Edith Maxwell Books in Order

Software engineer Jackie Rousseau loses her job when her company outsources her team’s work. Watching the damage to colleagues and their families, she turns her anger toward an indifferent manager and decides to deliver her own revenge.

Novice organic farmer Cam Flaherty fires an employee for bringing pesticides onto her property, then discovers him murdered with her pitchfork. When a helper is arrested, Cam investigates to protect an innocent woman and her struggling farm.

While preparing to leave Japan for graduate study, Elise Chase agrees to receive a package for her boyfriend’s friend Lance. Its hidden drugs shatter her quiet life, leaving her to plan a deceptively sweet revenge years later.

Crime writer Dorothy needs a new story to earn her next paycheck. When inspiration finally provides a workable murder plot, the idea refuses to remain safely on the page and becomes fatal in the world around her.

Yvonne Maupin believes she has found a publisher for her literary novel, Souls by the Bay. Discovering that Johnny Sorbetto steals writers’ work turns that hope into anger, and she devises a revenge for his deception.

Identical twins Jody and Katie share blood and DNA but differ in ambition, family loyalty and addiction. Katie’s attachment to their family creates an increasingly dangerous problem for her sister, turning their close biological bond toward lethal consequences.

Cam Flaherty's farm dinner ends in tragedy when outspoken entrepreneur Irene Burr is found dead on a neighboring property. Between harvesting crops and managing personal troubles, Cam examines the many resentments surrounding Irene's plans for the town hall.

A resident of an assisted living facility dies after eating vegetables supplied by organic farmer Cam Flaherty. With her reputation threatened and her great-uncle living there, Cam investigates as a blizzard isolates the suspects and raises the danger.

In 1888 Amesbury, Quaker midwife Rose Carroll's work among mothers and newborns draws her into the aftermath of a suspicious factory fire and murders. She uses local connections and her problem-solving skills to investigate threats to her community.

Spring farm chores give way to another investigation when poultry raiser Wayne Laitinen is found murdered. Organic farmer Cam Flaherty uncovers possible motives involving blackmail and concealed scandals, working with detective Pete Pappas to identify the killer.

After pregnant Hannah Breed confides in midwife Rose Carroll, she is shot during Independence Day celebrations. When a fellow Quaker and former slave is accused, Rose investigates the people around Hannah while balancing her patients and uncertain courtship.

A dry spring threatens Cam Flaherty's crops, but the murder of a hydroponic greenhouse owner brings a greater crisis. Cam's mother becomes a suspect after publicly criticizing the victim, prompting Cam and her father to investigate.

During presidential election week in 1888, Rose Carroll joins Amesbury's suffrage movement and discovers its local organizer murdered. The Quaker midwife investigates resentments in the victim's personal and professional life, even as threats put her own safety at risk.

Quaker midwife Rose Carroll questions the apparent miscarriage that killed Charity Skells during a harsh Massachusetts winter. Suspecting more than a medical tragedy, she and detective Kevin Donovan investigate illegal procedures and competing motives to prevent another death.

When a society matron is murdered after publicly insulting Rose Carroll's friend Bertie, suspicion falls on the slighted woman. Convinced of Bertie's innocence, the Quaker midwife recruits a blind pregnant client to help challenge prejudice and examine the clues.

Rose Carroll's wedding celebrations are interrupted by news that her aunt's teenage ward has died on Cape Cod. Traveling there with her new husband, the midwife investigates a case whose suspects include his brother and another midwife's family.

Amesbury's annual carriage industry celebration is disrupted by the murder of a visiting Canadian representative. Midwife Rose Carroll investigates, then learns that plans for a new horseless carriage have vanished, raising questions about a connection between the crimes.

Quaker midwife Rose Carroll investigates crimes in nineteenth-century New England while advocating for women whose lives the authorities overlook. Ten stories gather her shorter mysteries alongside new perspectives from friends and relatives within her community.