Karen MacInerney (1970 - )

Genre: Mystery

Karen MacInerney, who resides now in Austin, Texas, hasn't lived in Maine but her mystery series is set on an island similar to Little Cranberry Island, which she's visited, and she continues to vacation in Maine annually. She also spent summers as a child on Pool's Island, off the coast of Newfoundland. Previous jobs have included public relations writer and advertising account executive. More about MacInerney on her website. She also has a weblog.

Her Gray Whale Inn culinary/cozy mystery series featuring 38-year-old Natalie Barnes is set in Maine:

• Murder on the Rocks (May 2006): Natalie's career start as an innkeeper on Cranberry Island, Maine, coincides with developer Bernard Katz's plans to build a big golf course on an endangered tern colony next door (with her inn as its parking lot). Of course when Katz is found dead at the base of a cliff, the police turn their attention to someone who had a lot to lose if Katz's plans were to come to fruition -- Natalie.
• Dead and Berried (May 2007): Heading out to pick cranberries one autumn morning, Natalie stumbles across the body of her part-time helper with a gunshot wound to the chest. To complicate things, he ex-fiance comes to town, significantly cooling her budding relationship with the handsome guy next door.

Last Update: 05/31/2007

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