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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 2000
  • Latest Book:
    September 2019
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Full Series List in Order

A Craft Corner Mystery

1 - Wreath of Deception (Sep-2006)
2 - String of Lies (Sep-2007)
3 - Paper-Thin Alibi (Jul-2008)

A Keepsake Cove Mystery

1 - A Fatal Collection (Nov-2017)
2 - A Vintage Death (Nov-2018)
3 - A Curio Killing (Sep-2019)

Maggie Olenski

Resort To Murder (Dec-2000)
A Taste of Death (Feb-2003)

Pickled and Preserved Mystery

1 - The Pickled Piper (May-2014)
2 - License to Dill (Feb-2015)
3 - Scene of the Brine (Feb-2016)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Baltimore high school math teacher, Maggie Olenski, feels burned out, and a resort in the mountains of western Maryland seems like the perfect get-away spot - until she stumbles on the body of a former student near the tennis courts. There's been mor...



  • Cedar Hill sounds like the perfect place for Maggie to write her math puzzle book--a small New Hampshire town whose biggest problem should be keeping roads to the adjacent ski slopes clear of snow. The first town meeting, however, proves otherwise. B...



  • Recently widowed, Jo McAllister is setting up shop in Abbotsville, Maryland. She hopes Jo's Craft Corner will take her mind off her troubles. But no town is too small for secrets, scandal--even murder... It's opening day at Jo's Craft Corner, and ...



  • After nearly six months in business, Jo's Craft Corner is finally in the black. Owner Jo McAllister would like nothing more than to savor the accomplishment, tend to the store, and teach her new beading workshops. That's before a local developer has ...



  • With Jo's Craft Corner becoming better established, owner Jo McAllister is taking the opportunity to expand her own artistic horizons, snagging a weekend spot for her jewelry creations in the prestigious Michicomi Craft Festival. But the surprise app...



  • Martin’s life was much less interesting than the crime fiction he regularly read, until he decided to write his own mystery, working on the story during his daily commute and writing in a blue spiral notebook. Then an attractive, green-eyed woman s...



  • After her dreams of romance are crushed, Piper Lamb decides to pursue her dream of opening her own shop of pickles and preserves, called Piper's Picklings, in the idyllic small town of Cloverdale. But she isn't in town long before she encounters a ba...



  • Piper Lamb knows how to make fruits and vegetables keep for months. Unfortunately, it’s the people around her who are expiring too soon... After her fiancé left her, Piper came to Cloverdale to rebuild her life and open up her shop, Piper’s P...



  • The national bestselling author of License to Dill returns with a dilly of a pickle. Piper Lamb has to take a break from jarring her delicious pickles and preserves to blow the lid off a poisoner.... Business is booming at Piper’s Picklings...






  • Callie Reed pays a long overdue visit to her aunt, Melodie, at her fairy-tale cottage in quaint Keepsake Cove, which is home to a bevy of collectible shops on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Just as they’re beginning to reconnect, Callie discovers her ...



  • As the new music box store owner and resident of Keepsake Cove, a quaint town full of collectible shops on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Callie Reed is eager to get more involved in her community. She volunteers to plan the Fall street decorations and we...



  • Callie finds treble in Keepsake Cove when her ex-boyfriend is framed for murder Callie Reed is looking forward to her first Keepsake Cove spring festival. But her excitement dims considerably when she learns that her ex-boyfriend, Hank, will be pe...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Mary Ellen Hughes has published 12 books.

Mary Ellen Hughes does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Curio Killing, was published in September 2019.

The first book by Mary Ellen Hughes, Resort To Murder, was published in December 2000.

Yes. Mary Ellen Hughes has 4 series.