Karen MacInerney - Free Library Land Online - Mystery

Anchored Inn

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:51:12 +0300

Tea, scones, and old bones...

It may be autumn on Cranberry Island, Maine, but things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes—and not just because of the cranberry scones in the oven. When a research team discovers the remains of a long-missing German U-Boat just offshore, the Gray Whale Inn becomes the center of operations for the eccentric multimillionaire funding the team. But the excitement over the discovery is soon dampened when something else turns up next to the long-lost sunken vessel: the body of a young woman who went missing twenty years ago, tied to an antique anchor that vanished at the same time. Soon, a second, more recent body, that of a local handyman, turns up next to the inn, a knife from friend and island selectman Tom Lockhart's kitchen in his back.

Natalie is dismayed to learn that several people close to her—including her husband, John, best friend, Charlene, and Tom himself—were connected with the...

Wicked Harvest

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:23:18 +0200

Dyeing Season

Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:32:50 +0200

Sour Grapes: A Dewberry Farm Mystery (Dewberry Farm Mysteries Book 10)

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 08:57:05 +0200

Four Seasons of Mystery

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 10:51:13 +0300

Experience all four seasons at the Gray Whale Inn!

Treat yourself to this collection of cozy reads from the Agatha-nominated Gray Whale Inn mysteries. Includes Blueberry Blues, Pumpkin Pied, Iced Inn, and a brand new springtime story from the inn, the never-before-published Lupine Lies, along with Altar Flowers, a Gray Whale Inn short story that is exclusive to this collection!

You'll savor each one of these cozy gems... and the recipes that go with them. Includes bonus recipes!

Basket Case

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:51:36 +0300

Hop into the Easter season with Karen MacInerney's latest Gray Whale Inn novella!
Innkeeper Natalie Barnes is hosting a Lithuanian egg-decorating workshop on quaint Cranberry Island when a killer decides to add a deadly twist to the festivities. With a peanut-laced drink claiming the life of unlikeable Justine Simonds, Natalie soon discovers that the workshop participants are cracking with motive.
Was Justine's daughter-in-law anxious to speed up her husband's inheritance? Did the grudge of an egg-decorating neighbor turn deadly? Or is there another, deeper secret somebody was desperate to keep hidden? It's up to Natalie to crack the case... before the Easter killer strikes again.
This egg-citing cozy mystery is sure to leave readers hungry for more!

Peach Clobber: A Dewberry Farm Mystery

Wed, 13 Jul 2022 20:41:55 +0300

The Lies that Bind

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 22:46:59 +0300

Books, beach roses... and bodies.
Bookstore owner Max Sayers of Seaside Cottage Books is starting to settle into Snug Harbor, Maine when a local playboy plunges to his death... and Max's best friend Denise is on the hotseat for murder. Denise is an obvious prime suspect—the dead man just nabbed the coffee house she'd been planning to buy for years right out from under her—and Max seems to be the only one in Snug Harbor who believes her friend isn't Maine's answer to Lizzie Borden.

To top things off, business at Seaside Cottage Books is not exactly putting the store at the top of the Snug Harbor bestseller list. Add in a challenging ex-husband, a mother who's fangirl crushing on her ex's new girlfriend, and a daughter who's boycotting the bookseller's own budding romance, and Max finds herself wishing she were buried in a book instead of a real-life murder mystery. Then Max stumbles across a second body... and realizes if she doesn't...

A Killer Ending

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 22:32:42 +0200

Books, beach roses... and bodies.

Bookseller and recent divorcée Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she's barely opened the shop's doors when her new storybook life takes a dark turn. The morning after the grand opening—featuring a famous author who shows up at the store on the arm of Max's ex-husband—Max's rescue dog Winston finds a dead man on the beach behind the shop. The murder weapon? A doorstop—an antique flatiron—from Max's store.

Will Max solve the case before the murderer strikes again?

Or will her bright new beginning turn into a killer of an ending?

Iced Inn

Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:57:45 +0200

Sweet Revenge (Dewberry Farm Mysteries Book 7)

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 20:41:56 +0300

Scone Cold Dead

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:23:19 +0200

Innkeeper Natalie Barnes is living her dream life, creating scrumptious scone recipes and relishing cool summer days on quaint Cranberry Island, Maine... until she stumbles across a dead body tucked under the blueberry bushes.

Could the killer be one of her artsy out-of-town guests?

Or will the murderer turn out to be uncomfortably close to home?

Claws for Alarm

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:01:19 +0200

Dead guests. Carb-deprived yogis.

And a killer on the loose....

It's summertime on Cranberry Island, and things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. She may be hosting a yoga retreat, but things at the Gray Whale Inn are anything but Zen. Between juggling dietary restrictions and managing flaring tempers, Natalie's about ready for a retreat of her own... far away from the inn's fit but finicky guests.

Unfortunately, there's no reprieve on the island. The lobster co-op and pier are under threat once again, this time by a new arrival whose vision for Cranberry Island looks more like a spread in Coastal Living than a quaint Maine fishing village. When the instigator turns up dead next to the co-op and the police start fishing for suspects, Natalie's dear friend Claudette is the one they haul up.

Will Natalie trap the killer in time? Or will she be next?

Death Runs Adrift (The Gray Whale Inn Mysteries)

Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:09:34 +0200

With her wedding plans in place and her future mother-in-law settling in at the Gray Whale Inn, it’s a rare patch of smooth sailing for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. Even Natalie’s guests—a mystery writer and a woman researching her grandfather’s decades-old disappearance from Cranberry Island—are interesting and enjoyable, adding a lively element to the dinner conversations. But while picking berries for her Lemon Blueberry Pudding Cake, Natalie makes a ghastly discovery — a dead man in a skiff adrift on the waves. With people she cares about on the hook for murder, Natalie must act quickly to bail out her friends and catch the killer.