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The Knife Before Christmas

Fixer-Upper Mysteries, Book 11

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The Knife Before Christmas

By: Kate Carlisle
Narrated by: Jae Delane
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Contractor Shannon Hammer hopes for a peaceful Christmas with her fiancé, Mac, until murder throws a wrench in her holiday plans in a brand-new installment of the USA Today best-selling Fixer-Upper Mystery Series.

Christmas has come to Lighthouse Cove, but business hasn’t slowed down for Shannon Hammer. She’s been contracted to renovate a local hotel owned by the Garrisons, a family that’s so devoted to the holidays they serve a seven-course dinner every night from Thanksgiving through Christmas. Last year’s festivities featured a train that transported guests around the breathtaking Cliffside property. This year, Shannon and her crew have been commissioned to build a Victorian-style carnival midway with games and prizes galore.

Everyone in town loves the hotel’s spirit, except the Garrisons’ children and their spouses, who are hum-bugged by the money being wasted on holiday cheer while their inheritance goes up the chimney. Things turn nasty when a mischief-maker close to the family is found dead. It’s up to Shannon and Mac to catch a sinister Scrooge before all of Lighthouse Cove receives coal for Christmas.

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About the Creator-Kate Carlisle

About the Creator

New York Times bestselling author Kate Carlisle worked in television for many years before turning to writing. Inspired by the northern seaside towns of her native California, where Victorian mansions grace the craggy cliffs and historic lighthouses warn fishermen and smugglers alike, Kate was drawn to create the Fixer-Upper Mysteries, featuring small-town girl Shannon Hammer, a building contractor specializing in home restoration. Kate also writes the New York Times bestselling Bibliophile Mysteries, featuring Brooklyn Wainwright.

About the performer-Jae Delane

About the Performer

Jae Delane is the pseudonym used by award-winning audiobook narrator, Jeanette Illidge. An Earphones Award recipient and two-time Audie Award nominee, her expressive and versatile performances can be heard on a little over 100 books across a broad range of genres, most notably in YA fiction, romance, and fantasy. A graduate of The Savannah College of Art & Design with a BFA in performing arts, Jeanette is a trained theater actor with over 15 years of professional performance experience. She has a love of books and a sincere passion for storytelling, and she strives to honor the words and the work of each and every author. Proud member of SAG-AFTRA. Learn more at iamjeanette.com.

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Weak plot, horrible character voices sounds like high school drama interspersed throughout. What grown successful women give energy to such nonsense and antics? Why not focus on wedding dates and venues rather than high school architecture ene

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Christmas Fixer-Upper Cozy Mystery

The Knife Before Christmas (Fixer-Upper Mystery) by Kate Carlisle
Rating: 4 stars (Audiobook narrated by Jae Delane)
The Knife Before Christmas is the 11th book in Kate Carlisle's Fixer-Upper Mystery series and it is a good addition to the series. It is Christmas and contractor Shannon Hammer and her crew have a job setting up and running the Fun Zone with a carousel, old-fashioned games and Santa. The Fun Zone is part of the Garrison family's hotel and it is a popular local attraction. There are quite a few members of the Garrison family plus Shannon, her fiance Mac, sister Chloe, Chloe's boyfriend the Police Chief, and some locals. Kate Carlisle does a good job with helping the reader keep all of the characters straight. One of the Garrison family members ends up dead and Shannon and Mac find them. The death is a bit gruesome and the details are mentioned a few times. Shannon and Mac make a great sleuthing team and I like how they discuss the details especially because Mac is a famous thriller writer. At times it seems like the characters and relationships overshadow the cozy mystery. There are many warm moments which are nice in a Christmas cozy. This was an enjoyable story and the audiobook is well done. #TheKnifeBeforeChristmas #AFixerUpperMystery #Berkley #KateCarlisle

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Well written cozy mystery with engaging characters and an entertaining plot. I look forward to the next book.

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Thus knife was full of unnecessary prose

This book was unlike the other books. The first chapter or so should have been a summary for this who didn’t know the characters. Then, instead of having the readers experience the characters doing things, she told us what they did. The adventure that is usually in her books was missing. I love what this author writes but this was not up to par.

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Slow paced. Too many characters presented at once

Just couldn’t through the first 30 mins. So slow and too many people to try and track

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So Disappointing

I really like this series and had been looking forward to this release. What an incredible disappointment. Awkward, stilted dialogue. Strange incongruous behavior from supporting characters. Several times I had to rewind and listen again because things just didn’t make sense. If you fed the previous books into chat gpt and asked the computer to write a new one this is the disjointed product you would expect.
Very disappointing.

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This is terribly written by AI. Almost hilarious because it is so bad.

So bad. No words really. It has to be a joke? Clearly not written by a person.

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feels like it was ai written

I miss the other narrator and the story feels like it was written by ai. the other stories in this series have been great!

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How boring it was!

This was a boring book! I’m glad I got it for free, or I would have been mad!

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One of the worst audible listens I've experienced.

The writer used nothing but clichés and
dull lifeless narratives, trying to make this a Hallmark style Christmas story. It was a painful listen.

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