Briar Harbor
A library that has never once closed on time.
Fifteen books, one small harbour, and a book club that notices everything it is not supposed to notice.
Pen Marsh keeps the library. Marlowe keeps the library honest. Between them, very little stays buried for long.
15 books · complete
Everything set in Briar Harbor
Overdue for Murder
A stranger dies in the library, and a small-town librarian reads her first body like a book.
A Novel Way to Die
A celebrated author comes to Briar Harbor — and a book signing ends in poison.
A Fatal First Edition
A rare-book sale turns deadly when a prized first edition costs a life.
Murder Writ in the Margins
A dead man's notes in the margins quietly name his own killer.
The Last Overdue Notice
A decades-old library card pulls a long-buried cold case back into the light.
A Murder in Black and White
A single old photograph develops into proof of a forgotten crime.
A Christmas Past Due
A death on Christmas Eve stirs a secret kept since the winter of 1962.
Murder, Chapter and Verse
A genteel poetry society in Briar Harbor turns out to be hiding a killer.
Marked Lost
A missing-person case the whole town wanted forgotten refuses to stay closed.
The Last Word
A celebrated literary festival ends with one author having the last word — in murder.
Dead Letters
Undelivered letters from the old post office reveal a love story — and a motive for murder.
A Borrowed Grave
A reclusive lighthouse keeper leaves behind a hidden confession — and an unmarked grave on the point.
The Wreckers' Lamp
A false light once lured ships onto the rocks off Briar Harbor — and the wreckers' last victim has just washed back.
The Drowning Bell
The bell of the drowned chapel only tolls when the sea is about to give up a secret — and this winter, all of Briar Harbor heard it.
The Last Chapter
Every story keeps one secret for its final page — and the last secret belongs to the librarian who read all the others.