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Maine provides an ideal backdrop for all sorts of mysteries. A cozy set at a coastal inn, or noir in the North Woods, it’s a state full of mystery! Here's a few choices. .
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Widowmaker
by Paul Doiron
Approached by a distressed woman who claims her son is his half-brother, who has disappeared from a brutal work camp after a wrongful conviction, Mike Bowditch finds himself on the trail of a ruthless vigilante in the snow-covered mountains of Maine. First title in the series is The Poacher's Son.
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Death runs adrift
by Karen MacInerney
A peaceful period of wedding planning and berry picking at the Gray Whale Inn is shattered by the discovery of a murder victim whose demise wrongly implicates Natalie Barnes's friends. First title in the series is Murder on the Rocks.
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Dangling by a thread
by Lea Wait
The Mainely Needlepointers are about to learn that no man is an island, especially when greedy developers want his land.
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Straw man
by Gerry Boyle
When a story about illegal gunrunning between Massachusetts and Maine overlaps with a piece about Mennonites, cultures and tempers clash as crime reporter Jack McMorrow tries to keep one step ahead of the looming tide of violence that threatens his family. (First title in the series is Deadline.)
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Winter at the door : a novel
by Sarah Graves
"Tough but haunted police chief Lizzie Snow, a big-city cop with a mission, takes on a small town with a dark side when she moves from Boston to Bearkill, Maine, hoping to find her missing niece. As a blizzard bears down, Lizzie gears up for a showdown with a killer"
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A house to die for
by Vicki Doudera
Realtor Darby Farr escaped her stifling hometown to build a new life, free of painful memories and her controlling aunt. A phone call sends her back to the small Maine island to close a multimillion-dollar sale. It all seems like a simple deal until a local scuttles the sale and one buyer is found hacked to death. Facing a huge storm, another desperate buyer and a dangerous former Navy SEAL, Darby must piece together the puzzle and stay alive.
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