Cozy mysteries from a small Maine town.

A café-and-bookshop on the coast. A woman who notices what doesn't fit. A yellow Lab with opinions. Welcome to Bluebell Cove.

Murder at the Tide Pool Café

Bluebell Cove Mysteries · Book 1 · Out Now

She came to Bluebell Cove to start over. She didn't expect to find a body before her grand opening.

When Eloise "Ellie" Rourke inherits her late aunt's café-and-bookshop on the Maine coast, she's looking for a quiet second chapter. Then a hated developer turns up face-down in the tide pools below her café. His left shoe is wet. His right shoe is dry.

Ellie has the noticing her aunt taught her, a yellow Lab named Captain, and a sheriff who keeps showing up for coffee. She's going to need all three.

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About Maeve

I live on the coast of Maine with my yellow Lab and a strong opinion about how to make scones. I taught high school English for twenty-three years. After I retired, I started writing the kind of books I'd been reading for forty years — cozy mysteries with small towns, sharp-tongued women, dogs, and the occasional body in the tide pools.

Murder at the Tide Pool Café is my first novel. More Bluebell Cove mysteries are on the way, and I am writing as fast as I'm allowed to.

If you're a reader who likes Joanne Fluke, Vicki Delany, or Louise Penny — pull up a stool. The coffee's on.

The Bluebell Cove Mysteries

A planned series. One small Maine town. One amateur sleuth. One excellent dog.

Book 1

Out Now

Murder at the Tide Pool Café

Book 2

Coming

Title to be announced

Book 3