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Barbara Ross

Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries. The first book in the series, Clammed Up, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel, the RT Book Reviews, Reviewer's Choice Best Book Award for Amateur Sleuth and was a finalist for the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She is co-editor/co-publisher of Level Best Books, which produces anthologies of crime stories by New England authors. She writes at her home overlooking the harbor in Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
Easter Basket Murder
Torn Asunder
Irish Coffee Murder
Hidden Beneath
Halloween Party Murder
Muddled Through
Jane Darrowfield and the Madwoman Next Door
Shucked Apart
Eggnog Murder
Sealed Off
Yule Log Murder
Stowed Away
Iced Under
Fogged Inn
Clammed Up

Books

Easter Basket Murder
Torn Asunder
Irish Coffee Murder
Hidden Beneath
Halloween Party Murder
Muddled Through
Jane Darrowfield and the Madwoman Next Door
Shucked Apart
Eggnog Murder
Sealed Off
Yule Log Murder
Stowed Away
Iced Under
Fogged Inn
Clammed Up

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