The small coastal Maine town of Blueberry Bay is the setting for these cozy animal mysteries. The first series begins with a novella, Perilous Landing, which introduces the characters as they find themselves in the midst of dealing with a mysterious death. The later books are all full-length novels that continue to bring new adventures to the town, the region, and the people who live and visit there.
I'm making the books available in both Kindle and paperback formats, with each paperback coming out a little while after the e-Book launches. Send in your reviews of the new books, and one might just land on the paperback's back cover, or in a newsletter to my subscribers!
My books are published by Sunrise Song Press, right here on the Downeast-Acadia coast.
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I've burned my bridges: sold my NYC apartment to move up here to Blueberry Bay, and open an inn in this fantastic, run-down folly of a house. But making friends in a tight – knit community would have been tough enough. Now, I don't have a clue who I can trust – except my clever Havanese dog, Ziggy.
Our first night in the house, a stranger in the attic died right before my eyes. Suicide – or murder?
My brusque, annoying neighbor, an ex-detective who's come out of retirement to investigate, suspects I killed her. My housekeeper knows things she's not telling me. The local contractor I've hired, a cute single dad, seems great for the job, but has secrets too.
The repair list is huge, and the "Barton's Landing B&B" has to open for business – soon. Meanwhile, I've got to solve this murder matter before I'm locked up as Suspect #1 – and before whoever's making threats tries to kill me!
(Now available in paperback, too!)
Just as I'm preparing to open the Barton's Landing B&B here in my aunt's fantastic but run-down house, and just as my NYC-broken heart is starting to mend, shockwaves ricochet through the community: a mysterious young woman has been killed, close to home. Now everyone's locking their doors and looking over their shoulders. It hurts to have to live this way here, in the sweet town of my childhood summers.
In this new life, I've got two great helpers by my side. My smart, sassy Havanese dog Ziggy has a nose for clues as well as treats. And the handsomest contractor in town is working against the clock to get all the repairs done before B&B tourist season kicks off, even as we make some hidden house discoveries together.
Though that's a lot on my bone china plate already, I can't resist looking into this murder, and that means I have a "frenemy," too: my crusty next-door neighbor. This retired detective insists I stick to my own business and stop sleuthing around. But he and the local cops are making zero progress, with a killer on the loose.
My fluffy little Havi is an open book – but all the humans around me seem to have secrets, and so does my house! I don't know who I can trust. And if I sniff too close to the truth about this case, I'm in double-dog trouble.
(Now available in paperback, too!)