Francine Mathews
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 6
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"As a violent nor'easter bears down on New England over the final weekend in September, a luxury yacht grounds on the shoals surrounding a deserted barrier island off the western end of Nantucket. When the Coast Guard responds, they find two people shot in the boat's cabin, one of whom dies before reaching the hospital. Nantucket Police Detective Meredith Folger is called in to investigate - three days before her long-anticipated wedding - as the...
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 5
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Spencer Murphy is a national treasure: a famous war correspondent who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, his books and television appearances have made him a fortune for half a century. But Spencer, a venerable member of the Wharf Rats--Nantucket's exclusive club for fishermen, storytellers, and characters--is growing forgetful with age. When Spence starts to wander and his half-Asian daughter disappears without a word, Nantucket police detective...
Author
Series
Merry Folger Nantucket mystery volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the strain COVID-19 has placed on the community she loves. Although the island has proved a refuge for many during the pandemic, the cost to Nantucket has been high. Merry hopes that Christmas Stroll, one of Nantucket's favorite traditions, in which Main Street is transformed into a winter wonderland for tourists and locals to enjoy, will lift the island's spirits. But the arrival of...
Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
On Nantucket Island, a woman returns home for the funeral of her fisherman father, a death she believes was murder. When she too is murdered, killed by a harpoon, Merry Folger, the local policewoman, opens a probe which leads to a crooked land developer. By the author of Death in the Off-Season.
7) Jack 1939
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Tapped by President Franklin Roosevelt to travel to Europe and learn what the Nazis are actually planning, 22-year-old John F. Kennedy, a sickly and unpromising second son of Roosevelt's Ambassador to Britain, becomes embroiled in the President's high-stakes effort to stop the flow of German money that is influencing the 1940 U.S. election.