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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2006
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Dewberry Farm Mystery

1 - Killer Jam (Aug-2015)
2 - Fatal Frost (Oct-2016)
3 - Deadly Brew (Sep-2017)
4 - Mistletoe Murder (Dec-2017)
5 - Dyeing Season (Mar-2019)
6 - Wicked Harvest (Sep-2019)
Lucy's Farmhouse Kitchen (Nov-2019)

A Gray Whale Inn Mystery

1 - Murder on the Rocks (May-2006)
2 - Dead and Berried (Feb-2007)
3 - Murder Most Maine (Nov-2008)
4 - Berried to the Hilt (Nov-2010)
5 - Brush with Death (May-2013)
6 - Death Runs Adrift (May-2014)
7 - Whale of a Crime (Jan-2017)
8 - Claws for Alarm (May-2018)
9 - Scone Cold Dead ()
10 - Anchored Inn (Mar-2020)

A Margie Peterson Mystery

1 - Mother's Day Out (Jun-2012)
2 - Mother Knows Best (Mar-2016)
3 - Mother's Little Helper (May-2017)

A Snug Harbor Mystery

1 - A Killer Ending (Jul-2020)
2 - Inked Out (Feb-2021)
3 - The Lies that Bind (Jan-2023)

Tales of an Urban Werewolf

1 - Howling at the Moon (Feb-2008)
2 - On the Prowl (Nov-2008)
3 - Leader of the Pack (Aug-2009)

Book List in Order: 28 titles



  • Trading Texas heat for Maine's tangy salt air, Natalie Barnes risked it all to buy the Gray Whale Inn, a quaint bed and breakfast on Cranberry Island. She adores whipping up her signature blueberry coffee cake and killer cranberry scones for her gues...



  • In this delicious follow-up to Murder on the Rocks, ruthless developers, annoying guests, a new ghost, and a former fiancé are stirring things up on Cranberry Island -- not to mention the cold-blooded murderer on the loose. Between baking bars and f...



  • ROMANCE IS ABOUT TO GET A LITTLE HAIRY Sophie Garou seems to have it all: a great job at a prestigious accounting firm, a closet that rivals a Nordstrom showroom, and a terrific boyfriend who isn’t afraid to use the “M” word. There’s just on...



  • It's springtime on Cranberry Island―and love is in the air. It seems like every woman has the hots for buff trainer Dirk De Leon. He and his equally-gorgeous business partner, Vanessa Black, are leading a weight-loss retreat at the Gray Whale In...



  • TALK ABOUT A BAD-HAIR DAY! Sophie Garou is a master at taming her inner beast, which comes in handy since she's a werewolf. With a big promotion at work and a supersexy boyfriend, Heath (whom she recently spotted leaving a jewelry store with a beg...



  • WILDLY INDEPENDENT, SHE'S NOT ONE FOR PACK MENTALITY. On the outside, Sophie Garou is living every woman's dream: she has beauty, brains, and a big-time position in Austin's most respected accounting firm (not to mention a very sexy, very successf...



  • This exciting follow-up to the wildly successful Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance contains 30 short stories of hot blood, midnight pleasures, and inhuman passions. Containing the best names in the field, such as Eileen Wilks, Caitlin Kittredge, Jennif...



  • When a lobsterman discovers a sunken ship, Cranberry Island is abuzz with excitement. Is the wreck the remains of the Myra Barton, the missing ship of island sea captain Jonah Selfridge? Or the elusive Black Marguerite, which belonged to one of the m...



  • Life is pretty typical for stay-at-home mom Margie Peterson. She's got a peanut-butter-covered wardrobe, an attorney husband who's always at the office, and a mother-in-law who keeps slipping her books like "Sex Secrets of Happy Wives." Then she land...






  • For Natalie Barnes, the flurry of trendy artists setting up shop on Cranberry Island promises to be the perfect recipe for relaxing and enjoying the holiday season. But Natalie’s good luck is turning out to be a stroke of misfortune for her niece, ...



  • With her own wedding fast approaching and her mother-in-law dating an unexpected beau, the last thing Natalie Barnes needs is to find a young man shot dead in a dinghy. A note she finds with the body suggests the dearly departed had a secret rendezvo...



  • When Houston reporter Lucy Resnick cashes in her retirement to buy her grandmother’s farm in Buttercup, Texas, she’s looking forward to a simple life as a homesteader. But Lucy has barely finished putting up her first batch of Killer Dewberry Jam...



  • Things aren’t going well for private investigator and mom Margie Peterson. Her husband, Blake, is claiming his taste for drag queens is “just a phase.” Her first-grade daughter isn’t fitting in at her new posh elementary school, Holy Oaks Cat...



  • Lucy Resnick’s nerves are as tight as a tea cozy. Her new goats, Hot Lips and Gidget, keep making a break for the town square, her truck is dying, and her boyfriend’s gorgeous ex-wife is in town for the holidays. Worse, someone’s digging holes ...



  • The long-awaited seventh book of the bestselling Gray Whale Inn Mysteries is finally here! When a tour company books the Gray Whale Inn for a full week, innkeeper Natalie Barnes can’t wait to get cooking -- and to hitch a ride on the antique scho...



  • Private investigator/single mom Margie Peterson barely has time for breakfast, let alone to hit the gym. But when Austin Heights PTA president Pansy Parker hires her to find out who’s been embezzling PTA funds, that’s exactly where Margie ends up...



  • It's Halloween in Buttercup, Texas, and reporter-turned-farmer Lucy Resnick is up to her ears in more than goats and wayward cows. Not only has her well dried up, but it turns out the old house Lucy recently moved to the farm has a reputation for spo...



  • It's beginning to look a lot like... Murder. It's Christmastime, and farmer Lucy Resnick is living the life she's always dreamed of. When she's not selling her jams, soaps, and mistletoe bundles at the Buttercup Christmas Market, she's enjoying cozy ...



  • It’s summertime on Cranberry Island, and things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes. She may be hosting a yoga retreat, but the mood at the Gray Whale Inn is anything but Zen. Between juggling dietary restrictions and managing flaring tempe...






  • The eggs aren't the only things dyeing in Buttercup... It's springtime on Dewberry Farm, and homesteader Lucy Resnick is busy putting together her wares for the Easter Market. She's just finished potting the last of her herb starts when a tornado rip...




  • Bring a little bit of Dewberry Farm home to your own kitchen!Lucy's Farmhouse Kitchen is filled with delicious farmhouse recipes from the first six Dewberry Farm mysteries, along with bonus kitchen and garden tips (and a few special extra recipes) fr...



  • Tea, scones, and old bones...It may be autumn on Cranberry Island, Maine, but things are heating up for innkeeper Natalie Barnes—and not just because of the cranberry scones in the oven. When a research team discovers the remains of a long-mis...



  • Books, beach roses... and bodies.Bookseller and recent divorcée Max Sayers has risked her life savings to start a fresh chapter with the purchase of Seaside Cottage Books in cozy Snug Harbor, Maine. But she's barely opened the shop's doors whe...



  • When fledgling bookseller Max Sayers agrees to host Snug Harbor, Maine's new mystery writers' group, she envisions filling Seaside Cottage Books with literary conversation, warm, fresh-baked cookies, and a community to support her assistant Bethany's...



  • Books, beach roses... and bodies.Bookstore owner Max Sayers of Seaside Cottage Books is starting to settle into Snug Harbor, Maine when a local playboy plunges to his death… and Max's best friend Denise is on the hotseat for murder. Denise is ...



    • / Cozy Mystery
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    Hop into the Easter season with Karen MacInerney's latest Gray Whale Inn novella!Innkeeper Natalie Barnes is hosting a Lithuanian egg-decorating workshop on quaint Cranberry Island when a killer decides to add a deadly twist to the festivities. With ...



    • / Amateur Sleuth
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    The ninth book in the bestselling Gray Whale Inn mysteries is here! Innkeeper Natalie Barnes is living her dream life, creating scrumptious scone recipes and relishing cool summer days on quaint Cranberry Island, Maine... until she stumbles across a ...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karen MacInerney has published 28 books.

Karen MacInerney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Lies that Bind, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Karen MacInerney, Murder on the Rocks, was published in May 2006.

Yes. Karen MacInerney has 5 series.