Sea Ports of Mystery

[optic_i]

Cape Cod Massachusetts has many sea ports, and I like to read mystery books based on cape and the islands, which include Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Do you have any regional favorites of your own?

That Old Cape Magic  

Third Strike  

Vineyard Chill  

 

 

[becke_davis]

I've always liked this series, which is set further up the coast in Maine:

Dead Level (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #15) 

Knockdown (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #14) 

Crawlspace (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #13) 

A Face at the Window (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #12) 

The Book of Old Houses (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #11) 

Wreck the Halls (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #5) 

Repair to Her Grave (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #4) 

The Dead Cat Bounce (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #1) 

Wicked Fix (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #3) 

Triple Witch (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #2) 

Mallets Aforethought (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #7) 

Trap Door (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #10) 

Tool and Die (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #8) 

Nail Biter (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #9) 

Unhinged (Home Repair Is Homicide Series #6)                

[Fricka]

Those books by Russo, Craig, and Graves all look very interesting. I also like:

Bayside mystery series by Ellery Adams. ( Sorry, having some posting problems.) I am not sure how "purist" we are supposed to be in the definition of "Seaport" but it seems to me that a book which has a setting near a bay is technically the same thing. I really like these books, with the protagonist Olivia Limoges and her Standard Black Poodle, Captain Haviland, being very engaging characters. Plus the books are well-plotted, too--and then of course, there's the setting. 'Nuff said?

[becke_davis]

We could change it to "waterside" - which opens things up a bit. I just thought of Lucy Burdette's new series set in Key West:

An Appetite For Murder (Key West Food Critic Series #1) 

Death in Four Courses   

[optic_i]

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becke_davis wrote:

We could change it to "waterside" - which opens things up a bit. I just thought of Lucy Burdette's new series set in Key West:

An Appetite For Murder (Key West Food Critic Series #1) 

Death in Four Courses   

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Hi Becke & Fricka,

Love the recommendations !

Now that Memorial Day weekend is almost here, I want to start adding to my summer reading list.  

Optic  

[optic_i]

 Anoter series I enjoy is off the coast of Maine.

Trespasser (Mike Bowditch Series #2)  

Bad Little Falls   

Is a preorder now. 

[Fricka]

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optic_i wrote:

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becke_davis wrote:

We could change it to "waterside" - which opens things up a bit. I just thought of Lucy Burdette's new series set in Key West:

An Appetite For Murder (Key West Food Critic Series #1) 

Death in Four Courses   

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Hi Becke & Fricka,

Love the recommendations !

Now that Memorial Day weekend is almost here, I want to start adding to my summer reading list.  

Optic  

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Waterside sounds great to me, becke! I also agree with Optic I on the Lucy Burdette books. Those look great! I've been meaning to read An Appetite for Murder, and now it looks like there's another book in the series already!

[Fricka]

Those books by Paul Doiron look good too, Optic! Where ever did you get those gorgeous  pictures ? I really like the one with the lighthouse a lot! Now it's my turn to say " Thank you" for your recommendations!

[optic_i]

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Fricka wrote:

Those books by Paul Doiron look good too, Optic! Where ever did you get those gorgeous  pictures ? I really like the one with the lighthouse a lot! Now it's my turn to say " Thank you" for your recommendations!

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Hi Fricka, Thanks! Aren't they great pics !  I got them from google images for sea ports of New England.

Although I am doing New England sea ports of each state. There are five on the Atlantic here. So I match the pics with each state. Done two so far, and match them with mystery books I have enjoyed. But like Becke said this thread is for any region that you enjoy reading about and want to tell everyone about. I am interested in hearing about what everyone likes to read.

Optic

[optic_i]

The New Hampshire seacoast.

Black Tide (Lewis Cole Series #2)  

Deadly Cove (Lewis Cole Series #7)  

[writerfire]

Ohhh nice pictures!!!

[dhaupt]

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optic_i wrote:

 Anoter series I enjoy is off the coast of Maine.

Trespasser (Mike Bowditch Series #2)  

Bad Little Falls   

Is a preorder now. 

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Oh I love his series

[dhaupt]

Here's another just debuted series set on the Island of St. John by Rebecca Hale

Adrift on St. John  

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this is a fun thread thanks

[becke_davis]

From the St. Charles, IL Public Library (right by my sister's house!) - GOING COASTAL:

GOING COASTAL:  MYSTERIES SET ON BEACHES AND ISLANDS

Breezy and Light A Cat on a Beach Blanket: An Alice Nestleton Mystery by Lydia Adamson Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery by Simon Brett Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter: The First Dixie Hemingway Mystery by Blaize Clement Marsh Madness by Caroline Cousins Dead Days of Summer: A Death on Demand Mystery by Carolyn G. Hart Murder on Naked Beach: A Lucy Ripken Mystery  by J. J. Henderson Indian Pipes by Cynthia Riggs Death in a Beach Chair by Valerie Wolzien Somewhat Stormy Flashback by Nevada Barr River’s Edge by Terri Blackstock Second Sight: A Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson Mystery by Philip R. Craig Cut to the Heart: Clara Barton and the Darkness of Love and War by Dianne Day Cadillac Beach  by Tim Dorsey Shark Island by Joan Druett Artifacts by Mary Anna Evans The Problem with Murmur Lee by Connie May Fowler Midnight Pass by Stuart M. Kaminsky Snipe Hunt by Sarah R. Shaber Bishop’s Reach by Kathryn R. Wall Dark Light by Randy Wayne White Out of the Ruins by Sally S. Wright Killer Waves Isle of Dogs by Patricia Daniels Cornwell Tropic of Night by Michael Gruber Wet Grave by Barbara Hambly Sea Change by Robert B. Parker Thicker Than Water by P. J. Parrish Beach Road by James Patterson Havana Run by Les Standiford The Big Boom by Domenic Stansberry Dog Island by Mike Stewart Absolute Rage by Robert Tanenbaum Orchid Beach by Stuart Woods Across the Sea The Viper’s Kiss by Paris Aristides (Cyprus) Cold Smoked by K. K. Beck (Shetland Islands) Don’t Drink the Water: An E. J. Pugh Mystery by Susan Rogers Cooper (St. John in the Caribbean) Cold Havana Ground by Arnaldo Correa (Cuba) Murder by the Waters: Further Adventures of the American Agent Abroad by Robert Lee Hall (Bath, England) The Lighthouse by P. D. James (Combe Island off the Cornish coast) Bahamarama by Bob Morris (Harbour Island in the Bahamas) St. Charles Public Library

[becke_davis]

Lucius Beebe Memorial Library

Beach Mysteries: Location, Location, Location!

The weather in New England during the winter months make us long for sunny, sandy beaches and cool, fruity tropical drinks. Than again, the pace of our busy lives may make us long for those locations at any point in the year. This list contains authors and titles that reflect beach locations—some that only see boogie boards in the summer months and others that have the virtue of beach weather all year round.

Thank you, once again, to Beebe Reference Librarian Beth Radcliffe for her thorough research on this list.

Whenever possible, if a series, the titles are in order of publication date. Series characters are after the author’s name. This is by no means an exhaustive list, and please let us know if you feel that a title should be here. Please read one or more titles, and come prepared to discuss your impressions of them with the group.

A-F

Margot Arnold
Penny Spring & Toby Glendower
Cape Cod Caper (1982)
Cape Cod Conundrum (1992)

Nevada Barr
Anna Pigeon
Endangered Species (1997)
(Cumberland Island, GA)

Cynthia Baxter
Jessica Popper: Reining Cats & Dogs Mystery
Putting on the Dog (2004)
(Long Island, NY)

Carole Berry
Nightmare Point (1993)
(Cape Cod)

Nero Blanc
Rosco Polycrates & Belle Graham
Two Down (2000)
(Nantucket, MA)

J.S. Borthwick
Sarah Deane
Down East Murders (1985)
Bodies of Water (1990)
Bridled Groom (1994)
Murder in the Rough (2002)
Intensive Scare Unit (2004)
Foiled again (2007)
(Maine)

Rick Boyer
Doc Adams
Billingsgate Shoal: #1 (1982)
Whale’s footprints: #5 (1988)
Yellow Bird: #7 (1991)
(Cape Cod)

Mark Brown
Ben McMillen
Game Face (1992)
Puna Kahuna Not in NOBLE. (1993)
(Hawaii)

Wanda Canada
Carroll Davenport
Island Murders (2001)
(NC)

Carol Higgins Clark
Regan Reilly
Burned (2006)
(Hawaii)

Mary Jane Clark
Diane Mayfield
Dancing in the Dark (2005)
(NJ)

Jennifer Colt
McAffee Twins
Mangler of Malibu Canyon (2006)
(CA)

John Connolly
Bad Men (2004)
(ME)

Rose Conners
Marty Nickerson
Absolute Certainty (2002)
Temporary Sanity (2003)
Maximum Security (2004)
False Testimony (2005)
(Cape Cod)

Steven Cooper
With You in Spirit (2003)
(Martha’s Vineyard)

Caroline Cousins
Margaret Ann Matthews
Fiddle Dee Death (2003)
Marsh Madness (2005)
(SC)

Philip Craig
Jefferson Jackson
Massachusetts Mysteries
(Martha’s Vineyard)

Lynda Curnyn
Killer Summer (1995)
(Fire Island)

David Daniel
Alex Rasmussen
Goofy Foot (2004)
(Cape Cod)

Brendan DuBois
Lewis Cole
Investigative Reporters
(NH)

Terence Faherty
Owen Keane
Live to Regret (1992)
(NJ)

There's a Google image of a newspaper article featuring coastal mysteries here, too.

[becke_davis]

G-M

William Campbell Gault
Broch Callahan
Dead Seed (1984)
Chicano Wars (1986)
Cat and Mouse (1988)
(CA)

Jacqueline Girdner
Kate Jasper
Most Likely to Die (1996)
Cry for Self-help (1997)
Death Hits the Fan (1998)
Murder on the Astral Plane (1999)
Murder, My Deer (2000)
Sensitive Kind of Murder (2002)
(CA)

Chris Grabenstein
John Ceepak
Tilt a Whirl (2005)
Mad Mouse (2006)
Whack a Mole (2007)
Hell Hole (2008)
Mind Scrambler (2009)
(NJ Shore)

Sally Gunning
Peter Bartholomew
Massachusetts Mysteries
(MA Island)

Carolyn J. Hart
Annie & Max Darling
Husband & Wife Detectives
(SC)
Henri O.
Dead Man’s Island (1993)
(SC)
Death in Paradise (1998)
(Hawaii)

Vicki Hunnings
William Shark Morgan
Bride Wore Blood (2002)
Death on a Cellular Level (2003)
(SC)

Stuart Kaminsky
Lew Fonseca
Vengeance (1999)
Retribution (2001)
Midnight Pass (2003)
Denial (2005)
Always Say Goodbye (2006)
Bright Futures (2009)
(FL)

Paul Kemprecos
Aristotle “Soc” Socarides
Massachusetts Mysteries
(Cape Cod)

Susan Kenney
Roz Howard
One Fell Sloop (1990)
(ME)

Douglas Kiker
Investigative Reporters
(Cape Cod)

Charles Knief
John Caine
Where Done It? Mystery list.
(Hawaii)

Jane Langton
Homer Kelly
Dark Nantucket Noon (1981)

Susan LaTour & Pierre LaTour, Jr.
Dead Reckoning (1996)
(Cape Cod)

Barbara Lee
Eve Elliot
Death in Still Waters (1995)
Final Closing (1997)
Dead Man’s Fingers (1999)
(MD)

Margaret Logan
Deathampton Summer (1988)

John D. MacDonald
Travis McGee
Deep Blue Good-by (1964)
Nightmare in Pink (1964)
Purple Place for Dying (1964)
Quick Red Fox (1964)
Deadly Shade of Gold (1965)
Bright Orange for the Shroud (1965)
Darker Than Amber (1966)
One Fearful Yellow Eye (1966)
Pale Gray for Guilt (1968)
Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper (1968)
Dress Her in Indigo (1969)
Long Lavender Look (1970)
Tan and Sandy Silence (1972)
Scarlet Ruse (1973)
Turquoise Lament (1973)
Dreadful Lemon Sky (1975)
Empty Copper Sea (1978)
Green Ripper (1979)
Free Fall in Crimson (1981)
Cinnamon Skin (1982)
Lonely Silver Rain (1984)
(FL)

Charlotte MacLeod
Sara Kelling & Max Bittersohn
Balloon Man (1998)
(MA)

Larry Maness
Jake Eaton
Nantucket Revenge (1995)
Once Perfect Place (1996)
Strangler (1998)
(Cape Cod)

David Manuel
Brother Bartholomew
Ecclesiastical Mysteries.
(Cape Cod)

Seth Jacob Margolis
Joe DiGregorio
False Faces (1991)
(Fire Island, NY)

Margaret Maron
Deborah Knott
Shooting at Loons (1994)
(NC)

Francine Mathews
Merry Folger
Death in the Off Season (1994)
Death in Rough Water (1995)
Death in Mood Indigo (1997)
Death in Cold Hard Light (1998)
(Nantucket, MA)

G.A. McKevitt
Savannah Reid
Culinary Mysteries.
(CA)

Leslie Meier
Lucy Stone
Cozy Mysteries.
(ME)

Marcia Muller
Point Deception (2001)
(CA)

Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Joe Grey
Human & Animal Teams.
(CA)

[becke_davis]

N-Z

Barbara Neely
Blanche White
Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (1994)
(ME)

Susan Oleksiw
Joe Silva
Massachusetts Mysteries
(MA)

Toby Olson
At Sea (1993)
(Provincetown, MA)

David Osborn
Murder at Martha’s Vineyard (1989)

Katherine Hall Page
Faith Fairchild
Body in the Kelp (1991)
Body in the Basement (1994)
Body in the Lighthouse (2003)
(ME)

Preston Pairo
Dallas Henry
Beach Money (1991)
One Dead Judge (1993)
(MD)

Robert B. Parker
Spenser
Promised Land (1976)
(Cape Cod)

Randall Peffer
Killing Neptune’s Daughter (2004)
(Cape Cod)

Marissa Peisman
Nina Fischman
Close Quarters (1994)
(Fire Island)

W. R. Philbrick
J.D. Hawkins
Walk on the Water (1991)
(Nantucket MA)

Nancy Pickard
Eugenia Potter
Secret Ingredient Murders (2001)
(RI)

Virginia Rich
Eugenia Potter
Baked Bean Supper Murders (1983)
(ME)
Nantucket Diet Murders Murders (1983)
(MA)

Cynthia Riggs
Victoria Trumbull
Senior Sleuths
(MA)

Walter Satterthwait
Lizzie Borden
Miss Lizzie (2001)
(MA)

Norma Seely
Secrets of Harbor House (2000)
(OR)

Jeff Shelby
Noah Braddock
Killer Swell (2005)
Wicked Break (2006)
(CA)

Beth Sherman
Anne Hardaway
Where Done It? Mystery list.
(NJ)

Seymour Shubin
Witness to Myself (2006)
(MA)

Sheila Simonson
Lark Dailey
Mudlark(1993)
(WA)

Edith Skom
Beth Austin
George Eliot Murders (1995)
(Hawaii)

Mary Ann Tirone Smith
Poppy Rice
She’s Not There (2003)
(MA)

John Smolens
Angel’s Head (1994)
(MA)

Jessica Speart
Rachel Porter
Coastal Disturbance (2003)
(GA)
Restless Waters (2005)
(Hawaii)

David Stukas
Robert, Michael & Monette
Someone Killed His Boyfriend (1991)
(MA)

Rob Swigart
Chazz Koenig & Cobb Takamura
Vector (1986)
Toxin (1989)
(Hawaii)

William Tapply
Brady Coyne
Past Tense (2001)
(MA)

Phoebe Atwood Taylor
Asey Mayo
Massachusetts Mysteries
(MA)

Lee Tyler
Teed-Off Ghost (2002)
(Hawaii)

Kathryn L. Wall
Bay Tanner
Perdition House (2003)
Judas Island (2004)
Resurrection Road (2005)
Bishop’s Reach (2006)
(SC)

Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford
Where Done It? Mystery list.
(FL)

Collin Wilcox
Alan Bernardt
Except for the Bones (1991)
(MA)

M.K. Wren
Conan Flagg
Curiosity Didn’t Kill the Cat (1973)
Multitude of Sins (1975)
Oh, bury me not (1976)
Nothing’s Certain But Death (1978)
Seasons of Death (1981)
Wake Up, Darlin’ Corey (1990)
Dead Matter (1993) Not in NOBLE.
King of the Mountain (1994) Not in NOBLE.
(Pacific NW)

Dorian Yeager
Elizabeth Will
Murder Will Out (1994)
Summer Will End (1996)

Sharon Zukowski
Blaine Stewart
Hour of the Knife (1991)
(Carolina)
Prelude to Death (1996)
(Key West, FL)

[optic_i]

Wow what a treasure trove of Vacation Books !  Thanks Becke this is Great !!  Im going to keep a print out of this it's Perfect !!  

Thanks Deb , I really like the St. John books too , & Paul Doiron's Mike Bowditch series ! 

Thanks Holly, I have 2 more states to go for New England  Sea Ports.

If anyone has pics of their favorite locations post them here !    

[optic_i]

The Rhode Island coast.

Rhode Island Disasters  

Death on the Cliff Walk (A Gilded Age Mystery)  

Running With the Wind  

[becke_davis]

I'm posting this picture of Assateague for Eadie: