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When DIY enthusiast Jacobia Jake Tiptree and her friend, Ellie White, agree to refurbish Eastport's most disreputable old dwelling, Harlequin House, pulling up the floorboards reveals something far more sinister than dry rot. A hidden trapdoor unearths the skeleton of a notorious 1920s flapper with a fresh corpse sitting neatly beside her. With a good old-fashioned Maine murder on their hands, Jake and Ellie are hot on the trail of the murderer - but this time more than their reputations may be on the line.
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Nail Biter
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- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Jake Tiptree has a problem. A coven of self-styled witches has taken over her Eastport, Maine, waterfront rental property for Halloween - and their repair requests are annoyingly frequent. But while Jake is normally game to take on any fixer-upper challenge, she'd rather be tackling her own needed repairs on her 1823 Federal-style home. Until, that is, preacher Gene Dibble turns up dead - and the whole town is convinced that Jake and her tenants are up to sorcery and skullduggery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars
- By Beatrice on 03-25-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Trap Door
- Home Repair Is Homicide, Book 10
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 32
Spring has sprung in Eastport, Maine, and in Jacobia Jake Tiptree's 1823 Federal style fixer-upper, that means a housecleaning so thorough even the skeletons in the closet get polished! But nothing can prepare Jake for what she'll uncover: a trio of mysteries certain to make her usual home repair projects seem as simple as scraping paint. What do an old book hidden in Jake's cellar, the appearance of her ex-husband's ghost, and the murder of her housekeeper's son have in common? Only Jake can jigsaw the clues into place - and she'd better do it fast, before a killer snares her in a trap she can't escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dark but good
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Unhinged
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- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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It began with the mysterious disappearance of Harriet Hollingsworth - Eastport, Maine's, snoopiest resident. Everyone is convinced the old busybody bolted out of town to escape her creditor - everyone except Jake and her best friend, Ellie, who suspect otherwise. But they'll need to come up with proof more sinister than a pair of abandoned binoculars. Just as Jake starts poking around for clues, things take a troubling turn for the worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent addition to a great series
- By Beatrice on 01-05-13
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The Book of Old Houses
- The Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries, Book 11
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great installment
- By Dawn on 08-18-19
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A Face at the Window
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
As a toddler, Jacobia Tiptree watched a man kill her mother. Jake once believed that man to be her father. Now, 35 years after the murder, as the real killer's long-delayed trial is about to begin, the defendant has vanished. Jake tries to distract herself from murder with the constant attempts to keep her 1823 Federal-style fixer-upper from tumbling down on her head. But when her best friend's infant daughter suddenly goes missing, Jake feels her dark past wrapping itself around her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Missed the Mark
- By N. Richard on 01-22-09
By: Sarah Graves
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Mallets Aforethought
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4 out of 5 stars 60
When DIY enthusiast Jacobia Jake Tiptree and her friend, Ellie White, agree to refurbish Eastport's most disreputable old dwelling, Harlequin House, pulling up the floorboards reveals something far more sinister than dry rot. A hidden trapdoor unearths the skeleton of a notorious 1920s flapper with a fresh corpse sitting neatly beside her. With a good old-fashioned Maine murder on their hands, Jake and Ellie are hot on the trail of the murderer - but this time more than their reputations may be on the line.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better and Better
- By Beatrice on 03-28-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Nail Biter
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- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 50
Jake Tiptree has a problem. A coven of self-styled witches has taken over her Eastport, Maine, waterfront rental property for Halloween - and their repair requests are annoyingly frequent. But while Jake is normally game to take on any fixer-upper challenge, she'd rather be tackling her own needed repairs on her 1823 Federal-style home. Until, that is, preacher Gene Dibble turns up dead - and the whole town is convinced that Jake and her tenants are up to sorcery and skullduggery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 stars
- By Beatrice on 03-25-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Trap Door
- Home Repair Is Homicide, Book 10
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story4 out of 5 stars 32
Spring has sprung in Eastport, Maine, and in Jacobia Jake Tiptree's 1823 Federal style fixer-upper, that means a housecleaning so thorough even the skeletons in the closet get polished! But nothing can prepare Jake for what she'll uncover: a trio of mysteries certain to make her usual home repair projects seem as simple as scraping paint. What do an old book hidden in Jake's cellar, the appearance of her ex-husband's ghost, and the murder of her housekeeper's son have in common? Only Jake can jigsaw the clues into place - and she'd better do it fast, before a killer snares her in a trap she can't escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dark but good
- By Beatrice on 04-09-14
By: Sarah Graves
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Unhinged
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 60
It began with the mysterious disappearance of Harriet Hollingsworth - Eastport, Maine's, snoopiest resident. Everyone is convinced the old busybody bolted out of town to escape her creditor - everyone except Jake and her best friend, Ellie, who suspect otherwise. But they'll need to come up with proof more sinister than a pair of abandoned binoculars. Just as Jake starts poking around for clues, things take a troubling turn for the worse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another excellent addition to a great series
- By Beatrice on 01-05-13
By: Sarah Graves
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The Book of Old Houses
- The Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteries, Book 11
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great installment
- By Dawn on 08-18-19
By: Sarah Graves
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A Face at the Window
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 66
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4 out of 5 stars 41
As a toddler, Jacobia Tiptree watched a man kill her mother. Jake once believed that man to be her father. Now, 35 years after the murder, as the real killer's long-delayed trial is about to begin, the defendant has vanished. Jake tries to distract herself from murder with the constant attempts to keep her 1823 Federal-style fixer-upper from tumbling down on her head. But when her best friend's infant daughter suddenly goes missing, Jake feels her dark past wrapping itself around her.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Missed the Mark
- By N. Richard on 01-22-09
By: Sarah Graves
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Repair to Her Grave
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Jacobia Tiptree and her teenage son are used to their Eastport, Maine, home attracting more than its share of houseguests. This year Jake is hoping the plaster dust will keep them away while she finally gets her gem of a fixer-upper into shape - from doorknobs and chandeliers to ghostly phenomena... But when the charming and mysterious Jonathan Raines appears on her doorstep and then just as suddenly disappears, remodeling the house becomes the least of Jake's problems.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a great read!!!
- By Beatrice on 05-01-11
By: Sarah Graves
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Wreck the Halls
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
Christmas is just weeks away, but what Jacobia Jake Tiptree discovers at Faye Anne Carmody's house is far from festive: a dazed Faye Anne covered with blood. Her no-good husband, Merle--Eastport's butcher and least-liked citizen--is nowhere in sight. Nowhere, that is, until Jake finds his body--wrapped in his own butcher paper. It looks like an open-and-shut case, but Jake isn't convinced. Then another resident turns up dead, and Jake knows the trail doesn't begin--or end--with Merle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining few hours
- By Stacey on 03-20-15
By: Sarah Graves
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Wicked Fix
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 78
For ex-Wall Streeter Jacobia Jake Tiptree and her teenage son, Sam, September promises tranquil days winter-proofing their rambling handyman's special of a home in Eastport, Maine. But there's nothing idyllic about this Down East autumn. For starters, the return of truly vicious native son Reuben Tate stirs up the town. And when somebody slits Reuben's throat and hangs his corpse on the cemetery gate, the police trace a bloodied scalpel to surgeon Victor Tiptree - Jake's former husband.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Meet the neighbors.
- By Kindle Customer on 07-20-16
By: Sarah Graves
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Crawlspace
- A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 138
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 112
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 114
The infamous Dodd murders are hardly among Eastport's 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 she's about as welcome as a spoiled clam. But surely no one would harm a crime writer out of a sense of civic pride--or would they?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another winner
- By Beatrice on 08-10-11
By: Sarah Graves
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Triple Witch
- A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 134
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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 dilapidated fixer-upper, she looks forward to repairing old radiators and restoring antique shutters 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 friend and fellow sleuth, Ellie White - is the first victim.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Help!
- By Brenda on 12-06-09
By: Sarah Graves
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Knockdown
- A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 53
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4 out of 5 stars 44
Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree is deep in her latest home improvement project when she notices the man repeatedly biking past her house. His face is unsettlingly familiar, but his chilling message seems inexplicable: Blood shows up again. Murder will out. Back in her days as a hotshot financial manager she did business with plenty of shady characters, but she's still baffled as to the identity of her nemesis - until she receives a photo of a murdered man. Now Jake knows what she's up against.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Knock out
- By beatrice on 01-21-12
By: Sarah Graves
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A Bat in the Belfry
- A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery, Book 16
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 67
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
As an epic nor'easter bears down on the idyllic island town of Eastport, Maine, Jacobia Tiptree hurries to prepare her antique house for the big blow, while the town battles to evacuate tourists and save the beloved 200-year-old Seaman's Church steeple, threatened by the storm. But when a local teen beauty-pageant winner from a troubled family is found murdered in the steeple's bell tower and Jake's son Sam's visiting childhood friend comes under scrutiny as a suspect, the resulting storm of gossip and suspicion rivals anything the Atlantic could brew up.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Her Best Yet!!!
- By Beatrice on 06-21-13
By: Sarah Graves
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Dead Level
- A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery, Book 15
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 45
>Driving deep into the woods to her husband's cottage with her best friend in tow, Jake knows she has a challenging week ahead of her. Aside from saying good-bye to paved roads and indoor plumbing, Jake bet her husband that she could finish building the cottage porch in only a few days. But as they set to work, they soon realize that they're not alone. Recently escaped from prison and having fled into the woods, Dewey Hooper recognizes Jake the instant he sees her. Her testimony got him sent away for murder years ago and here he can finally exact his revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another Great Entry
- By Beatrice on 06-27-12
By: Sarah Graves
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The Dead Cat Bounce
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 250
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 195
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 195
Since she bought her rambling fixer-upper of a house, Jacobia Tiptree has gotten used to finding things broken. But her latest problem isn't so easily repaired. Along with the rotting floor joists and sagging support beams, there's the little matter of the dead man in Jake's storeroom, an ice pick planted firmly in his cranium. Jake's unknown guest turns out to be local boy turned billionaire Threnody McIlwaine.
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3 out of 5 stars
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too slow of a story...
- By Annette on 03-13-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
Jake and Ellie have been through a lot together, from home repair to homicide investigation. So when they decide to open a chocolate-themed bakery, they figure it'll be a piece of cake. With Ellie's old family recipes luring in customers, they expect to make plenty of dough this Fourth of July weekend. Having family home for the holiday only sweetens the deal for Jake - that is, until the ill wind of an early-season hurricane blows up her family's plans. But as bitter as the storm is, something even more sinister is brewing in the kitchen of The Chocolate Moose - where health inspector Matt Muldoon is found murdered.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Jake and Ellie are back
- By Beatrice on 02-06-18
By: Sarah Graves
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Death by Chocolate Malted Milkshake
- By: Sarah Graves
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
The island fishing village of Eastport has plenty of salty local character. It also has a sweet side, thanks to Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree, her best friend Ellie, and their waterfront bake shop. This summer, Eastport's favorite lovebirds, kindergarten teacher Sharon Sweetwater and Coast Guard Captain Andy Devine‚ are getting married. The gala reception is sure to be the fête of the season, especially with a wedding-cake-sized whoopie pie. But the celebratory air, and sweet smell of success‚ are ruined by foul murder.
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4 out of 5 stars
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LOVE THE READ - STILL ACCLIMATING TO THE NEW
- By Debbie Lacey on 05-01-19
By: Sarah Graves
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Cat Me If You Can
- Cat in the Stacks Mystery Series, Book 13
- By: Miranda James
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 51
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Charlie and Diesel, along with Charlie's fiancee, Helen Louise Brady, are heading to Asheville, North Carolina, to spend a week at a boutique hotel and participate in a gathering of a mystery reader's club composed of patrons of the Athena Public Library. The always spry Ducote sisters, friends of the hotel's owners, are helping underwrite the expenses, and they've insisted that Charlie, Helen, and Diesel join them. When an intrusive, uninvited guest turns up dead, only one mystery club member with a connection to the deceased appears to have a motive to kill.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Cat me if you can
- By becky mcdaniel on 09-28-20
By: Miranda James
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- Sophielei
- 07-21-14
I've come to dislike most of the characters
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I think this will be the last book I buy from this series. I just don't like most of the characters any more. The son is a jerk. The ex-girlfriend has no self-respect, the main character, Jacobia, violates people's rights without a qualm. and without retribution. Only the ex-husband, Victor, seems to have any personality. And the clincher is that both Victor and Jacobia were born with the last name of Tiptree. yeah, right.
The plots used to be fun and interesting but now even I can figure it out before Jacobia.
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- Beatrice
- 03-25-18
Better and Better
I really enjoy this series. What I like most is that everyone does not walk around with rose colored glasses. The interactions between the characters are realistic and the pacing of there is a lot of action to keep me interested in the story.