“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 … 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 Amazon.
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Some intrigue, great characters.
Keeps you guessing
A good book to read. I liked the ghost effect and the suspense of finding the villain.
The title of this book is the attention getter throughout the story. Not only does the main character become the focus of the members of the small town she’s moved to but the more questions she asks, the move confusing it becomes. The writer provides you with sufficient little tidbits to keep you intrigued and not wanting to put the book down.
Kept me guessing.
I loved the characters and the truly original story line. It was a great read and left me wanting more. Can’t wait to read more about these characters.
Could not wait for my reading time!!!
Good mystery!
Great story about second chances no matter your age, that persistence and following your gut while risky, can pay off in the end if you are trying to do the right thing for the right reasons.
This is book one of the Spookie Town Murder Mystery. I enjoyed Scraps of paper and continued to read books 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Spookie Town Mystery. Book 6 is coming. Abigal moved to Spookie town to move on from her husband’s disappearance and death. She bought a house to fix up. As she does she begins finding scraps of paper hidden in and around her home. The paper hit that a mother and two children just might have been victims of foul play in that very house. The story has lovely eccentric townspeople, ex-homicide detective Frank Lester, and the fog all weaved into a haunting lovely story.
Great small town characters!
October 10, 2019
Format: Kindle Edition
I love reading about art and artists, so right there I was happy. Then add all these quirky characters in this strange little town, and what an interesting introduction to the series!
Kept my interest to the end
Easy to read, kept me picking it back up and thinking about it when I couldn’t read it. I am looking forward to reading the next books in the series.
I really enjoyed this book!
A good read
a very intense story with good ending (for some of the characters). just enough mystery to keep you reading
It is a great read but I could see the person responsible halfway into the book.
The characters are interesting and very likable which keeps the story moving. I really enjoyed this book and would definitely continue to read this series. You are curious about the future of the Abigail and the various characters in Spookie by the end of the book.
Great read!
I really liked getting to know the new atmospheric town and its people. A keeper.