Secrets of Mary's Bookshop

When Mary’s Mystery Bookshop hosts an event featuring a famous author, Mary can’t help but notice that one of the guests in the audience looks remarkably like her old friend, Claire! But when Mary goes to reintroduce herself to her once-best friend, she disappears without a trace. As if this wasn’t profound enough, rumors begin to spread around Ivy Bay about a secret relationship between Claire and Mary’s husband, John.  Are the rumors just rumors, or was there an unwelcome romance that Mary was never aware of? And what exactly is it that Claire is running away from?

Mary’s sister, Betty, has received a most unwelcome letter; she is being sued by the Hopkinses, who claim that her family’s mill belongs to them! Betty, unwilling to relinquish control of a landmark that has belonged to her family for generations, confides in Mary to get to the bottom of this accusation. But will history tell a tale that sides with the Emerson family, or do the Hopkinses have a legitimate claim to the Emerson Grist Mill? Find out in this fantastic page-turner that will take you away to the small town of Ivy Bay in Cape Cod, where the weather is always fine and guests are always welcome!

A mysterious figure has left a set of beautiful books outside of Mary’s Mystery Bookshop! Each book contains an ancient letter addressed to a man named Edward from… Mary’s mother? As Mary looks into the story behind the letters, she discovers a shocking revelation that could change everything she and Betty knew about their mother. Do they really want to know the story that history has to tell, or are some mysteries better left unsolved?

Mary has made a potentially newsworthy discovery! When she finds a poem by Katherine Lee Bates that could potentially be the progenitor to the classic song “America the Beautiful,” she brings it to Lincoln King to have it authenticated. However, during Lincoln’s research, the poem is mysteriously stolen! With a wide variety of suspects and only a small window of time to recover the poem, will Mary be able to find the culprit? Join her in the investigation on another cozy adventure and escape to the beautiful town of Ivy Bay, where mysteries are abounding!

When Sweet Susan’s Bakery is severely damaged in a fire, Susan must find other ways of producing income before she goes bankrupt from repair costs. As if money was not a large enough problem, evidence turns up that suggests the fire was set intentionally! Although Ivy Bay’s best sleuth, Mary, is on the job, the overwhelming amount of potential suspects could make this the most challenging case that Mary has ever encountered. Could the fire have been caused by a competitor, or is the perpetrator someone closer to home? Join Mary and her friends from Ivy Bay in an unforgettable mystery full of adventure, intrigue, and satisfying resolutions!

Mary is contributing to Ivy Bay’s baseball spirit by creating an exhibit full of baseball memorabilia, including her late husband’s prized game ball signed by the entire 1970 Red Sox organization. But before the exhibit is set to open, someone replaces the ball with a counterfeit one! To make matters worse, it appears as though other features in the exhibit have been stolen and replaced with fakes as well! Can Mary track down the thief and use her husband’s baseball as a means of helping a children’s charity like he intended? Find out in Disappearing Acts, an exciting mystery that tells a story of compassion like nothing else before!

After inheriting their great uncle’s house, Mary and Betty find a few beautiful New England landscape paintings tucked away in the attic. The paintings were completed by Mary’s great-aunt Maude, who passed away in her youth. However, when Mary discovers a startling note on the back of one piece, it begs the question: how did Aunt Maude really die? With very little evidence to go on, Mary must use her intuition and analytical skills to find the truth about her deceased relative. Along the way, she not only learns about Aunt Maude’s mysterious past, but also that paintings can tell a story more detailed than words could ever describe..