The Interrogation Room: A Q&A with Diane Kelly, author of the House-Flipper Mysteries
By Crime HQ
March 24, 2023 Watch on YouTube More: Watch Other Author Interviews
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Whitney Whitaker is a little surprised by her cousin Buck’s latest suggestion for their property-flipping business. He has his eye on a three-bedroom, two-bath property—the sweet spot for any house flipper, with its wide appeal to various house-hunting demographics. The only catch, so to speak, is that this promising new fixer-upper just happens to be…
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Life is certainly seeming far more profitable nowadays for Whitney Whitaker and her cousin Buck after getting their property-flipping business up and running, with several successful projects under their tool belts. Their latest project presents an interesting new challenge though. The abandoned church and parsonage they’ve just purchased have good bones but seem pretty far…
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