by Sarah Graves
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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