Scraps of Paper The First Spookie Town Murder Mystery Book 1 eBook Kathryn Meyer Griffith Dawne Dominique
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"Scraps of Paper is a well-constructed mystery with just the right mix of good guys and bad guys, with a sprinkling of oddballs and misfits thrown in. Kathryn Meyer Griffin does a nice job of allowing the friendship of the book's two main characters to develop as the story progresses. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good who-done-it, set in a picturesque environment with believable characters. This is the first book in a series the author calls 'The Spookie Town Mysteries'." 5 Stars Reviewed by Michael McManus for Readers' Favorite May 17, 2013 (Second in the series ALL THINGS SLIP AWAY)
Snippet of NOVELSPOT Review for Scraps of Paper
"The premise behind this story intrigued me. Old houses have their own history-bad and good. What would you do if, while you were renovating an old house, you found an intriguing mystery, even if it was years old? If you had a chance of solving that mystery, would you? Or would you leave it buried in the past? Would you want someone digging in your past, your tragedies? If someone you loved just disappeared, what would you do?
Kathryn Meyer Griffith's Scraps of Paper is an engaging story of what happens when you go digging into the past and the possible consequences. It also has an underlying story about dealing with what life hands you and finding the strength to move on. Both Frank and Abby are strong characters they have had to deal with the loss of a loved one and to learn to deal with that loss. You find yourself drawn to them and to all the quirky people who live in the little town of Spookie. In the end you want to know what happened in the old house so many years earlier. I'll be looking forward to more books about this quaint little town."
Reviewed By Theresa at NOVELSPOT © March 2006 (9 out of 10 rating)
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Abigail Sutton's beloved husband walks out one night, doesn't return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of an earlier crime. It's made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.
Starting her new life, Abigail moves to a small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna's younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
But in renovating the house Abigail finds scraps of paper hidden behind baseboards and tucked beneath the porch that hint the three could have been victims of foul play.
Then she finds their graves hidden in the woods behind the house and with the help of the eccentric townspeople and ex-homicide detective, Frank Lester, she discovers the three were murdered. Then she and Frank try to uncover who killed them and why...but in the process awaken the ire of the murderer. ***
***This book is the first of a series. The second and third books, All Things Slip Away and Ghosts Beneath Us, where Abigail and Frank's sleuthing adventures continue, are also for sale on .
Scraps of Paper The First Spookie Town Murder Mystery Book 1 eBook Kathryn Meyer Griffith Dawne Dominique
A recent widow, Abigail Sutton knows that she needs to begin her life anew. Having her husband's death confirmed after two years of wondering. Abby drives aimlessly down the highway until she spots a hamlet named 'Spookie.'Spookie brings back fond memories of her childhood, and it seems as though, Abigail was 'directed' to the location. Quickly she meets a realtor and finds a home, next her true ambition begins to be filled, as she is hired to do an artistic rendering. Friends seem to come easily to her as well. Abigail's life is changing as she wished.
There is the small fact that the house she bought is the former home of a beauty who 'disappeared' with her two young children some thirty years earlier but that is no problem as Abby isn't superstitious nor does she believe in ghosts.
Then, Abby begins to find scraps of paper with messages written in crayon. Abby, and her new friend, former policeman, Frank Lester begin wondering just what had happened to Emily Summers and her two children, twins Jenny and Chris. There curiosity just might kill them.
This novel was a murder suspense. You 'sense' the ghosts but they never present themselves. Or do they? You have to read the tale and form your own opinion. My opinion was that Abby may be a sensitive and truly was 'drawn' to Spookie. I enjoyed each and every scenario and character drawn in this book. I'm looking forward to book number two.
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Scraps of Paper The First Spookie Town Murder Mystery Book 1 eBook Kathryn Meyer Griffith Dawne Dominique Reviews
I liked the story and the characters. There's enough of background so the characters take shape and have some depth. The writing was structured although there are typos throughout but not enough to be that distracting. As far as a murder mystery is concerned it falls flat. If you're a murder mystery fan like I am it was easily detectable in the first few chapters just who the murderer was. The question then became why the murderer killed at all. Although there are many suspects and I still knew from the start who the murderer was, which is a bit anticlimactic for a murder mystery, I still wanted to know more about the characters, the investigation and background of the victims, and that kept me reading on. It was an enjoyable book. This being said I would recommend this book as a clean light read with good writing structure, storyline and characters. I'll read book two only if it becomes available in Unlimited.
I am absolutely ecstatic about this author and her way of weaving wonderful novels. I shall read them all. Abigail has caught my heart and I was fascinated by her adventures and courage. The town is fabulous, someplace I would love to live. The other characters are very interesting as well. I enjoy a romance in my mysteries and she supplied that in a way that warms your heart. Do yourself a favor and give it a try!
An excellent read. I was guessing and not sure of the ending until the end! Double bonus, and I think this may have been the first book I have read like this, the characters actually get to know each other. Most books have the hero and heroine fall in love because they are thrust into the perils and adventure of the story. The characters actually get to know each other as people, sharing thoughts and feelings. They become friends, which is the root of love. The mystery sucks you in, you find yourself thinking about Emily and the kids, wondering what really happened. I very seldom make the time to just read and read, but I had to know what happened. I curled up in a chair and read the last hour and a half straight to the end!
For a first book, I thought this was an extremely good story. Although the sentence construction was not always correct, the book was good enough that it did not detract from the story. I found the book haunting and even scary at times. It was a believable history of a personal tragedy combined with a long-ago mystery of missing persons. The book starts with Abigail Sutton, a graphic artist who had lost her job and whose husband had been missing for two years before he was found dead in a ravine, the victim of a murder. Abigail realizes that she has to make a new life for herself, so she moves to a small town called Spookie and buys a fix-it-up house. While renovating the house, she comes across scraps of paper written by a child who had lived there previously. She is curious about the previous owners and asks around, finding that two children and their mother had disappeared 30 years ago. The mother's sister, not a very nice or welcoming woman, had inherited the house after their disappearance.
As Abigail continues to follow the threads of the mystery, she meets a retired policeman and several townspeople who join her in the search. The book brings up some scary cases the policeman had previously dealt with, and piques the town's interest. Meanwhile, Abigail herself is in danger from an unknown source as she delves further into the disappearance. This is a tense, sometimes scary, and excellent mystery, and I would recommend it to mystery fans. Good book! I could hardly put it down.
I liked this book. I thought the author did a good job of planning her story. It is a mystery, and she has lots of "misleading" leads. It was a good clean story without obscene language or belabored sex scenes. I will definitely try another of the Spookie Town mysteries. I will add that there were some sentences, pronoun, and verb usage that should have been identified and corrected by a good proof reader.
I started reading this under the assumption that it was a ghost story. There were a few ghostly encounters but it was more cozy mystery than ghost story. I didn't mind that at all though, the mystery was suspenseful and well thought out. I also appreciated that even though there is a budding romance there was no gratuitous sex scenes. I loved that the author wrapped up all the loose ends in this story even though it is book 1 of a series. I highly recommend it if you enjoy a good old fashioned mystery.
A recent widow, Abigail Sutton knows that she needs to begin her life anew. Having her husband's death confirmed after two years of wondering. Abby drives aimlessly down the highway until she spots a hamlet named 'Spookie.'
Spookie brings back fond memories of her childhood, and it seems as though, Abigail was 'directed' to the location. Quickly she meets a realtor and finds a home, next her true ambition begins to be filled, as she is hired to do an artistic rendering. Friends seem to come easily to her as well. Abigail's life is changing as she wished.
There is the small fact that the house she bought is the former home of a beauty who 'disappeared' with her two young children some thirty years earlier but that is no problem as Abby isn't superstitious nor does she believe in ghosts.
Then, Abby begins to find scraps of paper with messages written in crayon. Abby, and her new friend, former policeman, Frank Lester begin wondering just what had happened to Emily Summers and her two children, twins Jenny and Chris. There curiosity just might kill them.
This novel was a murder suspense. You 'sense' the ghosts but they never present themselves. Or do they? You have to read the tale and form your own opinion. My opinion was that Abby may be a sensitive and truly was 'drawn' to Spookie. I enjoyed each and every scenario and character drawn in this book. I'm looking forward to book number two.
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