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The Dead Cat Bounce (Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries)

by Sarah Graves

The Dead Cat Bounce (Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries) Cover

ISBN13: 9780553578577
ISBN10: 055357857x
Condition: Standard
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Publisher Comments:

dead cat bounce n. Stock market jargon for a small, temporary rise in a stock's trading price after a sharp drop.

Since she bought her rambling old 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 firmly planted in his cranium.

Not much happens in her tiny Maine town, but that's about to change. Jake's unknown guest turns out to be a world-famous corporate raider, local boy turned billionaire Threnody McIlwaine. When Jake's best friend, quiet and dependable Ellie White, readily confesses to the murder, cops and journalists swarm into snowbound Eastport.

Jake smells a cover-up, and begins poking into past history between McIlwaine and Ellie's family. But someone doesn't like nosy neighbors...and Jake's rustic refuge may become her final resting place.

Review:

"No cozy this, it's amusing, cynical, yet warm, populated with nice and nasty characters and some dirty secrets...All the ingredients fit the dish of delicious crime chowder."—Booknews from The Poisoned Pen

"In her polished debut, Graves blends charming, evocative digressions about life in Eastport with an intricate plot, well-drawn characters and a wry sense of humor."—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Sarah Graves lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, where her mystery novels are set. She is currently at work on her eleventh Home Repair is Homicide novel.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780553578577
Author:
Graves, Sarah
Publisher:
Crimeline
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Dwellings
Subject:
Maine
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Detective and mystery stories
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Mystery fiction
Subject:
Women sleuths
Subject:
Eastport (Me.) Fiction.
Subject:
Eastport
Subject:
Tiptree, Jacobia,
Subject:
Maine Fiction.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Home Repair is Homicide Mysteries (Paperback)
Publication Date:
February 2004
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
336
Dimensions:
7.08x4.32x.91 in. .36 lbs.

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