Awl Shook Up

Hometown Hardware Mysteries: Book 4

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Genres

Rural Suspense, Paranormal Cozy Mystery, Crime Mystery, Paranormal Women's Fiction, Women Sleuths, Cozy Murder Mystery, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Death

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Series

Hometown Hardware Mysteries — Book 4

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Publication Date

Aug 11, 2026

Page Length

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Awl Shook Up

Hometown Hardware Mysteries: Book 4

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Blurb

Murder has hardware store owner Dawna Carpenter all shook up.

Pine Bluff, Oregon's annual Winter Carnival is the perfect remedy for the cabin fever that has hit the town hard. Dawna pulls on her bobby socks for this year's 50s-themed event, ready to relax and mingle after a long winter.

But with the angry high school French teacher spitting nails at half the town, the social event of the winter is anything but relaxing. What should have been a fun evening ends in disaster when Dawna's daughter, April, finds the teacher sitting behind his desk, dead as a doornail. To make matters worse, his ghost is still in the classroom, unaware he's just been murdered. With an ice storm in the forecast, Dawna must chisel out the clues to find the killer before there's another nail in a coffin.

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Genres

Rural Suspense, Paranormal Cozy Mystery, Crime Mystery, Paranormal Women's Fiction, Women Sleuths, Cozy Murder Mystery, and Novels

Trigger Warnings

Death

Type of Ending

Series

Hometown Hardware Mysteries — Book 4

Series Read Order

Reading prior books is not required

Author Prefers A Review On

Goodreads, Amazon, BookBub, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo

Reader Spots Remaining

Number of days to read

Publication Date

Aug 11, 2026

Page Length

290 pages

Available Formats

ePub and PDF

Author

I grew up in a small, Pacific Northwest town that instilled a lifelong love of small towns and country living, along with a deep love for pie, family history, and the possibility of ghosts. My grandfather was a building contractor and together my grandparents owned and operated a hardware store and lumberyard in my hometown. I spent many hours as a kid tagging along with Grandma in the store. I write the Hometown Hardware Mysteries, as well as the Zen Goat Mysteries, written as Janna Rollins.

Today, my husband and I live on a small hobby farm in SW Washington with a plethora of furry and feathered creatures.

When I'm not writing or reading, I love to bake, garden, and spend time with the grandkids.