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Summary: Diappointed
Review: This book, in my opinion, was not as well written as the previous books in the series. It seemed very disjointed at times. I also was puzzled by Jake's statement that her ex husband(Victor) was almost 40 years old-yet the couple have a college aged son and she mentioned that she spent her honeymoon in the e.r. waiting room while her husband was performing neurosurgery(at 20-22 years old!!)-quite a stretch, even if he was a genius. Maybe it was an editing mistake, but this and other inconsistencies in the book added to the lack of flow. Hopefully the next book in the series will have the warmth and continuity the previous books had.
Rating:
Summary: Diappointed
Review: This is a wonderful series. The setting, a small island vilage off the coast of Maine, is really special, and so are the characters. Graves' sleuth is a successful carrer woman and single parent who left New York after her divorce with a solid financial situation and the need for some peace and quiet. But that is not to be what with corpses turning up all the time. I'm so happy to have discovered this series, and I hope there will be many more books to come.
Rating: 
Summary: A Terrific Series
Review: This is a wonderful series. The setting, a small island vilage off the coast of Maine, is really special, and so are the characters. Graves' sleuth is a successful carrer woman and single parent who left New York after her divorce with a solid financial situation and the need for some peace and quiet. But that is not to be what with corpses turning up all the time. I'm so happy to have discovered this series, and I hope there will be many more books to come.
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Summary: A fascinating who-done-it
Review: When Jacobia "Jake" Tiptrec divorced her New York City surgeon husband, she and her son move to Eastport, Maine, (population 2000). She finds a fixer-upper and becomes an expert on household repairs. Her son straightens out and becomes involved in wholesome activities. Jake meets the perfect man, at least for her, and remarries.
Most of the local inhabitants are law-abiding citizens with the few bad seeds known by all. Jake and her best friend Ellie visit Fay Anne Carmody, a spousal abuse victim. They knock on the door, but no one answers so they enter the house only to find Faye Anne's husband dead with his body sliced into pieces and wrapped inside butcher paper. Faye Anne claims no memory of the deed, but police believe the evidence that proves otherwise. Only Jake and Ellie assume their pal is innocent and set out to prove just that.
Using local vernacular and a gothic-like atmosphere, WRECK THE HALLS turns into one of the better New England amateur sleuth tales of the year. The audience will admire and adore the wholesome protagonist while the support cast, especially her son and her friend, provide depth to a stupendously serpentine story line. Sarah Graves is a powerful mystery writer. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Interesting Mystery
Review: When Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree plans a visit to Faye Anne Carmody's house, she doesn't expect to find it covered in blood. She also doesn't expect to find Faye Anne dazed, yet alive. But she is. All looks fine, until Jake takes a trip to the butcher's shop, and finds a bunch of meat packages wrapped in brown paper in the display case. Realizing that this is unusual, Jake investigates, only to find Faye Anne's husband's, Merle, body wrapped in those little packages. Then another person is found murdered, and Jake immediately decides that it's up to her to solve the crime, instead of spending time with her family and working on rehabilitating her home. Who can get anything done during the holidays, when there's a killer on the loose? This was the first book I have ever read from "A Home Repair Is Homicide" mystery series, and I found it to be very enjoyable. I hope to read more by this author in the near future.
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