Francine Mathews 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.

CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael believed terrorists had killed her husband, until he resurfaces after an explosion and the vice president's kidnapping. Sent to Germany as bait, she must determine whether he is a traitor or undercover.

Fund manager Stefani Fogg is recruited to help Max Roderick investigate his grandfather's disappearance in Thailand decades earlier. As Max becomes embroiled in a murder case, she follows a family history tangled with espionage and betrayal.

A terrorist attack in Washington draws CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael back into conflict with the neo-Nazi 30 April Organization. Her undercover husband's arrest in Germany exposes his identity, forcing her to balance protecting him against stopping the terrorists.

As German forces advance toward Paris, Philip Stilwell's death sends shock waves through the Alibi Club. An effort to prevent a deadly weapon falling into Nazi hands brings four people together amid espionage, betrayal and wartime danger.

In 1939, young John F. Kennedy travels through Europe researching his Harvard thesis while secretly working for President Roosevelt. His assignment is to investigate Nazi funding intended to influence America's coming election as war approaches.

At the 1943 Tehran Conference, naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming learns of a Nazi plot against Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. He goes undercover to identify the assassin, encountering violent attacks and a Soviet spy with uncertain loyalties.

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.