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| About the Book | |
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Free Excerpt From The Book (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)  Honorable Mention - 2006 Independent Publisher IPPY Award Mid-Atlantic Best Regional FictionThe Independent Publisher Book Awards - a vigorous national competition launched in 1996 - are designed to bring increased recognition to the deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors and publishers. Sarah Hawthorne has no idea her life is going to change when she accepts a seasonal job working on Nantucket Island. As an artist, Sarah is devoted to her work - until she meets John Jarad, a handsome, local police Lieutenant! THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE introduces John and Sarah Jarad, a newly-married couple. John is deeply-rooted in the charming island home his family helped to settle; Sarah is an off-island artist from Pittsburgh who works on Nantucket one summer, falls in love, and decides to stay. While exploring John's family history, Sarah reactivates interest in his younger brother's unsolved disappearance. A great-uncle's surprising bequest brings family tensions to the surface, and the sudden reappearance of the missing brother shakes the Jarad family tree. A string of mysterious deaths ensue as John and Sarah forge their investigative talents to solve an ancient island secret! Packed with engaging characters and a roller-coaster plot, THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE promises to be the perfect summer vacation beach read.
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The dialogue is fresh, the description of Nantucket spot on, and the characters (especially John and Sarah) very appealing. ... the plot ... was particularly complex and well put together. This was one of the best books I've read in a long time. I highly recommend it. I read this book in two days at the beach. I could not put it down. Dreamt about the characters ... it was simply a GREAT story.
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| About the Author | |
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Martha Reed lives in Aspinwall, Pennsylvania. Her fiction has appeared in literary journals and her poetry online. THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE is her first full-length novel and currently she is working on the second John and Sarah Jarad Nantucket Mystery, THE WITCH OF WAUWINET. |
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