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The Book of Old Houses
The Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries (Related to this series)
- Author
- Sarah Graves
- Narrator
- Lindsay Ellison
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 5 June 2018
- Run Time
- 9 hours 5 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
When a mysterious book is unearthed from the foundation of Jake's 1823 fixer-upper, she immediately sends it off to local book historian Horace Robotham. After all, there must be a logical explanation for why the long-buried volume has her name in it—written in what looks suspiciously like blood. But all logic goes out the window when the book disappears—and Horace turns up dead. When two more victims turn up in a town better known for its scenic views and historic homes than its body count, Jake and her comrade-in-sleuthing, Ellie White, need to go on the prowl to find someone who may believe that the pages of an ancient book are the blueprint for a perfect murder.
Critics Review
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“Mixing slaughter with screwdrivers, renovator-author Sarah Graves wields the pen and paintbrush behind the Home Repair is Homicide series.”
Miami Herald
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“In this multi-layered cozy, the eleventh in Graves’ home repair series, Jacobia Jake Tiptree has uncovered what looks to be a very old book while fixing up her 1823 house in Eastport, Maine. Local rare book expert Horace Robotham offers to take a look at it, but then dies in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Jake doesn’t think too much about this until a stranger drives up to her house three weeks after Horace’s death. He introduces himself as a friend of Horace’s, says he might have some information about the book and then asks Jake if he can hide a gun in her house…[the] local color and an entirely unexpected denouement combine for engaging reading.”
Publishers Weekly
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“As usual, Jake, an engaging first-person narrator, keeps the story rolling along smoothly. A little cozier than John Dunning’s series of antiquarian bookman Cliff Janeway, but fans of both series won’t mind crossing over.”
Booklist
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“Packed equally with incidents and tips on household repair.”
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Graves
- Narrator
- Lindsay Ellison
- Duration
- 9 hours 5 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 June 2018
- ISBN
- 9781982541545
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Crime and mystery: women sleuths, Crime and mystery fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery
Synopsis
When a mysterious book is unearthed from the foundation of Jake's 1823 fixer-upper, she immediately sends it off to local book historian Horace Robotham. After all, there must be a logical explanation for why the long-buried volume has her name in it—written in what looks suspiciously like blood. But all logic goes out the window when the book disappears—and Horace turns up dead. When two more victims turn up in a town better known for its scenic views and historic homes than its body count, Jake and her comrade-in-sleuthing, Ellie White, need to go on the prowl to find someone who may believe that the pages of an ancient book are the blueprint for a perfect murder.
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