Karen MacInerney
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Bookseller and recent divorcee Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she's barely opened the shop's doors when her new storybook life takes a dark turn. The morning after the grand opening--featuring a famous author who shows up at the store on the arm of Max's ex-husband--Max's rescue dog Winston finds a dead man on the beach behind the shop. The...
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With an upcoming gallery show and a popular artist visiting Cranberry Island, art is on everyone's minds - especially innkeeper Natalie Barnes. When Gwen, Natalie's niece, is invited to present her paintings at the art show, Natalie is torn between worrying about stressed out Gwen, the arrival of her future mother-in-law, and the threat of foreclosure on the Gray Whale Inn. But then Natalie finds Gwen's mentor dead. Will she uncover the truth behind...
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Gray Whale Inn mystery volume Book 4
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When a lobsterman discovers a sunken ship, Cranberry Island is abuzz with excitement. Is the wreck the remains of the Myra Barton, the missing ship of island sea captain Jonah Selfridge? Or the elusive Black Marguerite, which belonged to one of the most notorious pirates of the 17th century and vanished without a trace—except for the ghost ship that old-timers say roams the water on fog-shrouded nights?
Soon the island is swarming with marine archaeologists...
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Gray Whale Inn mystery volume Book 8
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It's summertime on Cranberry Island, and things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. She may be hosting a yoga retreat, but the mood at the Gray Whale Inn is anything but Zen. Between juggling dietary restrictions and managing flaring tempers, Natalie's about ready for a retreat of her own... far away from the inn's fit but finicky guests. Unfortunately, there's no reprieve on the island. The lobster co-op and pier are under threat once again,...
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With her own wedding fast approaching and her mother-in-law dating an unexpected beau, the last thing Natalie Barnes needs is to find a young man shot dead in a dinghy. A note she finds with the body suggests the dearly departed had a secret rendezvous planned with somebody on the island. But when suspicion is cast on a fisherman Natalie believes to be innocent, she begins to wonder if the murder was the result of a lover’s quarrel . . . or a lobsterman’s...
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A Margie Peterson mystery volume Book 2
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Thomas & Mercer
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Things aren?t going well for private investigator and mom Margie Peterson. Her husband, Blake, is claiming his taste for drag queens is just a phase.Her first-grade daughter isn't fitting in at her new posh elementary school, Holy Oaks Catholic School. And her hippie mother has swept into town and replaced the family's store of processed foods with seaweed snacks. To top it all off, a late-night phone call from her boss, Peaches Barlowe, has pulled...
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Dewberry Farm mystery volume Book 1
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Thomas & Mercer
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When Houston reporter Lucy Resnick cashes in her retirement to buy her grandmother's farm in Buttercup, Texas, she's looking forward to a simple life as a homesteader. But Lucy has barely finished putting up her first batch of Killer Dewberry Jam when an oil exploration truck rolls up to the farm and announces plans to replace her broccoli patch with an oil derrick. Two days later, Nettie Kocurek, the woman who ordered the drilling, turns up dead...
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Gray Whale Inn mystery volume Book 7
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Gray Whale Press
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"When a tour company books the Gray Whale Inn for a full week, innkeeper Natalie Barnes can't wait to get cooking-- and to hitch a ride on the antique schooner Summer Winds, getting up close and personal with the local whales. But when one of the humpback whales turns up dragging a mass of fishing gear from its tail, the tour takes a dark turn. It turns darker still when the schooner's handsome captain winds up attached to the vessel's anchor, sixty...
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Margie Peterson mystery volume Book 3
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Thomas & Mercer
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"Private investigator/single mom Margie Peterson barely has time for breakfast, let alone to hit the gym. But when Austin Heights PTA president Pansy Parker hires her to find out who's been embezzling PTA funds, that's exactly where Margie ends up ... finding Pansy dangling upside down from a Nautilus machine. But the PTA president's not alone: the dead body of a personal trainer is there, too. And now she's facing murder charges. To find out what...
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The Snug Harbor mysteries volume 3
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Gray Whale Press
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Bookstore owner Max Sayers of Seaside Cottage Books is starting to settle into Snug Harbor, Maine when a local playboy plunges to his death... and Max's best friend Denise is on the hotseat for murder. Denise is an obvious prime suspect--the dead man just nabbed the coffee house she'd been planning to buy for years right out from under her--and Max seems to be the only one in Snug Harbor who believes her friend isn't Maine's answer to Lizzie Borden....
11) Fatal frost
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Dewberry Farm mystery volume Book 2
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Thomas & Mercer
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Lucy Resnick's nerves are as tight as a tea cozy. Her new goats, Hot Lips and Gidget, keep making a break for the town square, her truck is dying, and her boyfriend's gorgeous ex-wife is in town for the holidays. Worse, someone's digging holes on her land...and uprooting her peach orchard and dewberry patch in the process. Lucy needs additional holiday stress like she needs a blow to the head--which she receives one night, courtesy of the mystery...
12) Inked out
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The Snug Harbor mysteries volume 2
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Gray Whale Press
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"When fledgling bookseller Max Sayers agrees to host Snug Harbor, Maine's new mystery writers' group, she envisions filling Seaside Cottage Books with literary conversation, warm, fresh-baked cookies, and a community to support her assistant Bethany's mystery writing dream. But the group has barely begun its second meeting when local author Reginald Blakely accuses young Bethany of plagiarizing his novel. The next morning, Reginald turns up dead in...
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A Dewberry Farm mystery volume Book 6
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Gray Whale Press
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"Crisp autumn breezes, sizzling bratwurst, warm gingerbread cookies... and just a dash of murder. It's Oktoberfest in Buttercup, Texas, and homesteader Lucy Resnick is taking a break from her chores to enjoy a day of bratwurst, craft beer, and German gingerbread at Sweetwater Brewery. But the day takes a bitter turn when one of the brewery owners turns up dead, crushed by a giant sack of barley. It doesn't take long for Sheriff Rooster (not the sharpest...
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A Dewberry Farm mystery volume Book 5
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Gray Whale Press
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"The eggs aren't the only things dyeing in Buttercup ... It's springtime on Dewberry Farm, and homesteader Lucy Resnick is putting together her wares for the Easter Market. She's just finished potting the last of her herb starts when a tornado rips through her farm, destroying her crops, scattering her lifestock and tearing up the barn. As Lucy searches for two kids lost in the storm, she makes a grisly discovery: her neighbor's home health aide,...
15) Sweet revenge
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Dewberry Farm mystery volume 7
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Gray Whale Press
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When Priscilla Jordan, a wealthy descendant of Buttercup's new living history museum's historic owner, turns up dead in one of the museum's cabins, the police finger local meadery owner Serafine Alexandre as the killer. There's bad blood in Priscilla's family--a disgruntled husband, a disinherited cousin, and a ne'er-do-well son--but the local police don't seem to care. Dewberry Farm homesteader Lucy Resnick's desperate to help her friend... but someone's...
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Gray Whale Press
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"Experience all four seasons at the Gray Whale Inn! Treat yourself to this collection of cozy reads from the Agatha-nominated Gray Whale Inn mysteries. Includes Blueberry Blues, Pumpkin Pied, Iced Inn, and a brand, new springtime story from the inn, the never-before published Lupine Lies, along with Altar Flowers, a Gray Whale Inn short story that is exclusive to this collection!" -- Back cover.