Mystery, it can be read as a standalone (but you will want to read all the books in this cute series).  Whitney and Buck have purchased a brick Victorian to flip, but it has a history.  Whitney finds a bullet in a decrepit porch post and then bullet holes in the house that line up with the bullet’s final location.  Whitney does some digging and learns about the crime that occurred in the Victorian many years ago (this is a very cold case). 

There are strange shadows and noises in the house. I suspected who the guilty party was early on but enjoyed following Whitney in her quest for the truth.  I like Whitney who is smart and caring plus she has a husband who loves and understands her (she also loves cats).  Whitney is also an excellent carpenter who rocks a pair of overalls.  The ending is sweet, and fans of the series will love it.  There is a poem at the beginning of each chapter that ties in nicely with the books title.  I love the chapters from Sawdust’s point of view.  The author really captures cat behavior and, I think, how they think (I laugh at Sawdust’s thoughts).   Dead Post Society is a cute cozy with a decrepit Victorian, a bullet in a post, a cold case, a clever cat, and a cheerful couple.

Dead Post Society is available from Amazon.  The next A House Flipper Mystery is The Barn Identity which will be out on March 31, 2026 (such a long wiat).  You can find the other A Housse Flipper Mysteries here.  If you follow Diane Kelly on Amazon, they will send you an email when she has a new book release.  Thank you for popping by today.  I will return on Tuesday, April 22 with The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter.  I hope that you have a a very Happy Easter. I have my mother's Snoopy in a bunny costume and woodstock wearing a decorated egg costume ready to go inside her Easter basket (they are adorable). We will have a traditional Easter meal on Sunday (brown sugar ham, a sweet potato for my mother, and rolls).  Take care and Happy Reading!

Kris

The Avid Reader

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