Library Journal
★ 12/01/2014
In this series launch featuring Boston homicide detective Lizzie Snow, first introduced in 2014's A Bat in the Belfry, the latest in Graves's long-running "Home Repair Is Homicide" series, Lizzie has accepted a job as a neighborhood liaison officer in the remote Maine town of Bearkill after she receives a tip that her missing niece may be nearby. However, Sheriff Cody Chevrier has ulterior motives in offering her the job: he's convinced some area suicides of retired cops are actually murders and hopes Lizzie's homicide experience will help his off-the-record investigation. VERDICT Darker in tone than Graves's previous series, this is a superbly suspenseful mystery with likable tough cop Lizzie and a town full of character. It's bound to appeal to readers who enjoy Jenny Milchman's books.