- Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Bantam; 3rd THUS edition (Jun 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553578588
- ISBN-13: 978-0553578584
- Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 2 x 17.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #373,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
A crime wave is sweeping the quiet island town of Eastport, Maine. After discovering the dead body of Kenny Mumford, the town's petty thief and ne'er-do-well, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White, set out to catch the killer. Meanwhile, Jake's attempts to start a new life after quitting her job on Wall Street and moving to Eastport with her teenage son, Sam, are thwarted as two creeps from her past show up: her philandering ex-husband, Victor, and Baxter Willoughby, a crooked stockbroker from New York whom Jake helped put in prison. Between repair jobs on the old house she's renovating and trying to keep Victor from moving in next door, Jake comes across two more bodies and evidence of drug dealing and smuggling. Graves (The Dead Cat Bounce) affectionately creates believable characters (with the exception of cardboard cutout Willoughby), who lend depth and warm humor to the story. While it's not hard to figure out who's behind the mayhem, and the resolution to the mystery fails to thrill, the cozy details of small-town life and home repair make for an enjoyable read. (June)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"Triple Witch is a pleasure to read. Jake Tiptree is an engaging, appealing character." —Portland Press Herald
"[Graves] describes the beauty of the Eastport area with a pure eye for both its wonders and weaknesses. This is a well-written...novel with a plot that keeps you pulled in close." —Bangor Daily News
"[Graves] describes the beauty of the Eastport area with a pure eye for both its wonders and weaknesses. This is a well-written...novel with a plot that keeps you pulled in close." —Bangor Daily News
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice Series Entry,
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This review is from: Triple Witch: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
I enjoyed this book although it is rather lightweight with regards to action and there were some events in it that did not quite ring true to me. Jake Tiptree is still adjusting to life in Eastport, Maine, having moved there from New York. Her house is in desparate need of renovating and she would rather spend her time doing that but gets involved in the death of a young man from the town after she and her best friend, Ellie, find him washed ashore. Then two other people are killed and there is a wave of vandalism and muggings in the previously peaceful small town. There are plenty of characters to enliven the tale and provide suspects but it is still pretty simple to figure out who did the murders. The strength of this book is in its descriptions of small town life - the citizens, the buildings, the stores, etc. The weaknesses fall in the too pat coincidences (a man that Jake had helped put in jail in NYC has bought a house in the same small town in which she lives after he is paroled, for example). All in all, a pleasant read for those who do not require their mysteries to have too much depth and don't require too much thinking.
2.0 out of 5 stars
very disappointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Triple Witch: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
I was surprised to find myself extremely disappointed in this book. I live in Maine, I like to remodel, and I love mysteries. Perfect, right? Nope.I found the main character to be irritating, her situation with her ex-husband disturbing, and the ghost in her house pointless. The other characters in this charming town are either superfluous, undeveloped, or both. Plot points which are treated as huge exciting elements are obvious and sometimes silly, and plot points which are completely unbelievable are treated like everyday things. I was also distracted by the short mid-novel rant about guns, television, and violence. I only finished the book because I was curious about how it would end. I did not even get satisfaction there. If you read a lot of mysteries, you are familiar with the exposition that is often necessary to tie up loose ends. This exposition lasted for like 5 chapters - I thought it would never stop, and some of the more "out there" bits of the book were still not explained to my satisfaction. I will not be reading books by this author again.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Triple Witch,
By A Customer
This review is from: Triple Witch: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
A crime wave is sweeping the quiet island town of Eastport, Maine. After discovering the dead body of Kenny Mumford, the town's petty thief and ne'er-do-well, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White, set out to catch the killer. Meanwhile, Jake's attempts to start a new life after quitting her job on Wall Street and moving to Eastport with her teenage son, Sam, are thwarted as two creeps from her past show up: her philandering ex-husband, Victor, and Baxter Willoughby, a crooked stockbroker from New York whom Jake helped put in prison. Between repair jobs on the old house she's renovating and trying to keep Victor from moving in next door, Jake comes across two more bodies and evidence of drug dealing and smuggling. Graves (The Dead Cat Bounce) affectionately creates believable characters (with the exception of cardboard cutout Willoughby), who lend depth and warm humor to the story. While it's not hard to figure out who's behind the mayhem, and the resolution to the mystery fails to thrill, the cozy details of small-town life and home repair make for an enjoyable read.
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