The Book of Old Houses

“Mixing slaughter with screwdrivers, renovator-author Sarah Graves wields the pen and paintbrush behind the Home Repair is Homicide series.” —Miami Herald

“In this multi-layered cozy, the eleventh in Graves’ home repair series, Jacobia Jake Tiptree has uncovered what looks to be a very old book while fixing up her 1823 house in Eastport, Maine. Local rare book expert Horace Robotham offers to take a look at it, but then dies in what appears to be a mugging gone wrong. Jake doesn’t think too much about this until a stranger drives up to her house three weeks after Horace’s death. He introduces himself as a friend of Horace’s, says he might have some information about the book and then asks Jake if he can hide a gun in her house…[the] local color and an entirely unexpected denouement combine for engaging reading.” —Publishers Weekly

“As usual, Jake, an engaging first-person narrator, keeps the story rolling along smoothly. A little cozier than John Dunning’s series of antiquarian bookman Cliff Janeway, but fans of both series won’t mind crossing over.” —Booklist

“Packed equally with incidents and tips on household repair.” —Kirkus