A Face at the Window: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery
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As a home repair enthusiast, Jake knows that nothing lasts forever—not windows or doors, not plaster or plumbing. And not good fortune.
After more than three decades eluding justice, the man who murdered her mother is finally about to stand trial—until he vanishes into thin air. Jake has a terrible foreboding of where Ozzie Campbell will turn up next. And while the local police chief is sure she’s overreacting, the truth is far worse than even Jake’s worst fears.
With her normally full house empty for at least another week, Jake has been looking forward to the unaccustomed peace and quiet. Now her cozy, well-loved home feels more like a big empty death trap ready to snap shut. First a pair of out-of-towners clearly not in Eastport for vacation turn up asking questions about her. And if she has any doubt they’re connected to Campbell, those doubts are erased when he calls her with a grim warning.
But exactly what Campbell wants from her isn’t clear, only that he’ll stop at nothing to hurt those closest to Jake. And his first victims are the most defenseless of all. Suddenly Jake can’t help but feel that her house—and her life—has far too many windows. And in any one of them she might see the face of her killer.
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Sarah Graves. (2008). A Face at the Window: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery. Random House Publishing Group.
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After more than three decades eluding justice, the man who murdered her mother is finally about to stand trial—until he vanishes into thin air. Jake has a terrible foreboding of where Ozzie Campbell will turn up next. And while the local police chief is sure she’s overreacting, the truth is far worse than even Jake’s worst fears.
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Ozzie Campbell disappears just before he's about to go on trial for murdering Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree's mother in front of the then three-year-old Jake in Graves's engrossing 12th mystery to feature the handywoman
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In the 12th outing of Graves's popular Maine home repair series (after "The Book of Old Houses"), Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree's past bubbles up when she hears that Ozzie Campbell, the man who murdered her mother, is about to stand trial after 20 years of escaping prosecution. Jake is shocked further when the three-year-old daughter of her best friend and the child's babysitter are kidnappedby Campbell, who threatens to kill the pair if Jake does not do what he wants. This first-rate thriller features nail-biting suspense that ensnares the reader to the final page. Graves has written one of her best mysteries, full of courageous women and compelling action. Highly recommended. [See Prepub Mystery, "LJ" 9/1/08.]Copyright 2008 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Jacobia (Jake) Tiptree was a high-powered money manager in Manhattan before she moved with her son to Eastport, Maine, where she purchased a nineteenth-century house and began a long series of home repairs mixed with amateur sleuthing. By this twelfth book in the series, Jake has remarried and has a well-established group of friendsbut the home repairs continue (each chapter is headed by one of Tiptrees tips for keeping the house shipshape). Graves continues to explore Jakes backstory in this installment. Three decades ago, Ozzie Campbell murdered Jakes mother, and now he is finally about to stand trial. When Ozzie disappears before his trial, all of Jakes friends and relatives are out of town, and she is feeling especially jumpy at being alone in her multiwindowed home. Things escalate rapidly as Ozzies intentions become clear. Graves almost moves beyond the bounds of a typical cozy this time, with relentless dramatic action and steadily building suspense. Still, the comforts of home survive in the end.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)
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