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Beach Mysteries:
Location, Location, Location!

The weather in New England during the months of January & February 2007 are not usually as mild as we have been experiencing—making 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.

AUTHOR CHARACTER TITLE
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 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
(Maine)		 Down East Murders (1985)
Bodies of Water (1990)
Bridled Groom (1994)
Murder in the Rough (2002)
Intensive Scare Unit (2004)
Rick Boyer Doc Adams
(Cape Cod)		 Billingsgate Shoal: #1 (1982)
Whale's footprints: #5 (1988)
yellow Bird: #7 (1991)
Mark Brown Ben McMillen
Hawaii		 Game Face (1992)
Puna Kahuna (1993)
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)
John Connolly Bad Men (2004)
(ME)
Rose Conners Marty Nickerson
(Cape Cod)		 Absolute Certainty (2002)
Temporary Sanity (2003)
Maximum Security (2004)
False Testimony (2005)
Steven Cooper With You in Spirit (2003)
(Martha's Vineyard)
Caroline Cousins Margaret Ann Matthews
(SC)		 Fiddle Dee Death (2003)
March Madness (2005)
Philip Craig Jefferson Jackson
(Martha's Vineyard)		 Massachusetts Mysteries
Lynda Curnyn Killer Summer (1995)
(Fire Island)
David Daniel Alex Rasmussen Goofy Foot (2004)
(Cape Cod)
Brendan DuBois Lewis Cole
(NH)		 Investigative Reporters
Terence Faherty Owen Keane Live to Regret (1992)
(NJ)
William Gault Broch Callahan
(CA)		 Dead Seed (1984)
Chicano War (1986)
Cat and Mouse (1988)
Jacqueline Girdner Kate Jasper
(CA)		 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)
Chris Grabenstein John Ceepak
(NJ Shore)		 Tilt a Whirl (2005)
Mad Mouse (2006)
Sally Gunning Peter Bartholomew
(MA Island)		 Massachusetts Mysteries
Carolyn J. Hart Annie & Max Darling
Henri O.		 Husband & Wife Detectives
(SC)
Dead Man's Island (1993)
(SC)
Death in Paradise (1998)
(Hawaii)
Vicki Hunnings William Shark Morgan
(SC)		 Bride Wore Blood (2002)
Death on a Cellular Level (2003)
Stuart Kaminsky Lew Fonseca
(FL)		 Vengeance (1999)
Retribution (2001)
Midnight Pass (2003)
Last Dark Place (2004)
Denial (2005)
Paul Kemprecos Aristotle "Soc" Socarides
(Cape Cod)		 Massachusetts Mysteries
Susan Kenney Roz Howard One Fell Sloop (1990)
(ME)
Douglas Kiker (Cape Cod) Investigative Reporters
Charles Knief John Caine
(Hawaii) 		Where Done It? Mystery list.
Jane Langton Homer Kelly Dark Nantucket Noon (1981)
Susan LaTour Dead Reckoning (1996)
(Cape Cod)
Barbara Lee Eve Elliot
(MD)		 Death in Still Waters (1995)
Final Closing (1997)
Dead Man's Fingers (1999)
Margaret Logan Deathampton Summer (1988)
John D. MacDonald Travis McGee
(FL)		 Deep Blue Good-bye (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 Lavendar 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)
Charlotte MacLeod Sara Kelling
& Max Bittersohn		 Balloon Man (1998)
(MA)
Larry Maness Jake Eaton
(Cape Cod)		 Nantucket Revenge (1995)
One Perfect Place (1996)
Strangler (1998)
David Manuel Brother Bartholomew
(Cape Cod)		 Ecclesiastical Mysteries.
Seth Jacob Margolis Joe DiGregorio False Faces (1991)
(Fire Island)
Margaret Maron Deborah Knott Shooting ar Loons (1994)
(NC)
Francine Mathews Merry Folger
(Nantucket, MA)		 Death in the Off Season (1994)
Death in Rough Water (1995)
Death in Mood Indigo (1997)
Death in Cold Hard Light (1998)
G.A. McKevitt Savannah Reid
(CA)		 Culinary Mysteries.
Leslie Meier Lucy Stone
(ME)		 Cozy Mysteries.
Marcia Muller Point Deception (2001)
(CA)
Shirley Rousseau Murphy Joe Grey
(CA)		 Human & Animal Teams.
Barbara Neely Blanche White Blanche Among the Talented Tenth (1994)
(ME)
Susan Oleksiw Joe Silva
(MA)		 Massachusetts Mysteries
Toby Olson At Sea (1993)
(Provincetown,MA)
David Osborn Murder at Martha's Vineyard (1989)
(MA)
Katherine Hall Page Faith Fairchild
(ME)		 Body in the Kelp (1991)
Body in the Basement (1994)
Body in the Lighthouse (2003)
Preston Pairo Dallas Henry
(MD)		 Beach Money (1991)
One Dead Judge (1993)
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)
Baked Bean Supper Murders (1983)
(MA)
Cynthia Riggs Victoria Trumbull
(MA)		 Senior Sleuths
Les Roberts Saxon Lemon Chicken Jones
(CA)
Walter Satterthwait Eugenia Potter Miss Lizzie (2001)
(MA)
Norma Seely Secrets of Harbor House
(OR)
Jeff Shelby
(CA)		 Noah Braddock Killer Swell (2005)
Wicked Break (2006)
Beth Sherman
(NJ)		 Anne Hardaway Where Done It? Mystery list.
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 Disturbances(2003)
(GA)
Restless Waters(2005)
(Hawaii)
David Stukas Robert, Michael &
Monette		 Someone Killed His Boyfriend(1991)
(MA)
Rob Swigart Chazz Koenig &
Cobb Takamura
(Hawaii)		 Vector(1986)
Toxin(1989)
William Tapply Brady Coyne Past Tense(2001)
(MA)
Phoebe Atwood Taylor Asey Mayo
(MA)		 Massachusetts Mysteries
Marcel Theroux Bay Tanner
(SC)		 Perdition House(2003)
Judas Island(2004)
Confessions of Mycroft Holmes(2001)
(MA)
Lee Tyler Teed-Off Ghost(2002)
(Hawaii)
Kathryn L. Wall (SC) Resurrection Road(2005)
Bishop's Reach(2006)
Randy Wayne White Doc Ford
(FL)		 Where Done It? Mystery list.
Collin Wilcox Alan Bernardt Except for the Bones(1991)
(MA)
M.K. Wren Conan Flagg
(Pacific NW) 		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)
King of the Mountain(1994)
Dorian Yeager Elizabeth Will Murder Will Out(1994)
Summer Will End(1996)
Sharon Zubowski Blaine Stewart Hour of the Night(1991)
(Carolina)
Prelude to Death(1996)
(Key West, FL)


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