Name: Nail Biter

Author: Sarah Graves
Year: 2005
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Mystery, Cozy Mystery

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9780553585797
0553585797
Jacobia '€œJake'€ Tiptree took the dangerous plunge from Wall Street power broker'€“to homeowner! Now the do-it-yourself enthusiast is about to discover that her own dream house is built on a foundation of murder. Buying a beachfront fixer-upper to lease out to Eastport, Maine'€™s, burgeoning tourist crowd seems like a good idea to Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White. But working double-time as landladies to a coven of wannabe witches isn'€™t what they had in mind. And it only gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repair'€“and stumbles on a dead body in the utility shed. A small-time thief and street preacher with a particularly violent message, the deceased was no favorite of Jake'€™s'€“nor of anyone else in Eastport. But what'€™s he doing shot to death on Jake'€™s property? Jake'€™s bewitching tenants'€“including an ex-cop, a con man, and a mute teenage girl'€“claim to have been too busy conjuring spells to have heard or seen a thing. Then a member of the coven disappears without a trace and Jake doesn'€™t think it'€™s a case of witchcraft'€“but a kidnapping...or worse. Scandal, secrets, and a mysterious box buried deep in the foundation of her own home are just the beginning of a mystery that threatens to bring Jake'€™s house'€“and life'€“crashing down. Now she and Ellie are racing to find a missing girl who may be the key to it all...or lead them to a killer holding the final nails to their coffins. Praise for the Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries of Sarah Graves: '€œAnyone who can mix slaughter and screwdrivers is a genius. Plus, anyone who has bought a home that needs even a new toilet seat is probably consumed with murderous thoughts.'€'€”Boston Herald '€œLike the old Victorian homes she describes...Graves'€™ stories seem to grow better with the passing of time....Readers who enjoy solving mysteries and fixing up older homes will appreciate Jake'€™s do-it-yourself expertise in both areas.'€'€”Booklist '€œA sleuth as tough as the nails she drives into the walls of her 1823 Federal home enhances a clever plot, which comes to an unexpected and explosive conclusion. Many will relish the vividly described Down East setting, but for anyone who'€™s ever enjoyed making a home repair it'€™s the accurate details of the restoration of Jake'€™s old house that will appeal.'€'€”Publishers Weekly '€œThink Diane Mott Davidson with a tool belt instead of recipes!'€'€”Denver Post From the Hardcover edition.
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"A Bat in the Belfry"
First published in 2013
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"Knockdown"
First published in 2011
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"Crawlspace"
First published in 2009
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"A Face at the Window"
First published in 2008
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"Trap Door"
First published in 2006
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"Mallets Aforethought"
First published in 2004
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"Unhinged"
First published in 2003
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"Wreck the Halls"
First published in 2001
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"The Dead Cat Bounce"
First published in 1997
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"Triple Witch"
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"Wicked Fix"
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"Repair to Her Grave"
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