Spackled and Spooked
by Jennie Bentley

A mystery surfaces behind the walls in the new Do-It-Yourself series.

Home renovation is never easy, especially when the home's inhabitants are dead. Avery's hunky boyfriend and business partner, Derek Ellis, wants to flip a seriously stigmatized ranch house where murder occurred two decades ago. It's a good thing Avery has more faith in her boyfriend than in ghosts.

Their renovations are quickly interrupted when a presence is felt—and it's not happy with the new alterations. Could it really be that the property is possessed? If they're going to flip this house, all the outdated fixtures—including the supernatural squatters—must be disposed of, or else this project will haunt them forever...

Other Books by Jennie Bentley

Home for the Homicide
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #7

Wall-to-Wall Dead
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #6

Flipped Out
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #5

Mortar and Murder
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #4

Plaster and Poison
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #3

Fatal Fixer-Upper
A Do-It-Yourself Mystery #1

Jennie Bentley's Bio

A career as a REALTOR® and professional renovator has given debut author Jennie Bentley plenty of fodder for her new series of Do-It-Yourself Home Renovation Mysteries from Penguin/Putnam.

She has stumbled over dead bodies — those of birds, cockroaches, and the occasional rat; unearthed buried treasure — gorgeous tile floors hidden under ugly vinyl, pristine footed bathtubs covered over with drywall; and had personal experience with just how dangerous renovating a house can be — she and her husband have come close to killing each other on many occasions while renovating the eight houses the family has owned in the past eight years.

Jennie lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with her husband and two children.