A Merry Folger Nantucket Mystery Books in Order

Nantucket detective Merry Folger takes her first murder case when wealthy Rusty Mason is found dead in a flooded cranberry bog. As island resentments surface, she must prove herself to her demanding father, the police chief.

Fishing captain Joe Duarte's death during a storm is ruled accidental, but his estranged daughter Del suspects murder. Merry Folger defies her police-chief father to investigate, while discovering that her old friend has secrets of her own.

A skeleton discovered in Nantucket's dunes draws the FBI's attention to a possible serial killer. Detective Merry Folger instead investigates a psychiatrist's disappearance seven years earlier, following island connections as more women are found murdered.

Merry Folger interrupts a visit to her future in-laws after a young man's body is found in Nantucket Sound. Suspected heroin use troubles her police-chief father, whose refusal to share information makes Merry question his motives.

While planning her wedding, Nantucket detective Merry Folger investigates a death at aging war correspondent Spencer Murphy's house. Another family member's murder complicates the case, whose answers may lie in Murphy's failing memory and unreliable family accounts.

A hurricane derails Merry Folger's wedding plans just as a grounded yacht reveals two shooting victims near Tuckernuck. Racing to preserve evidence before the storm destroys it, she investigates while island caretakers struggle to evacuate residents.

Nantucket's Christmas Stroll brings a television production and the secretary of state's family to an island recovering from the pandemic. When two bodies appear, Police Chief Merry Folger and Howie Seitz investigate connections between the visiting groups.