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As they say in the real estate business: location, location, location. New England is a perfect place to vacation—think of walking on the windswept Cape Cod, dining at a waterfront lobster shack, hiking the Green Mountains of Vermont, or touring a grand Newport mansion. What to do if you can’t get away? You can armchair…
We've already highlighted 5 of the biggest mystery fan conventions of 2015, but lucky for us, there are tons more great conferences happening all over, including regional or specialty crime fiction events with their own focuses and unique twists. So here's another bunch of terrific happenings to consider, and we'd love your comments on any…
Blood Rubies by Jane K. Cleland is the 9th Josie Prescott Mystery about the antiques expert who is hired by a celebrity chef to appraise what turns out to be a fake, and deadly, heirloom (available December 2, 2014). Ana Yartsin is on the verge of becoming a celebrity chef. Her custom Fabergé egg-shaped cakes have…
Deadout by Jon McGoran is a thriller centered on a New England island where genetically modified bees hide dark corporate secrets (available August 5, 2014). A trip to an island off the New England coast—and away from the demands of police work—might be just what is needed to jumpstart Detective Doyle Carrick and Nola Watkins'…
Boston Mob: The Rise and Fall of the New England Mob and its Notorious Killer by Marc Songini is a true account of the historically violent Boston mafia and its reign of terror (available July 29, 2014). The New England Mafia was a hugely powerful organization that survived by using violence to ruthlessly crush anyone that…
The Bone Orchard by Paul Doiron is the fifth mystery set in Maine featuring Game Warden Mike Bowditch (available July 14, 2014). In the aftermath of a family tragedy, Mike Bowditch has left the Maine Warden Service and is working as a fishing guide in the North Woods. But when his mentor Sgt. Kathy Frost…
The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb by David Handler is the tenth book in his Berger and Mitry Mystery series, and this time, long overdue construction on a quaint New England road uncovers a body of a missing friend from long ago (available March 25, 2014). The historic New England village of Dorset has actually elected…
The Headmaster's Wife by Thomas Christopher Greene is a literary novel of suspense, exploring the tragedy and mysteries of a man, the headmaster of a New England prep school, whose life is spinning out of control (available Februray 25, 2014). Arthur Winthrop is naked in the middle of Central Park when he is taken into…
The Perfect Ghost by Linda Barnes is a standalone novel set on Cape Cod in which a writer must overcome her phobias so she can unravel the mystery of a friend’s death (available April 9, 2013). When The Perfect Ghost begins, Teddy (Theodore Blake) has just died in a car crash, leaving his partner Em…
