Sarah Graves ( - )

Genre: Mystery

Wisconsin native Sarah Graves (pseudonym for Mary Squibb) has lived in Connecticut and moved to Eastport, Maine, after researching her first novel here. She writes a mystery series starring Ex-Wall Street wizard and heroine Jacobia Tiptree, now transplanted to Eastport, Maine.

Books include:

• The Dead Cat Bounce (1998)
• Triple Witch(1999)
• Wicked Fix (2000)
• Repair to Her Grave: A Mainely Murder Mystery (2001)
• Wreck the Halls (2001, a Christmas mystery)
• Unhinged (2003)
• Mallets Aforethought (2004)
• Tool & Die (2005)
• Nail Biter (2006)
• Trap Door (2006): Spring has come to Eastport and Jacobia Tiptree faces a trio of mysteries.
• The Book of Old Houses (2007): Jake finds a mysterious book with her name in it in the foundation of her 1800s house.
• A Face at the Window (2008): The man who murdered Jake's mother is finally about to stand trial –– until he vanishes into thin air.

Graves has her own website, with info on her books, excerpts, a photo, and brief biographical information. A Nov. 1998 interview with Graves is available through The Mystery Reader, a 2005 interview at Bookreporter, a profile of Graves from June 2004 through the Boston Globe, and she was interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition in July 2008 about living in Maine and writing her series.


Last Update: 02/20/2009

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