Nail Biter

Jacobia 'Jake' Tiptree took thedangerous plunge from Wall Street power broker to homeowner. Now the do-it-yourselfenthusiast is about to discover that her own dream house is built on afoundation of murder.Buying a beachfront fixer-upper tolease out to Eastport, Maine's, burgeoning tourist crowd seems like a good ideato Jake Tiptree and her best friend, Ellie White. But working double-time aslandladies to a coven of wannabe witches is not what they had in mind. And itonly gets worse when Jake is called out one stormy night to make a repair-andstumbles on a dead body in the utility shed.A small-time thief and streetpreacher with a particularly violent message, the deceased was no favorite ofJake's nor of anyone else in Eastport. But what's he doing shot to death onJake's property? Jake's bewitching tenants-including an ex-cop, a con man, anda mute teenage girl-claim to have been too busy conjuring spells to have heardor seen a thing. Then a member of the coven disappears without a trace, andJake doesn't think it's a case of witchcraft but a kidnapping-or worse.Scandal, secrets, and a mysteriousbox buried deep in the foundation of her own home are just the beginning of amystery that threatens to bring Jake's house-and life-crashing down. Now sheand Ellie are racing to find a missing girl who may either be the key to it all-orlead them to a killer holding the final nails to their coffins.