How to Murder Your Contractor

＂Joey thought building my house was his ticket to unearned riches. He was wrong. Unforgivably wrong. Where is Joey now? Let’s just say that I was Joey’s final customer. I can make that statement with authority.＂Anne Evans Carlton is a woman with a simple goal: to serve Thanksgiving dinner in the ’retirement dream home’ she is building with her husband, Matt. All that stands in her way is Joey McCoy: possibly the worst contractor ever to be entrusted with the building of a new house. How to Murder Your Contractor is the story of a battle of wits between Anne and Joey. Joey’s goal is simple: stretch the job out and keep inventing ’up-charges’. But Joey hasn’t planned on Anne’s determination or Matt’s legal prowess. Neither has he taken into account Anne’s unusual circle of friends. They’re multi-day Jeopardy winners, Master Gardeners, and equestrian jumping champions. They bring an arsenal of ideas - many of them deadly - to the task of either getting Joey to do his job right, or to get Joey out of the way once and for all.

Neal Sanders is the author of ten mysteries, many of them with horticultural themes. A retired high technology executive, he and his wife, Betty, recently built a new home near Boston.