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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 — show more with Merle. Jake had planned to spend the winter rehabilitating her old house, but now she'll have to work on nailing a killer before her beloved town gets even smaller.. show less
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When Jacobia and Ellie show up at Faye Anne's on Monday morning they find her covered in blood and unable to remember what has happened. Her husband is in pieces in the butchering annex. Faye Anne is taken to jail but Jake and Ellie are sure that the obvious is not the truth. Soon a long list of people surface who are glad to see the end of wife beater, blackmailer Merle, but who is the real killer. Interspersed throughout the story are Jake's daily minor hassles, a missing fishing boat and crew, dealings with new husband, son and ex-husband, getting ready for Christmas and lots of home repair. Another good mystery set in Eastport, ME. Unfortunately ME is freezing in December and Graves made me feel that cold, the freezing rain and the show more brutal winds that her main characters were out in a lot! show less
I didn't figure this one out, though maybe I should have! Instead, I found myself trying to quickly look back at the book in light of the ending, trying to see how it all fit together. One thing that definitely was frightening about the book was the idea of stalkers - it's amazing how easily a sociopath can make life terrifying for the victim (though there was no overt terrorizing going on ... this is a pretty 'cozy' mystery).
this waas cute and with a holiday twist
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Sarah Graves lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal-style house that helped inspire her books. (Publisher Provided) Sarah Graves has been a writer (and a reader!) all her life. She sent her first story to McCall's magazine when she was seven or so. It was about a squirrel lost in the woods. The editors sent a form rejection show more letter, possibly because it was not very realistic for a squirrel to be lost in the woods. But this began her literary career of getting creatures (especially human creatures) into peril, and letting them figure out how to get themselves out again. She is best known for her Home repair is Homicide Series. Her titles include: Knockdown, Crawlspace, A Face in the Window, and A Bat in the Belfry. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Wreck the Halls
- Original publication date
- 2001-11-27
- People/Characters
- Jacobia Tiptree; Ellie White; Faye Anne Carmody; Bob Arnold; Wade Sorenson; George Valentine (show all 9); Victor Tiptree; Sam Tiptree; Maggie
- Important places
- Eastport, Maine, USA
- Dedication
- For John Squibb
- First words
- Blood was everywhere, so much of it that at first Ellie and I didn't realize what it was or understand what we'd walked into.
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