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A Bat in the Belfry: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
Written by Sarah Graves
Narrated by Lindsay Ellison
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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As an epic nor'easter bears down on the idyllic island town of Eastport, Maine, Jacobia Tiptree hurries to prepare her antique house for the big blow, while the town battles to evacuate tourists and save the beloved 200-year-old Seaman's Church steeple, threatened by the storm. But when a local teen beauty-pageant winner from a troubled family is found murdered in the steeple's bell tower and Jake's son Sam's visiting childhood friend comes under scrutiny as a suspect, the resulting storm of gossip and suspicion rivals anything the Atlantic could brew up.
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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.
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Reviews for A Bat in the Belfry
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Bat in the Belfry is the 16th and final book in the Home Repair is Homicide mystery series. It serves to introduce Lizzie Snow, the protagonist of Winter at the Door and The Girls She Left Behind. There really is a belfry involved: the belfry of All Faith Chapel in Eastport.If you really like the characters from the 'Home Repair is Homicide' series, fear not. Ms. Graves has brought them back for a new series with a different publisher. The series name is 'Death by Chocolate' and the first book is Death by Cherry Chocolate Cheesecake.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/519. Reading Woman:
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The honest truth: I Ab-so-lute-ly Hated this book:
I didn't like the writing, I didn't like the characters, I didn't like what they were really thinking, I didn't like the story, I didn't like the subject of Snuff sites, nor did I like the violence.
One would like to think that a "Home Repair" mystery would be less violent and more entertaining. I'll read Cornwell, Reichs, Woods, et. al. if violence is what I want to experience.
The reason I stopped reading this series was because of the violence.... which is a shame the home repair parts are interesting and her family interactions are good too.
Wasted time, lowered average rating score. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I enjoyed this book, even though it was a bit of a slow, dragging story. Every time I thought about putting it away, something would happen to renew my interest and I eventually got through it. Mostly predictable and full of stereotypical characters.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I picked this up thinking it was from another home-repair series. I was disappointed at first, but that changed as soon as I began to read.
I had seen Ms.Graves books before, of course, and I even remember admiring the titles (Dead Cat Bounce, especially. I had to look up the meaning.) Yet for some reason I had never read any of this series.
The tone of this book was not as light hearted as the other (ones). Instead, by using different viewpoints, a tense and suspenseful mystery unfolds. The ending is not unexpected, but it's still a nail-biter.
This is one author I will look for again! - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A young girl, raised by an alcoholic father, with dreams of a modeling career in Manhattan, is found murdered in the top of an old bell tower. Add star crossed lovers and a nor'easter, and suspense builds.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/54 STARSA Bat in the Belfry: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mystery.I have never read any of this series before but I would like to read more of them now.Their are a lot of characters but does not take long to keep them straight. This book stands up by itself.In reading the book I thought the main character was Lizzie Snow who came to town right after the murder happened. She finds a lot of the clues and is the center of things. I like the character of Lizzie Snow and would like to see more from her and her new job.Jake and Ellie were in the book but never heard much from Ellie. I bet if I had read the other books in the series than a lot of characters mentioned just a little would fit in more.Their is plenty of suspense and drama. I kind of guessed part of the story but not all of it. I would read more of Sarah's work in the future based on this one. It is also a clean read.I was given this ebook to read in exchange of honest review from Netgalley.Publication date: 4/30/2013 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group304 pages ISBN-13: 9780345534996 Description taken off of Barnes & NobleWhen it comes to home repair, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree is a fervent wielder of power drills and paint brushes. And when catching criminals, she’s been known to really bring down the hammer. But when a shocking murder rocks the small town of Eastport, Maine, Jake may be the next victim for whom the bell tolls.It is nearly midnight when the enormous bell in the belfry of All Faith Chapel—silent for decades—booms forth, startling awake the entire town of Eastport. Upon inspection of the steeple, the police uncover the body of local teenager Karen Hansen, who had climbed the belfry’s dark, rickety stairs for a midnight rendezvous. But instead of the promise of an exciting new life, Karen meets her death.Meanwhile, as an epic nor’easter bears down on the idyllic island town, Jake Tiptree hurries to shore up her ramshackle old house against the big blow. An amateur detective, she has sworn off chasing criminals. But when the news of Karen’s murder spreads and much of the evidence points to Jake’s likable houseguest, she and her sleuthing partner, Ellie White, get to work.They discover an unexpected ally in newcomer Lizzie Snow, a woman from “away” who seemed to have blown into town with the nor’easter, and who also seems to know a lot about the mind of a killer. Can Jake and Ellie trust her? As a killer roams free and the townsfolk struggle against the pounding, screaming storm, the resulting tempest of gossip and suspicion rivals anything the Atlantic could brew up—and threatens to keep Jake and Ellie from putting the final nail in this cold-blooded case.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I recieved this book through a GoodReads giveaway. Thank you to Goodreads and the author for making this possible!
This is the first book I've read by Sarah Graves so I have no history with this series but I enjoyed it very much! I'm sure there were things I didn't catch since this is pretty far along in a series but whatever they were, they didn't change my enjoyment of the book.
This book falls into the genre I think of as Contemporary American Cozies, my favorite genre! It's not as soft as some, it does have a few hard edges, but it's definitely still comfort food for the cozy reader. It's set in Maine, which is always a great setting for mysteries, and has a female sleuth with a distinct identity as a home repair addict.
There were a lot of characters and a lot of intertwining story lines. In fact, that's the only reason I didn't give it 5 stars. It jumped from story line and POV to story line and POV a little more often than I was completely comfortable with but that was a minor distraction.
The race to the finish at the end where all the story lines are tied up was great! It was definitely a page-turner and impossible to put down. A very fun read. I'll be going to back and starting at the beginning with this series! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Who killed 14 year old Karen Hansen? This is the question facing the police department of Eastport, Maine. Karen was a teenager raised by a drunken father who was trying to find her way out of Eastport. She wanted to go to NY and become a model but she needed some money. Her plans were all made but something went terribly wrong. Sam Tiptree was a recovering alcoholic and drug abuser. Still in his mid-twenties he is struggling with his personal relationships. Maggie, his steadfast true love and Carol, the young daring thing out to get her man. Chip Hahn had been friends with Sam Tiptree since they were kids in Manhattan. Facing problems with his girlfriend Carolyn, he decides to go to Maine to visit with Sam and get his head together. But what is he hiding?Lizzie Snow quit her job in Boston and heads to Maine trying to find more information about her still missing niece. Her sister Sissy was killed eight years ago and her 1 year old daughter was never found. But now Lizzie has reason to believe she may be in Eastport. So she turns in her badge and gun and is determined to find her. When her houseguest is accused of the murder, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree begins her own investigation along with her best friend Ellie White and Lizzie Snow, the retired police detective. While a raging storm rains down on Eastport, they work relentlessly to prove Chip's innocence and discover the truth.More characters include the frustrated police chief-Bob, the local drug dealer-Harvey, his sidekick, Bogie, Dylan the state police officer, Karen Hansen's father and many more.The plot of this book tends to ramble a bit, but Ms. Graves writes in the first person which makes this book easier to follow. There are some ambiguous scenes which I really feel distracted from the overall plot but they did help develop the characters. The storyline was very interesting and kept me reading chapter after chapter. This is my first time reading Ms Graves but I am now going to locate her other books and read them.