The Book of Old Houses

  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

  www.bantamdell.com

  eISBN: 978-0-553-90446-8

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