Triple Witch
On sale
31st July 2014
Price: £5.99
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ebook / ISBN-13: 9781444793000
Jacobia Tiptree saved her sanity – and her son, Sam – the day she abandoned Wall Street for the seacoast village of Eastport, Maine. In her new home, a charmingly dialpidated fixer-upper, she looks forward to repairing old radiators and restoring antique shutter for years to come. But Jake’s hopes of serenity are dashed when tiny Eastport erupts in a crime wave.
Hometown bad boy Kenny Mumford – old flame of Jake’s best fiend and fellow sleuth, Ellie White – is the first victim. When his corpse washes up on the beach at Prince’s Cove, all evidence points to a drowning… except the bullet hole in his forehead.
When bodies begin littering the Maine scenery, Jake and Ellie learn that the ante on Kenny’s small-town antics has been upped. Add a pair of unwelcome arrivals – Jake’s ex-husband, and an unscrupulous New York ex-money mogul – and you’ve got a blueprint for more deadly danger than one house can hold.
Hometown bad boy Kenny Mumford – old flame of Jake’s best fiend and fellow sleuth, Ellie White – is the first victim. When his corpse washes up on the beach at Prince’s Cove, all evidence points to a drowning… except the bullet hole in his forehead.
When bodies begin littering the Maine scenery, Jake and Ellie learn that the ante on Kenny’s small-town antics has been upped. Add a pair of unwelcome arrivals – Jake’s ex-husband, and an unscrupulous New York ex-money mogul – and you’ve got a blueprint for more deadly danger than one house can hold.
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Reviews
A 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.
Think Diane Mott Davidson with a tool belt instead of recipes!
TRIPLE WITCH is a pleasure to read. Jake Tiptree is an engaging, appealing character.
Anyone 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.
Like 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.
[Graves] describes the beauty of the Eastport area with a pure eye for both its wonders and weaknesses. This is a well-written...novel with a plot that keeps you pulled in close.