{"id":1819,"date":"2009-06-06T06:17:10","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T11:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2016-03-03T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T17:09:10","slug":"mystery-books-that-take-place-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cozy-mystery.com\/blog\/mystery-books-that-take-place-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Books that Take Place in Massachusetts:"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here are some Fun Massachusetts<\/strong> Facts:<\/p>\n

State Motto: “By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty.”
\nMassachusetts’ name means “at or about the great hill.\u201d
\nState Flower is the Mayflower.
\nCapital is Boston.
\nState Bird is the Chickadee.
\nHarvard was the first North American college, founded in 1636. Every December 16, there is a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party at the Boston harbor.<\/p>\n

Authors who are found on the Cozy Mystery Site and who feature Massachusetts locations in their books:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annie’s Quilted Mystery Series\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Judith Arnold<\/strong><\/a>: Lainie Lovett Still Kicking Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Linda Barnes<\/a><\/strong>: Carlotta Carlyle Mystery Series AND Michael Spraggue Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Nero Blanc<\/a><\/strong> (aka Cordelia Frances Biddle & Steve Zettler): Crossword Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Anne Canadeo<\/a><\/strong>: Black Sheep Knitting Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Susan Conant<\/a><\/strong>: Dog Lover’s Mystery Series, Cat Lover’s Mystery Series, & Gourmet Girls Series (with her daughter Jessica Conant-Park)<\/p>\n

Sheila Connolly<\/a><\/strong> (aka Sarah Atwell): Orchard Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Sharon Love Cook<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0Rose McNichols\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/p>\n

Philip R. Craig<\/a><\/strong>: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Dicey Deere<\/a><\/strong>: Torrey Tunet Mystery Series (Boston native in Ireland)<\/p>\n

Joanne Dobson<\/a><\/strong>: Karen Pelletier Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Patricia Driscoll<\/strong><\/a>: Grace Oliver Mystery Series (Cape Cod)<\/p>\n

G.H. Ephron<\/a><\/strong> (aka Hallie Ephron & Donald A. Davidoff): Peter Zak Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Janet Evanovich<\/a><\/strong>: Unmentionables \/ Diesel Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Cynthia Gallant-Simpson<\/strong><\/a>: \u00a0Deadly Mystery Series AND Nantucket\u00a0Mystery\u00a0Series<\/p>\n

Sally Goldenbaum<\/a><\/strong>: Seaside Knitters Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Sally Gunning<\/a><\/strong>: Peter Bartholomew Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Barbara Hamilton<\/a><\/strong>: Abigail Adams Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Sherry Harris<\/strong><\/a>: Sarah Winston Garage Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Julianne Holmes<\/strong><\/a>: Clock Shop Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Toni L.P. Kelner<\/a><\/strong>: Where Are They Now? Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Harry Kemelman<\/a><\/strong>: Rabbi Small Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Kathryn Lasky Knight<\/a><\/strong>: Calista Jacobs Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Mary Kruger<\/a><\/strong>: Knitting Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Jane Langton<\/a><\/strong>: Homer Kelly Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Anna Maclean<\/a><\/strong> (aka Jeanne MacKin): Lousia May Alcott Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Charlotte MacLeod<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(aka Alisa Craig): Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mystery Series AND Peter Shandy & Helen Shandy Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Ada Madison<\/a><\/strong> (aka Camille Minichino & Margaret Grace):\u00a0Sophie Knowles Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Francine Mathews<\/a><\/strong> (aka Stephanie Barron):\u00a0 Nantucket Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Edith Maxwell<\/strong><\/a> (aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Local Foods Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Edith Maxwell<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Carriagetown Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Edith Maxwell<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(aka Maddie Day & Tace Baker): Quaker Midwife Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Margaret Miles<\/a><\/strong>: Bracebridge Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Camille Minichino<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(aka Margaret Grace): Periodic Table Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Katherine Hall Page<\/a><\/strong>: Faith Fairchild Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Robert B. Parker<\/a><\/strong>: Jesse Stone Mystery Series, Spenser (for Hire) Mystery Series, AND Sunny Randall Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Cynthia Peale<\/a><\/strong>: Beacon Hill Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Carol J. Perry<\/strong><\/a>: Witch City Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Nancy Pickard<\/a><\/strong>: Jenny Cain Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Suzanne Price<\/a><\/strong>: Grime Solvers Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Cynthia Riggs<\/a><\/strong>: Martha’s Vineyard Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/a><\/strong>: Charlotte McNally Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Hank Phillippi Ryan<\/a><\/strong>: Jane Ryland & Jake Brogan Mystery Series<\/p>\n

P.B. Ryan<\/a><\/strong>: Gilded Age Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Secrets of Mary’s Bookshop<\/strong><\/a> – a Guidepost mystery series<\/p>\n

Clea Simon<\/a><\/strong>: Theda Krakow Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Winona Sullivan<\/a><\/strong>: Sister Cecile Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Sarah Stewart Taylor<\/a><\/strong>: Sweeney St. George Series<\/p>\n

Heather Webber<\/a><\/strong>: Lucy Valentine Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Eugenia Lovett West<\/a><\/strong>: Emma Streat Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Leslie Wheeler<\/a><\/strong>: Living History Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Lauren Willig<\/strong><\/a>: Pink Carnation Mystery Series<\/p>\n

Please feel free to contact me if you see an author from the Cozy Mystery Site who belongs on this list, or if you have any comments.<\/p>\n

\u2666To access more Cozy Mysteries by Theme<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0click on this link.\u2666<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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