When I began writing the first book in my Maine Clambake Mystery series back in 2012, I sat down to think about what attracted me to cozy mysteries. Like traditional mysteries—a genre of which cozies are a part—cozy mysteries make the unknown known, supply satisfying answers to all the vexing… Read more
In the seventh book of the excellent Maine Clambake mystery series, the summer tourist season is in full swing. Our heroine, Julia Snowden, has her hands full running the Snowden Family Clambake and is not thrilled to discover that access to one of the local beaches used by her clam… Read more
Honestly, this is the best culinary cozy series on the market today, and I’m just so thrilled that I’m finally able to catch up with this, the sixth book in the series. Our heroine, Julia Snowden, is hard at work getting Morrow Island ready for the start of clambake season…. Read more
Tis the season … for Christmas cozies! Perennial bestseller Leslie Meier, author of the venerable Lucy Stone mysteries, once again joins forces with fellow Kensington scribes Lee Hollis (the Hayley Powell mysteries) and Barbara Ross (the Maine Clambake mysteries) to deliver a trio of thematic tales in Yule Log Murder—a… Read more
In this 5th installment of the Maine Clambake Mystery series, we learn a lot more about the history of Julia Snowden’s mother’s family. Once rich enough to own and entertain lavishly on Windsholme—their estate set on an island in the bay of Busman’s Harbor, Maine—several generations later see Morrow Island… Read more
Fogged Inn by Barbara Ross is the 4th book in the Maine Clambake Mystery series, nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Novel. This 4th installment of the Maine Clambake Mystery series has been nominated for the Agatha Award for Best Novel, and deservedly so! Julia Snowden has decided to… Read more
Barbara Ross is back to her best in this gripping tale that takes a good hard look at the lives of those involved with the commercial lobster catch in Maine. Summer is drawing to an end, and our heroine Julia Snowden must decide whether to return to her venture capitalist… Read more
With the loss of the Snowden Family Clambake Company no longer imminent, our heroine Julia Snowden can focus on helping to make something else a success too: the inaugural Busman’s Harbor Founder's Weekend that she's still not sure how she got herself roped into. Spearheaded by the energetic head of… Read more
At the end of this delightful series debut, I literally squealed like a schoolgirl with glee. It’s easy to discern why this novel and several of its sequels have been nominated for the Agathas, among other awards: the writing is whip-smart, the characters are deeply sympathetic, and—most importantly—the murder mystery… Read more
Malice Domestic, an annual convention held in Washington, D.C., honoring the best of the traditional/cozy mystery genre, has announced the nominees for 2017's Agatha Awards. Loosely defined as “mysteries which contain no explicit sex or excessive gore or violence,” the Agatha Award salutes the books best typified by the works… Read more
