Mallets Aforethought: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery
- 作者
- 出版社 Random House Publishing Group
- 出版时间 2004年10月
- ISBN 9780553585773
- 定价 64.30
内容简介
Jacobia“Jake”Tiptreeleftherhigh-poweredcareerforadilapidatedfixer-upperandthedreamofaquietexistenceinthequainttownofEastport,Maine.Butshefoundthatnomatterhowcarefullyyouremodelyourlife,murdercantakeupresidenceanywhere.It’sEastport’smostnotoriouslandmark:theoldHarlequinHouse.NamedforthedisgracedphysicianChesterHarlequin,itwasusedasahideoutforgunshotgangstersandtheirmollsduringProhibition’sheyday.Nowfixer-upperenthusiastJakeTiptreeandHarlequin’sonlylivingdescendant,EllieWhite,arerefurbishingthemansard-roofedmansiontohostthelocalHistoricalSociety’supcominggala.Butwhenstrippingdownoldwallpaperrevealsasecretdoortoaroomcontainingnotonebuttwocorpses,JakeandEllieonceagainfindhomerepairleadingtohomicide.Oneofthebodiesisaskeletondressedin1920sflapperchic.Buttheotheristhatof
real-estatemogulHectorGosling,andinhispocketisapaperbearingthesingleword“Guilty.”Theless-than-scrupuloustycoonhasbeenpoisoned,andwhenit’slearnedthattheoffendingsubstanceisthepoisonthatEllie’shusbandGeorgehasbeenusingtokillredants,heisimmediatelytakenintocustody.ThenitdevelopsthatGeorgehadrecentlyaccusedGoslingofaschemetoscamGeorge’svulnerableoldauntoutofherlifesavings—andGeorgeoutofhisinheritance.WithGeorgeheldformurder,JakeandapregnantEllieswingintoaction.InbetweenEllie’sLamazesessions,babyshowers,andCPRclassestaughtbyJake’sex-husband
Victor,thetwoamateursleuthsmustsifttheirwaythroughatrailofseeminglycontradictoryclues.ThenanothercorpsesurfacesandsuddenlyJakeandEllierealizetheymustfindthiskillerfast.AcleverculpritisnotonlybuildinganairtightcaseagainstEllie’shusband.He—orshe—isplanningtonaileveryonewhostandsintheway.FromtheHardcoveredition.,
real-estatemogulHectorGosling,andinhispocketisapaperbearingthesingleword“Guilty.”Theless-than-scrupuloustycoonhasbeenpoisoned,andwhenit’slearnedthattheoffendingsubstanceisthepoisonthatEllie’shusbandGeorgehasbeenusingtokillredants,heisimmediatelytakenintocustody.ThenitdevelopsthatGeorgehadrecentlyaccusedGoslingofaschemetoscamGeorge’svulnerableoldauntoutofherlifesavings—andGeorgeoutofhisinheritance.WithGeorgeheldformurder,JakeandapregnantEllieswingintoaction.InbetweenEllie’sLamazesessions,babyshowers,andCPRclassestaughtbyJake’sex-husband
Victor,thetwoamateursleuthsmustsifttheirwaythroughatrailofseeminglycontradictoryclues.ThenanothercorpsesurfacesandsuddenlyJakeandEllierealizetheymustfindthiskillerfast.AcleverculpritisnotonlybuildinganairtightcaseagainstEllie’shusband.He—orshe—isplanningtonaileveryonewhostandsintheway.FromtheHardcoveredition.,
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