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Repair to Her Grave (Audio Cassette)

by Sarah Graves (Author), Lindsay Ellison (Narrator)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Jacobia ("Jake") Tiptree, a transplanted New Yorker, now lives in Eastport, Maine, with her teenaged son. She is determined to repair, by herself, the "fixer-upper" she bought, but her efforts are continually thwarted by what some believe are ghosts. Enter Jonathan Raines, a young man who claims that months before Jake agreed to let him lodge at her house. When Jonathan disappears under mysterious circumstances, Jake and some of the locals get involved in the investigation. Lindsay Ellison does a credible job narrating this light, amusing story. She combines believable Maine accents with a variety of character voices, maintaining consistency throughout. A nice touch by Ellison, wholly appropriate to the story, makes this audiobook pleasant to listen to. S.S.R. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.


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Home repair can be murder.

Jacobia Tiptree and her teenage son are used to their Eastport, Maine, home attracting more than its share of houseguests. This year Jake is hoping the plaster dust will keep them away while she finally gets her gem of a fixer-upper into shape — from doorknobs and chandeliers to leaky pipes to ghostly phenomena.

But when the charming and mysterious Jonathan Raines appears on her doorstep — and then just as suddenly disappears — remodeling the house becomes the least of Jake’s problems. Could Jonathan’s disappearance have something to do with his quest for a cursed violin — the one that local legend says was hidden by a long-ago owner of Jake’s house before he too vanished without a trace?

Soon Jonathan’s grief-stricken girlfriend arrives downeast, and Jake needs to strip Eastport’s past of its idyllic veneer — before a killer paints her very dead indeed! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Repair to Her Grave, Aug 22 2002
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This review is from: Repair to Her Grave (Mass Market Paperback)
Jake & Ellie investigate the mysterious disappearance of a musician who lived in Jake's house a century-and-a-half ago & discover that history often repeats itself--especially when it comes to murder.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked Good Reading, Jul 30 2002
By Lawrence E. Wilson (Mayfield, East Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Repair to Her Grave (Mass Market Paperback)
Repair to Her Grave is the fourth tight, enticing paperback mystery, set in Eastport, Maine, and starring home-restorer, Manhattan-escapee, and general busybody Jacopia Tiptree. Her colonial-era house is falling apart, and possibly haunted, her ex-husband has moved to Eastport just to annoy her, her teenage son has taken up scuba-diving and emulating his father's philadering ways, and now various New York friends want to show up for the summer, including one who may or may not be looking for the legendary treasure hidden years ago by the very man whose unresting spirit may be haunting Jake's house...

These are great reads, constantly deceptive, and I appreciate the way in which Graves doesn't sentimentalize the Down East socio-economic environment and the people of Eastport, but presents it as a modern place with modern problems, even if its history (and its residents' collective memory) does go back and back and back...She also manages some very funny moments (the ladies' literary society is meeting at her house, and the plaster is falling off the walls, and a friend thinks he's solved the problem by hanging an oversize velvet painting of Elvis over the damage) as well as making her characters vivid and memorable.

Just right for a day-on-the-beach read.

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3.0 out of 5 stars More fun on the way., April 30 2002
This review is from: Repair to Her Grave (Mass Market Paperback)
In the fun and humorous manner we have come to expect from this author, Jacobia finds herself the unwilling recipient of a houseguest who shows up five days before Jake is due to host an afternoon tea with the local Garden Club (or some such commitee). Ironically enough, Jacobia's houseguest disappears without a trace, but then his mournful girlfriend and her uncle show up. The main theme is whether or not there really is a vast treaure hidden somewhere by the original owner of Jacobia's house. As always, Jacobia's life becomes a whirlwind of suspicions and mishaps, all done with a touch of humor that this author is so good at putting into her books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Is there really a treasure hidden in Jake's house?
Jacobie Tiptree has a great deal on her plate just now. Her old house is still in the process of restoration, her exhusband still lives in Eastport, her son is seeing a girl she... Read more
Published on Oct 13 2001 by Moe811

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Excellent Entry in This Series
This is the fourth entry featuring Jacobia Tiptree, former Wall Street financial advisor, recently retired to the small Maine town of Eastport. Read more
Published on Aug 18 2001 by P. Bigelow

5.0 out of 5 stars A gohic like cozy
Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree used to be a high flyer living in a posh townhouse in Manhattan with her physician husband and their son. Read more
Published on Aug 1 2001 by Harriet Klausner

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