“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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I enjoyed this book. I read it in a day it’s an interesting easy read. I would definitely read more from this author.
Great book
I could really relate with the main character. The plot and story line was written wonderfully. Hope to read more books in this series.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author. It was a well written and entertaining story. I will read more by this author.
I was drawn in by the author’s smooth writing style by the third page. The story unfolded slowly, but there was plenty to focus on in the meantime. I appreciated the richness of the prose and the building blocks of good writing that let the reader get to know the characters and experience their lives along with the mystery. After finishing, I checked out the reviews on Amazon and was actually shocked at the number of people who found it slow, boring or flat. I suspect these are the folks that prefer slam-bang TV thrillers that wrap up in 42 minutes around commercials. To each his own. Myself, I’ll take a well-rounded yarn anytime.
Great read, hard to put down.
loved it!
I enjoyed this book. Not a life changer or anything, just a good story line and likeable characters.
I enjoyed the mystery and the appropriate romance. I would enjoy reading more of the Spookie town books. The main characters are enjoyable to get to know.
I really enjoyed this story. It was fun to work out this who done it. The characters were fun and original. I enjoyed reading that 2 people who had suffered great loss found strength in relying on each other.
Enjoyed this book, then purchased the second in the series.
Great. There were plenty of possible killers with lots of reasons to suspect them. I liked the research she did on an old missing persons case, exposing crooked officials and blackmailing family.
I fell in love with the characters in this book. I couldn’t wait for the next chapter. And in the end it did not disappoint
Good book. Excited to read the rest of the series.
The title was what caught my interest in getting this book, my first by the author. I wasn’t disappointed! There were scraps of paper, in addition to a lot of different clues that helped solve this mystery. The main character, Abigail, captivated me at the start. I turned the pages quickly because I was curious as to how she worked through the changes in her life and when the mystery would be solved. The town was its own character in the story – not to mention some rather quirky and odd townspeople. All in all, a joy to read. I’m looking forward to the second book in the series.
This book was original and many twists and and turns
Wonderful book, bits and pieces of the mystery are presented all the way through the book. Interesting characters and great mystery.
The language use in this book would be acceptable for all ages.
Interesting and chilling at the same time.
Twist & turns were abundant and the answer was not apparent, so you want to read the next chapter before you put the book down to only want the next chapter after that.
Interesting enough.