Mallets Aforethought

Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree left her high-powered career for a dilapidated fixer-upper and the dream of a quiet existence in the quaint town of Eastport, Maine. But she found that no matter how carefully you remodel your life, murder can take up residence anywhere.

It''s Eastport''s most notorious landmark: the old Harlequin House. Named for the disgraced physician Chester Harlequin, it was used as a hi...