Book Clubs > Death by the Book: Mystery Book Group > Massachusetts Mysteries

Massachusetts Mysteries - Monay, July 11, 2005. 10:00 - 11:30 am Titles included in this list are all about a murder or other crime that has been committed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Some crimes are solved by detectives. Some are solved by amateurs. Whatever the case, our sleuth generally resides in Massachusetts or has their office here. In some instances, the crime takes place elsewhere, but the yearning on the part of the characters to return to Massachusetts is very strong. This list includes some cozies for those that like their murders "off the page," as well as some hard-boiled, some stand-alone titles and some series. Enjoy!

Ablow, Keith [Frank Clevenger series] Denial[1998] Projection: a Novel of Terror and Redemption[1999] Compulsion[2002] Psycopath[2003] Murder Suicide[2004] Abrahams, Peter A Perfect Crime[1998] Adamson, Mary Jo [Michael Merrick series] The Blazing Tree: a Michael Merrick Mystery[2000] Elusive Voice[2001] Allen, Irene [Elizabeth Elliot series] Quaker Silence[1992] Quaker Witness[1993] Quaker Testimony[1996] Quaker Indictment[1998] Arnold, Margaret [Penny Spring & Sir Toby] The Cape Cod Caper[1980] The Menehune Murders[1989] Cape Cod Conundrum[1992] Barnes, Linda [Carlotta Carlyle series] A Trouble of Fools[1987] The Snake Tattoo[1989] Coyote: a Carlotta Carlyle Mystery[1990] Steel Guitar[1991] Snapshot[1993] Hardware[1995] Cold Case[1997] Flashpoint: a Carlotta Carlyle Mystery[1999] Big Dig[2003] Deep Pockets[2004] Barnes, Linda [Michael Spraggue series] Blood Will Have Blood[1982] Bitter Finish[1983] Dead Heat[1984] Cities of the Dead[1986] Berry, Carole Nightmare Point[1993] Blake, Michelle [Lily Connor series] Tentmaker[1990] Earth Has No Sorrow[2001] Book of Light[2003] Blanc, Nero [Crossword series] Two Down[2000] Crossword Connection[2001] Crossworder's Holiday[2002] A Crossword to Die For[2002] Wrapped Up in Crosswords[2004] Anatomy of a Crossword[2004] Corpus de Crossword[2004] Blanchard, Al [Steve Asher series] Murder at Walden Pond[2001] Mad Season[2002] Blanchard, Al [James Callahan series] The Iscariot Conspiracy[2001] Disappearance of Jenna Drago[2002] Boylan, Eleanor Murder Crossed[1996] Braver, Gary Elixer[2000] Gray Matter[2002] Brogan, Jan Final Copy[2001] Clark, Mary Higgins Death at the Cape[1989] Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. Murder at the B-School[2004] Coburn, Andrew No Way Home[1992] Conant, Susan A New Leash on Death[1990] Bloodlines[1992] The Barker Street Regulars[1998] Evil Breeding[1999] The Wicked Flea[2002] The Dogfather[2003] Bride and Groom[2004] Connors, Rose Absolute Certainty[2002] Temporary Sanity[2003] Maximum Security[2004] False Testimony[2005] Cook, Thomas The Chatham School Affair[1996] Craig, Philip R. Craig [Jeff Jackson / Martha's Vineyard series] A Beautiful Place to Die[1989] The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea[1991] Double Minded Men[1992] Cliff Hanger[1993] Off Season[1994] A Case of Vineyard Poison[1995] Death on a Vineyard Beach[1996] A Deadly Vineyard Holiday[1997] A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard[1998] A Fatal Vineyard Season[1999] Vineyard Blues[2000] Vineyard Shadows[2001] First Light: The First Ever Brady Coyne/ J.W. Jackson Mystery[2002] Vineyard Enigma[2002] Vineyard Killing[2003] Murder at a Vineyard Mansion[2004] Second Sight: a Brady Coyne/ J.W. Jackson Mystery[2005] Curry, John A. Two and Out[2001] Daniel, David The Tuesday Man[1991] Daniel, David [Alex Rasmussen series] The Heaven Stone[1994] The Skelly Man[1995] Goofy Foot[2004] The Marble Kite[2005] Dobson, Joanne [Karen Pelletier series] Quieter than Sleep[1997] The Northbury Papers[1998] The Raven and the Nightingale[1999] Cold and Pure and Very Dead[2001] Maltese Manuscript[2004] Doolittle, Jerome [Tom Bethany series] Body Scissors[1990] Strangle Hold[1991] Bear Hug[1992] Head Lock[1993] Half Nelson[1994] Kill Story[1995] Day, Dianne Beacon Street Mourning: a Freemont Jones Mystery[2000] Dreher, Sarah Shaman's Moon: a Stoner McTavish Mystery[1998] Ephron, G.H. [Dr. Peter Zak series] Amnesia[2000] Addiction[2001] Delusion[2002] Obsessed[2003] Guilt[2005] Evers, Crabbe Fear in Fenway: a Duffy House Mystery[1993] Fielding, Joy See Jane Run[1991] Don't Cry Now[1995] Whispers and Lies[2003] Gardner, Lisa Alone[2005] Gerritsen, Tess The Surgeon[2001] Apprentice[2002] Goldstone, Nancy Mommy and the Murder[1995] Mommy and the Money[1997] Graves, Ralph Champagne Kisses, Cyanide Dreams[2001] Gunning, Sally [Peter Bartholomew series] Still Water[1995] Deep Water[1996] Muddy Water[1997] Dirty Water[1998] Fire Water[1999] Healy, Jeremiah F. [John Francis Cuddy series] Blunt Darts[1984] The Staked Goat[1986] So Like Sleep[1987] Swan Dive[1989] Yesterday's News[1990] Right to Die[1991] Shallow Graves[1992] Foursome[1993] Act of God[1994] Rescue[1995] Invasion of Privacy[1996] The Only Good Lawyer[1998] Spiral[1999] Higgins, George V. The Friends of Eddie Coyle[1972] Imposters[1987] Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years[1988] The Mandeville Talent[1991] Defending Billy Ryan[1992] Bomber's Law[1993] Kennedy for the Defense[1995] Swan Boats at Four[1995] Sandra Nicols: Found Dead[1996] A Change of Gravity[1997] The Agent[1999] The End of Day[2001] Cogan's Trade[2002] Juniper, Alex A Very Proper Death[1990] Kadow, Jeannine Dead Tide[2002] Kallen, Lucille The Tanglewood Murder[1980] Katz, Jamie Dead Low Tide[1998] Summer for Dying[2000] Kellerman, Jonathan and Faye Double Homicide[2004] Kemelman, Harry Friday the Rabbi Slept Late[1964] Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry[1966] Weekend with the Rabbi[1969] Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home[1970] Monday the Rabbi Took Off[1972 - Not a Massachusetts Mystery - Takes place in ISREAL] Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red[1974] Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet[1976] Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out[1978] Conversations with Rabbi Small[1981] Someday the Rabbi Will Leave[1985] One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross[1987 - Not a Massachusetts Mystery - Takes Place in ISREAL] The Day the Rabbi Resigned[1992] The Day the Rabbi Left Town[1996] Kemprecos, Paul [Aristotle "Soc" Socarides series] Cool Blue Tomb[1991] Death in Deep Water[1992] Feeding Frenzy[1993] Mayflower Murder[1996] Bluefin Blues[1997] Kenney, Charles Hammurabi's Code[1995] Code of Vengence[1997 - Paperback reprint of 1995's Hammurabi's Code] Son of John Devlin[1999] The Last Man[2002] Kilmer, Nicholas [Fred Taylor series] Harmony in Flesh and Black[1995] Man with a Squirrel[1996] O Sacred Head[1997] Dirty Linen[1999] Lazarus Arise[2001] Klein, Zachary Still Among the Living[1990] Land, Jon The Fires of Midnight[1995] The Blue Windows[2003] Langton, Jane [Homer Kelly series] The Transcendental Murder[1964] Dark, Nantucket Noon[1975] The Memorial Hall Murder[1978] Natural Enemy[1982] Emily Dickinson is Dead[1984] Good and Dead[1986] Murder at the Gardner[1988] God in Concord[1992] Divine Inspiration[1993] The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels[1995] Dead as a Dodo[1996] The Face on the Wall[1998] Murder at Monticello[2001] The Escher Twist[2002] The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg[2003] Steeplechase[2005] Lee, Marie The Curious Cape Cod Skull[1995] The Fatal Cape Cod Funeral[1996] The Mysterious Cape Cod Manuscript[1997] Lee, Wendy [Angela Matelli series] The Good Daughter[1994] Missing Eden[1996] Deadbeat[1999] He Who Dies[2000] Habeas Campus[2002] Lehane, Dennis A Drink Before the Water[1994] Darkness, Take My Hand[1996] A Drink Before the War[1996] Sacred: a novel[1997] Gone, Baby, Gone[1998] Prayers for Rain[1999] Mystic River[2001] Shutter Island[2003] Logan, Margaret The End of an Altruist[1994] Never Let a Stranger in Your House[1995] Lonsdale, Harry Paul [Nicholas Chase Cigar Mysteries] Where There's Smoke, There's Murder[1999] Smoking Out a Killer[2000] Up in Smoke[2001] Luber, Philip Deliver Us From Evil[1996] Pray For Us Sinners[1998] MacDonald, Patricia J. Mother's Day[1994] MacLeod, Charlotte [Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn series] Family Vault[1979] The Withdrawing Room[1980] The Palace Guard[1981] The Bilbao Looking Glass[1993] The Convivial Codfish[1984] The Plain Old Man[1985] The Recycled Citizen[1987] The Silver Ghost[1987] The Gladstone Bag[1989] The Resurrection Man[1982] The Odd Job[1995] The Balloon Man[1998] Maness, Larry [Jake Eaton Mystery] Nantucket Revenge[1995] A Once Perfect Place[1996] Strangler: a Jake Eaton Mystery[1998] Manuel, David [Faith Abeey series] A Matter of Roses[1990] A Matter of Diamonds[2000] A Matter of Time[2002] Mars, Peter The Tunnel[1998] A Taste for Money: a novel based on the true story of a dirty Boston cop[1999] Matthews, Francine [Merry Folger series] Death in the Off Season: a Merry Folger Mystery[1994] Death in a Rough Water[1995] Death in a Mood Indigo[1997] Death in a Cold, Hard Light[1998] McDonald, Gregory [Francis Xavier Flynn series] Flynn[1977] Flynn's In[1984] Flynn's World[2003] The Buck Passes Flynn[2004] Michaels, Grant [Stan Kraychick series] A Body to Die For[1990] Love You to Death[1992] Dead on Your Feet[1993] Mask for a Diva[1994] Time to Check Out[1996] Dead as a Doornail[1998] Minichino, Camille [Gloria Lamerino / Periodic Table of Elements series] The Hydrogen Murder[1997] The Helium Murder[1998] The Lithium Murder[1999] The Beryillium Murder[2000 - Not a Massachusetts Mystery - Takes Place in CALIFORNIA] The Boric Acid Murder[2002] The Carbon Murder[2004] The Nitrogen Murder[2005 - Not a Massachusetts Mystery - Takes Place in CALIFORNIA] Munson, Ronald Night Vision[1995] Neely, Barbara Blanche Cleans Up[1998] Oleksiw, Susan Murder in Mellingham[1993] Double Take[1994] Family Album[1995] Friends and Enemies[2001] Page, Katherine Hall [Faith Fairchild] The Body in the Belfry[1990] The Body in the Kelp[1991] The Body in the Boullion[1991] The Body in the Vestibule[1992] The Body in the Cast[1993] The Body in the Basement[1994] The Body in the Bog[1996] The Body in the Bookcase[1998] The Body in the Big Apple[1999] The Body in the Moonlight[2001] The Body in the Bonfire[2002] The Body in the Lighthouse[2003] The Body in the Snowdrift[2005] Parker, Robert B. [Spencer series] The Godwulf Manuscript[1973] God Save the Child[1974] Mortal Stakes[1975] Promised Land[1976] The Judas Goat[1978] Looking for Rachel Wallace[1980] Early Autumn[1980] A Savage Place[1981] Ceremony[1982] The Widening Gyre[1983] Valediction[1984] A Catskill Eagle[1985] Taming a Seahorse[1986] Pale Kings and Princes[1987] Crimson Joy[1988] Playmates[1989] Stardust[1990] Pastime[1991] Double Deuce[1992] Paper Doll[1993] Walking Shadow[1994] Thin Air[1995] Chance[1996] Small Vices[1997] Sudden Mischief[1998] Hush Money[1999] Hugger Mugger[2000] Potshot[2001] Widow's Walk[2002] Back Story[2003] Bad Business[2004] Cold Service[2005] School Days[2005] Parker, Robert B. [Jesse Stone series] Night Passage[1997] Trouble in Paradise[1998] Death in Paradise[2001] Stone Cold[2003] Race Week[2005 - Not Yet in Print] Parker, Robert B. [Sunny Randall series] Family Honor[1999] Perish Twice[2000] Shrink Rap[2002] Melancholy Baby[2004] Peale, Cynthia [Beacon Hill series] Death of Colonel Mann[2000] Murder at Bertram's Bower[2001] White Crow[2002] Pearl, Matthew The Dante Club[2003] Press, Margaret Requiem for a Postman[1992] Elegy for a Thief: a Detective Sergeant Gabriel Dunn Mystery[1993] Pickard, Nancy [Jenny Cain series] Generous Death[1984] Say No to Murder[1985] No Body[1986] Marriage is Murder[1987] Dead Crazy[1988] Bum Steer[1990] IOU[1991] But I Wouldn't Want to Die There[1993] Confession[1994] Twilight[1995] Reed, Barry [Dan Sheridan series] The Verdict[1980] The Choice[1991] The Indictment[1994] The Deception[1997] Riggs, Cynthia [Martha's Vineyard series] The Cranefly Orchid Murders[2002] Deadly Nightshade[2003] The Cemetary Yew[2003] Jack in the Pulpit[2004] The Paperwhite Narcissus[2005] Rosen, Dorothy & Sidney [Belle Appleman series] Death and Blintzes[1985] Death and Strudel[2000] Strike Three, You're Dead[1984] Fadeaway[1987] The Deception[1997] Saturday Night Dead[1989] World of Hurt[1994] Dead Ball[2001] Satterthwait, Walter Miss Lizzy[1989] Sedgwick, John Dark House[2000] The Education of Mrs. Bemis[2002] Smith-Levin, Judith Do Not Go Gently[1996] The Hoodoo Man[1998] Green Money[2000] Tapply, William G. [Brady Coyne series] Death at Charity's Point[1984] The Dutch Blue Error[1984] Follow the Sharks[1985] The Marine Corpse[1986] Dead Meat[1987] The Vulgar Boatman[1987] A Void in Hearts[1988] Dead Winter[1989] Client Privilege[1989] The Spotted Cats[1991] Tight Lines[1992] The Snake Eater[1993] The Seventh Enemy[1995] Close to the Bone[1996] Cutter's Run[1998] Muscle Memory[1999] Scar Tissue[2000] Past Tense[2001] A Fine Line[2002] Shadow of Death[2003] Nervous Water[2005] Tapply, William G. & Philip Craig [Brady Coyne / J.W. Jackson] First Light[2001] Second Sight[2005] Taylor, Phoebe Atwood [Asey May series] The Cape Cod Mystery[1931] Death Lights a Candle[1932] The Mystery of the Cape Cod Players[1933] The Mystery of the Cape Cod Tavern/A>[1934] Sandbar Sinister[1934] Deathblow Hill[1935] The Tinkling Symbol[1935] Out of Order[1936] The Crimson Patch[1936] Octagon House[1937] Figure Away[1937] Banbury Fog[1938] The Annulet of Gilt[1938] Spring Harrowing[1939] The Criminal C.O.D.[1940] The Deadly Sunshade[1940] The Perennial Boarder[1941] Six Iron Spiders[1942] Going, Going, Gone[1943] Proof of the Pudding[1945] Punch with Care[1946] The Diplomatic Corpse[1951] Thomas-Graham, Pamela [Ivy League series] A Darker Shade of Crimson[1998] Blue Blood[1999] Orange Crushed[2004] Title, Elise Killing Time[2002] Inside Out[2003] Conviction[2004] Weber, Janice Devil's Food[1996] Wheeler, Leslie Murder at Plymouth Plantation[2001]