Home at night

"Beware the blackbirds... It's Halloween in Vermont, winter is coming, and five humans, two dogs, and a cat are a crowd in Mercy Carr's small cabin. She needs more room--and she knows just the place: Grackle Tree Farm, with thirty acres of woods and wetlands and a Victorian manor to die for. They sa...

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Main Author: Munier, Paula (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Minotaur Books, 2023.
Edition:First Edition.
Series:Munier, Paula. Mercy and Elvis mysteries ; 5.
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Summary:"Beware the blackbirds... It's Halloween in Vermont, winter is coming, and five humans, two dogs, and a cat are a crowd in Mercy Carr's small cabin. She needs more room--and she knows just the place: Grackle Tree Farm, with thirty acres of woods and wetlands and a Victorian manor to die for. They say it's haunted by the ghosts of missing children and lost poets and a murderer or two, but Mercy loves it anyway. Even when Elvis finds a dead body in the library. There's something about Grackle Tree Farm that people are willing to kill for--and Mercy needs to figure out what before they move in. A coded letter found on the victim points to a hidden treasure that may be worth a fortune--if it's real. She and Captain Thrasher conduct a search of the old place--and end up at the wrong end of a Glock. A masked man shoots Thrasher, and she and Elvis must take him down before he murders them all. Under fire, she and Elvis manage to run the guy off, but not before they are wounded, leaving Thrasher fighting for his life in the hospital, Mercy on crutches, and Elvis on the mend. Now it's up to Mercy and Troy and the dogs to track down the masked murderer in a county overflowing with leaf peepers, Halloween revelers, and treasure hunters and bring him to justice before he strikes again and the treasure is lost forever, along with the good name of Grackle Tree Farm..."--
Physical Description:340 pages ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9781250887894
1250887895
Author Notes:PAULA MUNIER is the USA TODAY bestselling, award-winning author of the acclaimed Mercy Carr mysteries. A Borrowing of Bones, the first in the series, was nominated for the Mary Higgins Clark Award and named the Dogwise Book of the Year. Blind Search also won a Dogwise Award. The Hiding Place and The Wedding Plot both appeared on several "Best Of" lists. Home at Night was named Library Journal's Mystery Pick of the Month. The Night Woods earned a starred Library Journal review, among other acclaim. The Snow Lies Deep was hailed as "captivating" by PW and named The Poisoned Pen's Cozy Club Pick for December. One Killing Frost debuts in January 2027. Paula is also the author of three popular books on writing and the memoir Fixing Freddie: A True Story about a Boy, a Mom, and a Very, Very Bad Beagle. She credits the hero dogs of Mission K9 Rescue, her own rescue dogs, and a love of New England, where she lives, as her series' major influences.