The Dead Cat Bounce, Sarah Graves
The Dead Cat Bounce, Sarah Graves
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The Dead Cat Bounce

Author: Sarah Graves

Narrator: Lindsay Ellison

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2009

Synopsis

Since she bought her rambling fixer-upper of a house, Jacobia Tiptree has gotten used to finding things broken. But her latest problem isn't so easily repaired. Along with the rotting floor joists and sagging support beams, there's the little matter of the dead man in Jake's storeroom, an ice pick planted firmly in his cranium. Not much happens in her tiny Maine town, but that's about to change. Jake's unknown guest turns out to be local boy turned billionaire Threnody McIlwaine. When Jake's best friend, quiet and dependable Ellie White, confesses to the murder, cops and journalists swarm into the snowbound Eastport. Jake smells a cover-up and begins poking into past history between McIlwaine and Ellie's family. But someone doesn't like nosy neighbors—and Jake's rustic refuge may become her final resting place.

About Sarah Graves

Sarah Graves lives with her husband in an 1823 Federal-style house in Eastport, Maine, where her mystery novels are set. When she is not scraping, painting, glazing, sanding, hammering, or otherwise repairing (or failing to repair!) the old house, she is working on her next cozy mystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julie

"It's pretty good. But," she said, "the author uses this device all the time." "What," he asked, "device do you mean?" "The device," she replied, "of splitting dialogue around stage directions." "Oh, that," he remarked, "is so annoying." "Yes, it," she answered, "is." -- On reread: "Wow, I," she said, "sti......more

Goodreads review by Ed

I liked the rich descriptions of the rural Maine setting. The author does a terrific job with fleshing (no pun intended) out the cast of characters. The MC's restoration of the old house is interesting. All and all, an entertaining read.......more

Goodreads review by Howard

4 Stars for Dead Cat Bounce: Home Repair is Homicide Mystery Series, Book 1 (audiobook) by Sarah Graves read by Lindsay Ellison. This was an interesting story. I thought there was going to be more home repair but what there was was good. The mystery played out well and the narration was good too.......more

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