Author: Sarah Graves Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Cozy Mystery
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ISBNs: 9780553585773 0553585770 |
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Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree left her high-powered career for a dilapidated fixer-upper and the dream of a quiet existence in the quaint town of Eastport, Maine. But she found that no matter how carefully you remodel your life, murder can take up residence anywhere. It's Eastport's most notorious landmark: the old Harlequin House. Named for the disgraced physician Chester Harlequin, it was used as a hideout for gunshot gangsters and their molls during Prohibition's heyday. Now fixer-upper enthusiast Jake Tiptree and Harlequin's only living descendant, Ellie White, are refurbishing the mansard-roofed mansion to host the local Historical Society's upcoming gala. But when stripping down old wallpaper reveals a secret door to a room containing not one but two corpses, Jake and Ellie once again find home repair leading to homicide. One of the bodies is a skeleton dressed in 1920s flapper chic. But the other is that of real-estate mogul Hector Gosling, and in his pocket is a paper bearing the single word 'Guilty.' The less-than-scrupulous tycoon has been poisoned, and when it's learned that the offending substance is the poison that Ellie's husband George has been using to kill red ants, he is immediately taken into custody. Then it develops that George had recently accused Gosling of a scheme to scam George's vulnerable old aunt out of her life savings'and George out of his inheritance. With George held for murder, Jake and a pregnant Ellie swing into action. In between Ellie's Lamaze sessions, baby showers, and CPR classes taught by Jake's ex-husband Victor, the two amateur sleuths must sift their way through a trail of seemingly contradictory clues. Then another corpse surfaces and suddenly Jake and Ellie realize they must find this killer fast. A clever culprit is not only building an airtight case against Ellie's husband. He'or she'is planning to nail everyone who stands in the way. From the Hardcover edition.
This book is part of the "Home Repair is Homicide" series. Here are some other books from this series:
 | "A Bat in the Belfry" First published in 2013 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Knockdown" First published in 2011 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Crawlspace" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "A Face at the Window" First published in 2008 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Trap Door" First published in 2006 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Nail Biter" First published in 2005 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Unhinged" First published in 2003 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Wreck the Halls" First published in 2001 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "The Dead Cat Bounce" First published in 1997 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Triple Witch" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
 | "Wicked Fix" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: |
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