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FROM: Sarah Brown <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 7:31 AM

I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.

Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.

Thank you,
Sarah

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Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
Voice: (765)772-9393
FAX: (765)429-0150
www.tcpl.lib.in.us
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FROM: "Mullen, Judy" <[removed]@chuma1.cas.usf.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 7:42 AM

Valerie Wolzien's mystery series about Josie Pigeon, proprietor of Island
Contracting, whose work crews are all female, would fit in with Sarah Graves
series.

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <[removed]@brighton.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 7:52 AM

"If these walls had ears: the biography of a house" by James Morgan. This
is non-fiction.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: Cathy Reid <[removed]@ccpl.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 7:52 AM

"Handyman" by Linda Nichols

Cathy Reid
Clark County Public Library
Springfield, OH

FROM: "Marsha Valance" <[removed]@mpl.org>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:10 AM

You might take a look at Mary Bown Hall's
Emma Chizzit and the Queen Anne Killer (1989)
Emma Chizzit and the Sacramento Stalker (1991)
Emma Chizzit and the Napa Nemesis (1992)
Emma Chizzit and the Motherlode Marauder (1993)
and
Les Standiford's
Done Deal (1993)
Raw Deal (1994)
Deal to Die For (1995)
Deal on Ice (1997)
Presidential Deal (1999)
Deal with the Dead (2001)

HTH,

Marsha Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53233
1.800.242.8822 [in-state]
<[removed]@mpl.org>

>>> [removed]@chuma1.cas.usf.edu 02/05/02 07:35AM >>>
Valerie Wolzien's mystery series about Josie Pigeon, proprietor of Island
Contracting, whose work crews are all female, would fit in with Sarah Graves
series.

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:10 AM

At 08:23 AM 2/5/02 -0500, you wrote:
>I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
>repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
>fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.
>
>Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.
>
>Thank you,
>Sarah


The classic older novel in this field is MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS
DREAM HOUSE by Eric Hodgins (1946).

First and best-known book of Australian humorist "Nino Culotta"
(really John O'Grady), THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB, involves in part the
plans and struggles of an Italian immigrant to Australia to
build his own house.

So does one of the recent "Nicholas Bracewell" Elizabethan theater
mysteries of "Edward Marston," where the troupe plans to build its
own theater themselves (it winds up being destroyed before being
finished). Can't remember which volume; possibly THE QUEEN'S HEAD.
(A theater is not a house, of course, but I included this since
it's being handled as a do-it-yourself project with unskilled labor.)

Spoiler warning: the following gives away the solution of a
detective story (though it's an obscure one). Title etc. given
after description:

There's a detective novel in which the classic "locked room" situation
(corpse found in locked room; seemingly no way for murderer to have
escaped) has this amusing if outrageous answer: the killer was a
expert building contracter, who had considerable time to cover up
his crime before discovery. He thus killed his victim, then built
an addition onto the house *around* the body. . . Yeah, right.

(The book in question is A ROOM TO DIE IN, a 1965 paperback
original--which has been reprinted a few times, but not in hc in
the US, I believe--credited to "Ellery Queen," but actually
ghost-written by John Holbrook Vance, who as Jack Vance is much
better-known as an sf writer. Vance also ghosted two other
"Ellery Queen" original pbs at the time, THE MADMAN THEORY and
THE FOUR JOHNS.)


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:21 AM

The old collections of stories from the Saturday Evening Post about
"Alexander Botts," salesman for Earthworm Tractors, might suit. I can't
find the author's name, but a keyword search under the character should
disclose it.

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FROM: "Cannon, Heather" <[removed]@uillinois.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:21 AM

_The Witching Hour_ by Anne Rice: The lead male character, Michael, makes
his living restoring old homes. Not necessarily crucial to the plot, but
there is a lot of discussion about architectural styles and repairs.

_Homebody_ by Orson Scott Card: (summary from Amazon)
"This romantic ghost story relies on a familiar horror backbone: a stranger
with a tragic past moves into an old house that also has a tragic past, and
is forced to reckon with the supernatural forces that dwell there. In
Homebody, the stranger is an itinerant architect-builder who makes a lonely
living by purchasing fixer-uppers, renovating them, and selling them. The
house he buys in Greensboro, North Carolina, (where Orson Scott Card lives,
in real life) has three mysteries attached to it: a tunnel in the basement,
an attractive female squatter who refuses to leave, and a trio of weird
doomsayers who live next door."

Heather Cannon
Academic Hourly
Illinois Virtual Campus
510 Devonshire Dr.
Champaign, IL 61824
Phone: 217-244-9531
Fax: 217-333-5581
WWW: http://www.ivc.illinois.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Brown [[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:23 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction
>
>
> I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
> repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested
> titles for
> fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.
>
> Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah
>
> ********************************************
> Sarah E. Brown
> [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
> Librarian
> Tippecanoe County Public Library
> 627 South Street
> Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
> Voice: (765)772-9393
> FAX: (765)429-0150
> www.tcpl.lib.in.us
> ********************************************
> The opinions expressed here are my own
> and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
> ********************************************
>
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: Robin Bradford <[removed]@imcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:31 AM

_Midnight Bayou_ by Nora Roberts. The male lead is restoring a house in
New Orleans.

robin bradford
indianapolis-marion county public library

-----Original Message-----
From: Cannon, Heather [[removed]@uillinois.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 11:19 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction


_The Witching Hour_ by Anne Rice: The lead male character, Michael, makes
his living restoring old homes. Not necessarily crucial to the plot, but
there is a lot of discussion about architectural styles and repairs.

_Homebody_ by Orson Scott Card: (summary from Amazon)
"This romantic ghost story relies on a familiar horror backbone: a stranger
with a tragic past moves into an old house that also has a tragic past, and
is forced to reckon with the supernatural forces that dwell there. In
Homebody, the stranger is an itinerant architect-builder who makes a lonely
living by purchasing fixer-uppers, renovating them, and selling them. The
house he buys in Greensboro, North Carolina, (where Orson Scott Card lives,
in real life) has three mysteries attached to it: a tunnel in the basement,
an attractive female squatter who refuses to leave, and a trio of weird
doomsayers who live next door."

Heather Cannon
Academic Hourly
Illinois Virtual Campus
510 Devonshire Dr.
Champaign, IL 61824
Phone: 217-244-9531
Fax: 217-333-5581
WWW: http://www.ivc.illinois.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Brown [[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:23 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction
>
>
> I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
> repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested
> titles for
> fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.
>
> Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah
>
> ********************************************
> Sarah E. Brown
> [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
> Librarian
> Tippecanoe County Public Library
> 627 South Street
> Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
> Voice: (765)772-9393
> FAX: (765)429-0150
> www.tcpl.lib.in.us
> ********************************************
> The opinions expressed here are my own
> and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
> ********************************************
>
>
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FROM: "Janice Doxtator" <[removed]@fibernetcc.com>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:52 AM

Folly by Laurie R. King

Jan Doxtator
Stevens Point, WI

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 10:52 AM

At 04:10 PM 2/5/02 +0000, you wrote:
>The old collections of stories from the Saturday Evening Post about
>"Alexander Botts," salesman for Earthworm Tractors, might suit. I can't
>find the author's name, but a keyword search under the character should
>disclose it.

The author was William Hazlett Upson. My vague memories of the
stories I read forty years ago aren't promising: wasn't Botts
strictly a salesman, and not a handyman/technician/inventor type?

Anyway, there's a 1977 collection from Curtis Pub. Co. (ALEXANDER
BOTTS: GREAT STORIES FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST) if anyone
wants to doublecheck.

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Karen Migaldi" <[removed]@nslsilus.org>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 12:15 PM

Sally Gunning has a mystery series featuring handyman Peter Bartholomew.
The first title in the series is Hot Water.

Karen Migaldi
Crystal Lake P.L.
Crystal Lake, IL

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Sarah Brown
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 7:23 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction


I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.

Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.

Thank you,
Sarah

********************************************
Sarah E. Brown
[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
Voice: (765)772-9393
FAX: (765)429-0150
www.tcpl.lib.in.us
********************************************
The opinions expressed here are my own
and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
********************************************

FROM: "Jodi Sapita" <[removed]@lib.naperville.il.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 12:26 PM

How about The Handyman by Carolyn See?

Jodi Sapita
Reference Librarian
Naperville Public Libraries


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From: Sarah Brown <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:23:24 -0500

I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on
home
repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested
titles for
fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery
series.

Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.

Thank you,
Sarah

********************************************
Sarah E. Brown
[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
Librarian
Tippecanoe County Public Library
627 South Street
Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
Voice: (765)772-9393
FAX: (765)429-0150
www.tcpl.lib.in.us
********************************************
The opinions expressed here are my own
and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
********************************************


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FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/5/02, 12:58 PM

Lee, Rachel Exile's End SIM
Ex-spy, recovering from his wounds, takes a job as handyman for widowed
science fiction author. This is the first book in her "Conard County"
series.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Spencer Ms Martha <[removed]@usmc-mccs.org>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 1:19 PM

The Handyman by Carolyn See

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From: christine jeffords [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 8:10 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction


The old collections of stories from the Saturday Evening Post about
"Alexander Botts," salesman for Earthworm Tractors, might suit. I can't
find the author's name, but a keyword search under the character should
disclose it.

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FROM: "Marla" <[removed]@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 1:30 PM

This might be stretching alittle: THE BODY IN THE BASEMENT,
by Katherine Hall Page. Part of the series which features a
caterer. But this one features the good friend of the main character
who finds a body in the basement of a house being construction.
The contruction foreman does play a fairly prominent role. BYE!.

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls MT 59401-2593
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FROM: [removed]@lib.state.ca.us
REC'D: 2/5/02, 3:58 PM

Probably already on your list, but just to be sure --

House, by Tracy Kidder

Brent

Brent Miller
Government Publications Section
654-0243

FROM: "Baxter, Barbara" <[removed]@aclibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 2:33 PM

A couple of suggestions:
Robert B. Parker AN EARLY AUTUMN involves building a cabin in the woods.
(in addition to the ususal Spenser mayhem)
Our library catalog has this title under the subject heading of
"dwellings-remodeling-fiction" Margo Kaufman THIS DAMN HOUSE; MY
SUBCONTRACT WITH AMERICA. 1996. I haven't read it, but it might be worth
including.

Barbara Baxter
Alameda County Library System
Fremont, CA 94538
(510)745-1550

FROM: [removed]@aol.com
REC'D: 2/5/02, 4:30 PM

How about Tracy Kidder's "House"? Non-fiction. It's about the building of a house. Lyrical in the way Tracy Kidder can be.

Joyce
Canton Public Library

FROM: JCURTIN <[removed]@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 6:59 PM

Subject: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction
From: "Sarah Brown" <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 08:23:24 -0500

I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
fiction?

Two with a British Slant:

Kelly Park -- Stubbs, Jean
Stately Pursuits -- Fforde, Katie

Joan Curtin

FROM: Lynda Whitton-Henley <[removed]@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 1:41 PM

There is one (of her many) Irish Triology's that involves a young Irish girl
who is a carpenter's daughter that is involved with remodeling a pub and
building a theather next to it. I think her story is the last of the
three...she also does plumbing and carpentry. Her = Nora Roberts.

Lynda Whitton-Henley
Northwest Br., Corpus Christi, TX

Sarah Brown wrote:

> I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
> repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
> fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.
>
> Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah
>
> ********************************************
> Sarah E. Brown
> [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
> Librarian
> Tippecanoe County Public Library
> 627 South Street
> Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
> Voice: (765)772-9393
> FAX: (765)429-0150
> www.tcpl.lib.in.us
> ********************************************
> The opinions expressed here are my own
> and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
> ********************************************
>
> ......................................................................
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> Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html

FROM: Sandra <[removed]@cox.net>
REC'D: 2/5/02, 9:07 PM

Maybe Stately Pursuits by Katie Fforde would do. As I recall it
deals with renovating/restoring a "stately home" in a British village.

--
Sandra Mundy
Jesse Smith Library
Harrisville, RI

FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 7:20 AM

Perhaps the novel version (*is* there one?) of the film "Same Time Next
Year."

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FROM: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 7:30 AM

>From: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: handyman/woman. Home repair fiction
>Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 13:19:24 +0000
>
>Perhaps the novel version (*is* there one?) of the film "Same Time Next
>Year."
>

Obviously that should go under the "unusual love stories" thread...<blush>

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FROM: "Roberts, Julie" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 2:12 PM

Do you all remember the somewhat long thread a few months ago about Mary
Sheepshanks "Picking up the pieces" book? I think that would qualify for
this. Kate is remodeling a house and falls in love. I was intrigued by
the thread then, and we have 4 of her books, which I will soon read,
beginning with this one. Julie A. Roberts
[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us

-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda Whitton-Henley [[removed]@ccpl.ci.corpus-christi.tx.us]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:50 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Handyman/woman, Home Repair Fiction

There is one (of her many) Irish Triology's that involves a young Irish
girl
who is a carpenter's daughter that is involved with remodeling a pub and
building a theather next to it. I think her story is the last of the
three...she also does plumbing and carpentry. Her = Nora Roberts.

Lynda Whitton-Henley
Northwest Br., Corpus Christi, TX

Sarah Brown wrote:

> I will be doing a fiction/non-fiction display featuring books on home
> repair, home construction, etc. Do any of you have suggested titles for
> fiction? I am familiar with Sarah Graves' home repair mystery series.
>
> Any suggestions welcome. I will compile a list for Fiction-L.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah
>
> ********************************************
> Sarah E. Brown
> [removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us
> Librarian
> Tippecanoe County Public Library
> 627 South Street
> Lafayette, Indiana 47901-1470
> Voice: (765)772-9393
> FAX: (765)429-0150
> www.tcpl.lib.in.us
> ********************************************
> The opinions expressed here are my own
> and do not necessarily reflect TCPL policy.
> ********************************************
>
> ......................................................................
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FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <[removed]@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 5:54 PM

The movie was based on a play by Bernard Slade.

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From: christine jeffords [[removed]@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:23 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: handyman/woman. Home repair fiction

>From: "christine jeffords" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: handyman/woman. Home repair fiction
>Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 13:19:24 +0000
>
>Perhaps the novel version (*is* there one?) of the film "Same Time Next
>Year."
>

Obviously that should go under the "unusual love stories" thread...<blush>

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FROM: Susan <[removed]@uia.net>
REC'D: 2/6/02, 10:20 PM

How about The House Next Door by Anne Siddons.

Susan

FROM: "Leser, Debra" <[removed]@rolling-meadows.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 10:10 AM

The Handyman by Carolyn See

Debbie Leser
Rolling Meadows Library
Rolling Meadows, IL

FROM: "Janice Doxtator" <[removed]@fibernetcc.com>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 10:20 AM

I'm confused whether we're still working on the Construction Fiction thread
or if this is a new, somewhat related one. In any case, this older title
might work with either theme: THE LIVELY DEAD (1975) by Peter Dickinson. A
young wife is attempting a DIY remodel on a London townhouse, exposing
dry-rotted timbers and all.
Jan Doxtator
Stevens Point, WI

FROM: "Linda Wallace" <[removed]@snet.net>
REC'D: 2/7/02, 7:30 PM

Did someone mention "That Camden summer " by LaVyrle Spencer? Handyman
Gabriel fixes up out huse for divorcee Roberta who retunrs home to Camden ME
with her three children. Set in early 1900's.

Linda Wallace
Jonathan Trumbull Library
Lebanon, CT

FROM: "Carol Kubala" <[removed]@columbiapl.libct.org>
REC'D: 2/9/02, 6:20 PM

Finding Ian by Stella Cameron features a handywoman hired to redo
Ferryneath Cottage while the main male character inhabits the premises.

--
Carol Kubala
Adult Services Librarian
Columbia/Saxton B. Little Free
Voice 860-228-0350 Fax 860-228-1569

FROM: Molly Williams <[removed]@adelphia.net>
REC'D: 2/9/02, 7:03 PM

BERGREN, Lisa Tawn
Torchlight (1994): Christian Romance. Full Circle series, #2.
After inheriting her family's lighthouse and mansion, heiress Julia
Rierdon, sister of Jake Rierdon travels to the coast of Maine to
restore the estate and turn it into a lavish inn. Temporarily
separated from her wealthy fiance, Julia turns to a mysterious
stranger for assistance. Motorcycle-riding handyman Trevor Kenbridge
is gorgeous, infuriating, and just the man she needs to help her
prepare the inn.

EVANICK, Marcia
Catch of the Day (2002): Romance. Gwen Fletcher is the only single
girl in Misty Harbor, Maine, and is surrounded by potential suitors.
However, she's got a restaurant to renovate and the carpenter she's
hired seems bent on avoiding her. Gwen needs to convince Daniel
Creighton that she's not trying to land a husband. But soon, small
town gossip has them together -- and it dawns on Daniel he's fallen
for Gwen!

WALLACE, John
Robin's Ocean (1999): Robin and Ann Garrity are proud owners of the
Viroqua, a fictional bed and breakfast inn on the coast of Maine.
While Ann struggles to maintain the establishment, Robin acts more
like a guest than an owner, a fact that drives Ann first into the
arms of neighbor, carpenter and highly competent handyman Charlie
Thibodeau, then clear across the country to San Diego, in an effort
to escape both Rob and Charlie while starting the process of finding
herself again.


~ Molly
--
Molly Williams
Volunteer, Waterboro Public Library (Maine)
daily library weblog: http://www.waterboro.lib.me.us/blog.htm

FROM: Sarah Brown <[removed]@tcpl.lib.in.us>
REC'D: 2/18/02, 11:34 AM

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Bergren, Lisa Tawn. Torchlight.
Card, Orson Scott. Homebody.
Fforde, Katie. Stately Pursuits.
Graves, Sarah. Home Repair is Homicide series: The Dead Cat Bounce, Triple
Witch, Wicked Fix, Wreck the Halls, Repair to Her Grave.
Gunning, Sally. Peter Bartholomew series: Hot Water, Still Water, Deep
Water, Muddy Water, Dirty Water, Fire Water.
Hall, Mary Bowen. Emma Chizzit series: Emma Chizzit and the Queen Anne
Killer, Emma Chizzit and the Sacramento Stalker, Emma Chizzit and the Napa
Nemesis, Emma Chizzit and the Mother Lode Marauder.
Culotta, Nino (John O'Grady). They're a Weird Mob.
Dickinson, Peter. The Lively Dead.
Evanick, Marcia. Catch of the Day.
Hodgins, Eric. Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Kaurman, Margo. This Damn House: My Subcontract With America.
Kidder, Tracy. House.
King, Laurie R. Folly.
Lee, Rachel. Exile's End.
Nichols, Linda. Handyman.
Page, Katherine Hall. The Body in the Basement.
Parker, Robert B. An Early Autumn.
Queen, Ellery (ghost-written by John Holbrook Vance). A Room to Die In.
Rice, Anne. The Witching Hour.
Roberts, Nora. Midnight Bayou and others.
See, Carolyn. The Handyman.
Sheepshanks, Mary. Picking Up the Pieces.
Siddons, Anne. The House Next Door.
Spencer, Lavyrle. That Camden Summer.
Standiford, Les. John Deal series: Done Deal, Raw Deal, Deal to Die For,
Deal on Ice, Presidential Deal, Deal With the Dead.
Stubbs, Jean. Kelly Park.
Wallace, John. Robin's Ocean.
Wolzien, Valerie. Josie Pigeon series: This Old Murder, Death at a
Discount, Murder in the Forecast, Deck the Halls with Murder.

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