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Tag Archives: Home Repair is Homicide
A Heartfelt Plea, Sort Of
In downeast Maine, the late autumn’s unaccustomed mildness has been good for some local tradespeople. It’s too chilly for outdoor house painting, but not for carpenters, roofers, or even excavators to hustle around comfortably, getting another job done and socking … Continue reading
On Reference Books (and Zombies)
Sunday’s column about writers’ books got me thinking about what else is on my bookshelves. Like most writers, I have a small collection of old faithful volumes that I turn to for bits of detail, facts my characters know but … Continue reading
Interview with Sarah Graves ……. Lea Wait
Lea: Sarah Graves’ first Home Repair is Homicide mystery, The Dead Cat Bounce, was published in 1998; her latest, Knockdown,14th in the series, was published this year. In between those books her heroine, sleuth, handywoman, and former New York financial … Continue reading
Out in the Puckerbrush
Growing up, I always thought I wanted to live in the big city. Possibly this was due to the fact that my entire childhood input of anything even halfway resembling “culture” — well, if you don’t count Fats Waller, which … Continue reading
Location, location…
Heaven, my grandfather used to say, is a day just like today: the sun is shining, the birds are singing, and there’s a little breeze blowing so it’s not too hot. And that’s exactly what Eastport, Maine was like on … Continue reading
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Tagged amateur sleuth, Bondo, cozy, cozy mysteries, do-it-yourself, downeast, Eastport, Home Repair is Homicide, Knockdown, Maine, maine mysteries, Sarah Graves, women sleuths
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