The Nature of the Grave

Sarah Hawthorne had no idea her life was going to change when she took a seasonal job working on Nantucket. A gifted painter, Sarah was devoted to her art-until she met John Jarad, a handsome, local police lieutenant.John is deeply rooted in the charming island home his family helped to settle. As Sarah explores John’s family history, she reactivates interest in his younger brother’s cold case 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 a sinister island conspiracy.Packed with engaging characters, and offering a roller-coaster plot, THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE promises to be the perfect summer beach read.

Martha Reed is a Pittsburgh-based author who is busily developing her Nantucket Mystery series after a lifetime of travel and adventures spanning three continents. Her novel, THE NATURE OF THE GRAVE, won a 2006 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Honorable Mention for Mid-Atlantic Best Regional Fiction. Martha currently serves on the Board of Sisters in Crime, Inc. (SinC) as Chapter Liaison, and spends her limited spare time and even more limited discretionary income renovating her 128-year old Victorian home that she lovingly refers to as The Bottomless Money Pit. She loves travel, big jewelry, and great coffee, and delights in the never-ending antics of her extended family.