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   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  readingover50 | Jun 11, 2019 |   Ellie and Jake bought a house along the coast line to be a rental property. They then got a group of tenants who the town thinks are witches. Then Jake, on one of her many trips to the house to fix stuff that seems to break daily finds a dead body. Soon after that one of the tenants goes missing. A young girl who has a way with animals and doesn't speak at all. Jake and Ellie get involved in that of course, trying to find her since the state guys are busy with the murder, etc. Needless to say it goes along in the way it usually does for the two women. Although this book was a bit more intense than the previous ones. There was also a subplot that was quite intense. And this time in addition to some doosies of home repairs (one with a whole ton of water) there was also a ton of stuff that happened on the water and on boats. I also loved the Tall Isle stuff, only because I know of a couple of islands that you can walk to at low tide and get seriously stuck on them when it becomes high tide (although usually you don't get shot at on them of course). A solid three star book and the end is quite the cliffhanger. (  ) DanieXJ | Jun 19, 2016 | ) Claudia.Anderson | Feb 7, 2016 | ) auntieknickers | Apr 3, 2013 | When Jake and best friend Ellie purchase an old fixer-upper home to eventually rent they are shocked when someone wants to rent it before they even get started on repairs. The people who are renting are rumored to be witches and that sets the locals to gossiping. Then one of the locals is found dead in the shed beside the rental, sending Jake and Ellie on the hunt for the killer. There are some terrific sub-stories here. Child abuse, mutism, and a shocker twist at the end that still have me mulling over the next in the series. No spoilers here but if you've been reading this series and like me are behind, you need to read this one. (  ) bookswoman | Apr 2, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree took the dangerous plunge from Wall Street power broker to homeowner. Now the do-it-yourself enthusiast is about to discover that her own dream house is built on a foundation of murder. Buying a beachfront fixer-upper to lease out to Eastport, Maine's, burgeoning tourist crowd seems like a good idea to Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White. But working double-time as landladies to a coven of wannabe witches is not what they had in mind. And it only gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repairā??and stumbles on a dead body in the utility shed. A small-time thief and street preacher with a particularly violent message, the deceased was no favorite of Jake's nor of anyone else in Eastport. But what's he doing shot to death on Jake's property? Jake's bewitching tenantsā??including an ex-cop, a con man, and a mute teenage girlā??claim to have been too busy conjuring spells to have heard or seen a thing. Then a member of the coven disappears without a trace, and Jake doesn't think it's a case of witchcraft but a kidnappingā??or worse. Scandal, secrets, and a mysterious box buried deep in the foundation of her own home are just the beginning of a mystery that threatens to bring Jake's houseā??and lifeā??crashing down. Now she and Ellie are racing to find a missing girl who may either be the key to it allā??or lead them to a killer holding the final nails t No library descriptions found. |
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I enjoyed reading this book again. I did feel a little mislead by the back cover, stating that she rents her cottage to a group of witches. They weren't really witches and I thought that could have been an interesting plot development. I did like the teen Wanda. Her character seemed a little more thought out. The others in the group were more stereotypes.
I like how supportive Jake's husband is of her sleuthing and crazy behavior. At least he has decided it is useless to try and stop her. I do wonder if she has any self preservation instincts, because she does go headlong into dangerous situations. Agreeing to meet a suspected murderer late at night in a lonely location is something I definitely would not want to do.
The resolution of her story with her ex, Victor, was good. I didn't like how mean he was to her.
I am still enjoying this series and plan on reading more of it. (