A HOME REPAIR IS HOMICIDE MYSTERY
NAIL BITER

SARAH GRAVES

author of Crawlspace
They just keep coming

　　　　
一同加入這位熱衷自己動手做的愛好者吧！她一邊學習居家裝潢訣竅，卻同時發現自己新買的夢想小屋，竟是棟凶宅！

對潔克．提普瑞與她的死黨朋友艾莉．懷特而言，在緬因州東港買下一棟濱海老屋，整修後出租給日益增加的觀光客，原本是個再理想不過的投資計畫。只是，她們萬萬沒想到，兼任房東的代價，竟是得同時應付一群自稱女巫的古怪房客。更糟的是，在一個暴風雨之夜，當潔克接到一通緊急修繕的電話，出門前竟在工具間發現一具屍體……

Join the do-it-yourself enthusiast who mixes home repair tips and homicide when she discovers that her new dream house is built on a foundation of murder.

Buying a beachfront fixer-upper to lease out to Eastport, Maine＇s, burgeoning tourist crowd seems like a good idea to Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White. But working double-time as landladies to a coven of wannabe witches isn＇t what they had in mind. And it only gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repair–and stumbles on a dead body in the utility shed.

A small-time thief and street preacher with a particularly violent message, the deceased was no favorite of Jake＇s–nor of anyone else in Eastport. But what＇s he doing shot to death on Jake＇s property? Jake＇s bewitching tenants–including an ex-cop, a con man, and a mute teenage girl–claim to have been too busy conjuring spells to have heard or seen a thing. Then a member of the coven disappears without a trace and Jake doesn＇t think it＇s a case of witchcraft–but a kidnapping...or worse.

Scandal, secrets, and a mysterious box buried deep in the foundation of her own home are just the beginning of a mystery that threatens to bring Jake＇s house–and life–crashing down. Now she and Ellie are racing to find a missing girl who may be the key to it all...or lead them to a killer holding the final nails to their coffins.
　　　　

■莎拉．葛雷芙／Sarah Graves
Sarah Graves lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine. She is working on the next DEATH BY CHOCOLATE mystery.
　　　　