Triple Witch

A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery

By: Sarah Graves

Narrated by: Lindsay Ellison

Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

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. 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 old house can hold.

©1999 Sarah Graves (P)2009 BBC Audio

Critic reviews

"[T]he cozy details of small-town life and home repair make for an enjoyable read." ( Publishers Weekly)

Weak Female Main Character

As a Maine native, I wanted to love a story set in Washington County where I have very fond memories of digging clams and eating lobster rolls. The narrator does a fairly decent Down East ascent, with the exception of pronouncing Bangor as banger. Hint, there is no R in the Maine dialect, where beer is pronounced be-a.

However, the main character is incredibly weak and uneven, making her very difficult to like or admire. Jocobia was a financial wizard on Wall Street, who suddenly moved to Eastport Maine, where she miraculously knows everything about restoring an old house. Really?

Worst of all, she allows her surgeon ex-husband to insult and belittle her, supposedly to keep the peace for her teenage son. In reality, she is teaching Sam that it's okay to treat women like dirt. I can't image why this obviously talented female author would create such a sad and depressing character.

Hopefully Jocobia grows a backbone - and feeds the asshole ex-husband to a black bear - before I totally lose interest in this series...

Help!

I buy books with the concept of finishing them...and I may have finished this one I am not sure as I kept falling asleep. The narrator is boring and her voice sounds just old enough that I pictured the main character as a house frump..if I wanted that I would just call my mom. I had trouble caring about the characters as they were never properly cared for by the writer. It seemed that people came and went without me getting to know them, like a check-out counter. I dont recommend this book unless you need a nap.

My new go to books

The more I read into this series the more I like them. Narrator was great (aside from the fact some characters sounds a bit older than what they should be) but it's hard to voice different characters by yourself so I wasn't even upset by that. I've been waiting for the next Nora Roberts book to be published so I decided I would read a few 'new' authors books and I have not been disappointed with this or the Cat Got Your series that I read prior to these. I'm excited to go to the next book now that the ex is seemingly a new permanent and Wade gets funnier and funnier. Can't wait to see what trouble Jake and Ellie get into next.

Loved it

Just as good as the first. Can't wait to listen to the next one. And the ones after that too!

Very good story super good performance

I have read this author before, but I think I liked this book "out of all the others" the best. The book is placed in the state of Maine with all the glories of that state. The main character is smart caring and brave. She tells us all about the challenges of life living in Maine, restoring an "old" house, with a live in ghost. She has a teenage son , crazed ex husband, a great boyfriend "all living with her", and there is murder in town. This is a small town where everyone knows everybody and everything about everybody! There is so much more to tell , read the book it's mysterious exciting great.

This reader's performance, is one of the best if not the best I have listened to! She really added to the book.

The author is a prolific writer, many books to pick from. This makes me happy, as I can count on good times from her books. Some authors books can disappoint, "not this one."

If you are a member of Audible books, and a Amazon Prime member, "I am," (this book is a free book!). What can I say (score) fun good read, free. and with staying at home I get books on line, yeah internet.

This book was fun , and a really good mysterious story. Recommend book, recommend author, recommend reader.

Well Done

This is a well written story with great characters and a well developed mystery. I love the town of Eastport Maine. It's almost another character in the story.

Loved it!

Don't miss this second in the series. Sarah Graves dances a fine line in this genre. She keeps it light...but the story still touches on serious topics and there is character development. Not many in this genre manage the finesse Ms. Graves does.

Second in the series and looking forward more

Would you listen to Triple Witch again? Why?

Yes, great book, a lot of detail

Any additional comments?

I like this kind of book, not too heavy, good humour, enough of a mystery to keep you going.

Entertaining

I have read the first and second book of this series and will probably read the third. If I have nothing else to read. While it is entertaining, there are things about the book that is annoying. While Jake and her family are well developed characters, many of the other characters seem to fall into stereotypes. I know that small towns are prone to gossip, but I wonder if people in Maine all have guns and tend to be closed mouth about their feelings and family. It sounded like Graves was talking about a small town in the Appalachians. I guess that is a stereotype that I have about that region. Also, the tie with New York should be cut. Is this the only town in Maine that people from New York want to? And does Jacobia have to know them? I thought New York was a big city. Anyway, it was a good story. I like the developments with Jacobia's family. Like I said I will read another book in this series.

Good mystery, main character needs a backbone

I enjoy the mysteries. They're good little stories but as is the case in a lot of these books the main character can get annoying at times. Mainly because she lets her ex husband walk all over her and for all the talk in her head about finally putting him in his place, she never actually does. At the end he even moves there beside her and still walks in her house and eats her food whenever he wants without her saying anything.