The Book of Old Houses (29 page)

About the Author

SARAH GRAVES lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal-style house that helped inspire her books. She is currently at work on the twelfth Home Repair Is Homicide mystery, which Bantam will publish in 2009.

ALSO BY SARAH GRAVES

The Dead Cat Bounce

Triple Witch

Wicked Fix

Repair to Her Grave

Wreck the Halls

Unhinged

Mallets Aforethought

Tool & Die

Nail Biter

Trap Door

THE BOOK OF OLD HOUSES
A Bantam Book / January 2008

Published by Bantam Dell
A Division of Random House, Inc.
New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
coincidental.

All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2007 by Sarah Graves

Bantam Books is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the
colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Graves, Sarah.
The book of old houses / Sarah Graves.
p. cm.
1. Tiptree, Jacobia (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women detectives—
Maine—Eastport—Fiction. 3. Dwellings—Maintenance and repair—Fiction.
4. Eastport (Me.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3557.R2897B66 2008
813'.54—dc22
2007033869

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