Sarah Graves - Home Repair Is Homicide Series

They call this series Dianne Mott Davidson with a Hammer.

Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree divorced her neurologist surgeon husband, who had a penchant for young nurses, and moved with her teenaged son to Eastport, Maine where she bought an 1823 Federal style house and is restoring it. Her life now is a long way from her days as a Wallstreet Banker working mostly with the criminal element, helping them to invest their money in a legal manner. Her best friend is a life-long Eastport resident and together they get themselves into a lot of sticky situations.

I love this series too. I love the descriptions of small town Maine life. I think I like it too because living in Canada it's nice to see the Maine/Nova Scotia connection. Sarah Graves really does live in an 1823 Federal style home which she is currently repairing so when she talks about window frames and repairing or replacing sagging porches she's speaking from experience.

Along with new experiences and mysteries to solve there is a continuous story line and mysteries relating to Jake's life and the history of her home which makes the urge to move on to the next book impossible to ignore. I'm really enjoying this series.

They are:

#1   The Dead Cat Bounce (Sept 1998)
#2   Triple Witch (June 1999)
#3   Wicked Fix (April 2000)
#4   Repair to Her Grave (July 2001)
#5   Wreck The Halls (Oct 2002)
#6   Unhinged (Nov 2003)
#7   Mallets Aforethought (Oct 2004)
#8   Nail Biter (Oct 2006)
#9   Tool & Die ( (Nov 2007)
#10 Trap Door (Nov 2007)
#11 Book of Old Houses (Nov 2008)

There are now two more in the series that I haven't read

#12 A face at the Window (Dec 2008)
#13 Crawl Space (Dec 2009)