Barbara Ross Books in Order

Acting police chief Ruth Murphy is close to securing her permanent post when a businesswoman dies in a suspicious crash. A missing mechanic and the victim's troubled relationships complicate an investigation that could threaten Ruth's ambitions.

Julia Snowden returns to Maine to save her family's clambake business, but a catered wedding ends in murder. When suspicion falls on her old crush, she investigates to protect both the business and someone she cares about.

A corpse turns up in the clambake oven during Busman's Harbor's summer celebration. With a new employee missing and accused of murder, Julia Snowden searches for the killer before another scandal ruins her family's struggling business.

An ambitious restaurateur threatens Julia Snowden's family business, then is found dead beneath a lobsterman's boat. Police suspect her brother-in-law Sonny, forcing Julia to investigate rivalries and concealed motives to prove that he is innocent.

A stranger who dined at Julia Snowden's restaurant is found dead in its walk-in refrigerator. Her investigation leads toward a group of retirees and an old tragedy, as she tries to identify the victim and his killer.

An unexpected black diamond necklace draws Julia Snowden into her mother's troubled family history. A long-missing cousin's unexplained death and disputes over an inheritance send her searching for answers while another Maine blizzard approaches.

Julia Snowden invites her prospective subletter to Maine after an eggnog disaster leaves the woman jobless. Finding the guest's former boyfriend dead in their rental truck turns the holiday visit into a mystery complicated by his identical twin.

An old school rival invites Julia Snowden aboard her wealthy fiancé's yacht, where Julia finds him dead. With suspicion falling on the hostess, she investigates the reclusive billionaire's private life while preparing for the clambake season.

A new property owner blocks beach access, disrupting Busman's Harbor and Julia Snowden's clambake supplies. When he is murdered after their conversation, Julia investigates angry neighbors, competing heirs and hidden motives behind the controversial gate.

Renovations uncover a long-sealed room in Julia Snowden's family mansion as tensions rise among her seasonal workers. A murdered employee and a mysterious diary draw her into overlapping secrets from the island's past and present.

Retiree Jane Darrowfield turns her talent for discreet problem-solving into paid work at a senior community. An undercover assignment to calm feuding residents becomes a murder investigation when one prominent resident is killed with a golf club.

Jane's new neighbor reports blackouts, strange voices and a fear of being followed. When the young lawyer disappears despite her elaborate security system, Jane investigates the woman's relationships and past, beginning with a cat in a hidden panic room.

Oyster farmer Andie Greatorex asks Julia Snowden to investigate the theft of valuable oyster seed. When Andie is murdered, Julia must sort through commercial rivals, hostile neighbors and personal grudges before another life is endangered.

Julia Snowden helps with a Halloween haunted-house tour to ease her mother's workload. When a reenactment of a gangster's death kills a visiting actor, Julia searches for the person who turned the theatrical murder into reality.

Julia Snowden asks her eccentric neighbor Mrs. St. Onge to teach her a Christmas cake recipe. Discovering that people in the older woman's circle are missing or dead turns a baking lesson into an increasingly dangerous investigation.

A dispute over a proposed pedestrian mall divides Busman's Harbor's businesses. After a pottery shop is vandalized and murder follows, Julia Snowden investigates the rivalries threatening the workplace where her sister earns a living.

Julia Snowden accompanies her mother to a memorial for a friend who vanished during a swim five years earlier. Suspicious behavior prompts them to reopen the disappearance, and a new murder connects their inquiries to present danger.

A Halloween sleepover turns into a chaotic party when uninvited teenagers arrive, and an elderly tenant is found dead in a ghost costume. Julia Snowden investigates the guests to uncover who turned the festivities into a murderous trick.

Julia Snowden organizes a wedding clambake on Morrow Island, where an unidentified guest suddenly dies. An injection mark reveals murder, and worsening weather traps the guests with the killer while Julia questions friends, relatives, and staff.