Home Repair Is Homicide #13
Bantam
January 2010
On Sale: December 29, 2009
Featuring: Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree
288 pages ISBN: 0553806807 EAN: 9780553806809 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree abandoned Wall Street to its bankruptcies and bailouts for a far more rewarding life fixing up an 1823 Federal-style house in Eastport, Maine.
But in Sarah Gravesβs chilling new mystery thriller, Jake discovers that no matter what your address, the most terrifying crimes always hit closest to home.The infamous Dodd murders are hardly among Eastportβs proudest legacies. So when bestselling true-crime author Carolyn Rathbone arrives to research the case for a new book, the locals in the seaside town let her know that sheβs about as welcome as a spoiled clam. But surely no one would harm a crime writer out of a sense of civic prideβor would they?
Jake has her own problems, from the mysteries of old-house insulation to an anonymous caller plaguing her with death threats. But with Carolynβs arrival, the slayings of the wealthy Dodd women suddenly go from cold case to hot topicβ much to someoneβs dismay. For Carolyn Rathboneβs untimely investigation hasnβt only reopened old wounds and stirred up new suspicions; itβs unearthed a string of deadly secretsβones that a cunning killer is grimly determined to rebury right along with Carolyn herself.Suddenly Jake finds herself inescapably targeted by one of the most deranged criminal minds sheβs ever encountered. For as much as she fights to insulate herself from his grisly compulsions, someone with a taste for terror has already crept closer than she dares to imagine. Sheβd rather die than lose the home and family sheβs builtβand that suits her nemesis fine, because her death is just exactly what he has planned.
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