A Face at the Window by Sarah Graves

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Bibliographic Details

• Author: Sarah Graves
• Title: A Face at the Window (A Home Repair Mystery)
• Publisher: ‎ Bantam Books; First Edition (December 30, 2008)
• Language: ‎ English
• Format: Hardcover – 311 pages
• ISBN-10: ‎ 0553806793
• ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0553806793
• Item Weight: ‎ 1.15 pounds
• Dimensions: ‎ 6.5 x 1.1 x 9.31 inches
• Book Condition: Used – Good (may show minimal discoloration on page edges)
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Edition: First Edition

Synopsis:

Back in the day, Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree turned profits managing the fortunes of Manhattan’s most fortunate. Then she fled the rat race for a stately old fixer-upper in easygoing Eastport, Maine. But now a rat from an even darker corner of Jake’s past has turned up…a killer with a blueprint for demolishing her new life.

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.

About the Author:

Sarah Graves is a popular author from Maine, Unites States. She has written a number of novels in the mystery genre. Her most notable work includes the ‘Home Repair is Homicide’, which comprises of sixteen novels.

Sarah has developed the character of Jacobia Tiptree or Jack as an expert in home repair. From her childhood days, Sarah has been a serious reader and has remained so all her life. She developed her habit of writing short stories and novels by getting inspired from the things she used to read.

She wrote her first story and sold it to McCall’s magazine when she was just seven years old. However, she had to face rejection from the magazine as she had chosen the story about a squirrel getting lost in the woods and it was but obvious that a squirrel can never get lost in the woods. But she did not give up her idea of using creatures to feature in her writings. Her literary career took an interesting turn with the success of her unique novels.

The central characters of her novel series ‘Home Repair is Homicide’, Jake and Ellie are very close to her heart. She likes to develop the plots of her novels around them and keeps throwing a number of difficulties and dangers on their lives. The readers enjoy reading her style of writing and have been an important aspect of the success of her novels.

Sarah lives in Eastport, Maine in the United States, along with her husband John Graves, who is a musician and luthier, and a black Labrador Retriever.

She has described Jacobia Tiptree as trying to remodel her home similar to her actual one in Maine, in the novel series. Sarah enjoys writing her novels from her home as she loves the atmosphere and the feel of being at ease in her home.

When she is not busy writing the adventures of Jacobia Tiptree, Sarah enjoys working with her husband in changing the appearance of her home according to her changing taste. She also loves to play the 5-string banjo enthusiastically along with her husband.

Sarah began her writing career in the year 1997 when she penned down the first novel of the series ‘Home Repair is Homicide’. Since then she never looked back and continued to write mystery novels full of suspenseful descriptions. She still practices her dream career and amuses her readers with each publication of her novels.

Sarah is also fond of gardening and loves to grow colorful and aromatic flowering plants in her backyard. She even loves to do several outdoor activities along with her Labrador that keeps her fit and engaged. Sarah considers gardening and outdoor activities as the two factors that have kept her away from boredom and loneliness of life.