Winter at the Door

by Sarah Graves

  But there would be time enough to find that out, too, she thought; meanwhile Missy could use a friend.

  And so could I, Lizzie thought. So, absolutely, could I.

  Heading back to the office in Bearkill, she passed children out sledding, their snowsuits bright as gumdrops as they zipped downhill.

  A man trudging across an open field shouldered a shotgun. Dogs romped by a fence. A red tractor pulled a long wagon with hay bales stacked on it.

  And over it all loomed the Great North Woods: vast, silent. As she swung around the long curve into town past the old potato barn, her radio sputtered.

  “All units …”

  She pressed the handset button and answered.

  This book is for John Squibb.

  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

  Thank you to all of you who helped: Ken Brown, “Cur” Soucy, Cathie Pelletier, and Lise Pelletier.

  BY SARAH GRAVES

  The Dead Cat Bounce

  Triple Witch

  Wicked Fix

  Repair to Her Grave

  Wreck the Halls

  Unhinged

  Mallets Aforethought

  Tool & Die

  Nail Biter

  Trap Door

  The Book of Old Houses

  A Face at the Window

  Crawlspace

  Knockdown

  Dead Level

  A Bat in the Belfry

  Winter at the Door

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  SARAH GRAVES lives with her husband in Eastport, Maine, in the 1823 Federal-style house that helped inspire her books. This series and the author’s real-life experience have been featured in House & Garden and USA Today. She is currently at work on the next novel in her new mystery series, to be published by Bantam.

  www.sarahgraves.net/

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