Mary Ellen Hughes

(aka Emmie Caldwell – listed below)

Mary Ellen Hughes writes the Pickled and Preserved Mystery Series which features Piper Lamb, the owner of a New York pickles and preserves shop. She also writes the Craft Corner Mystery Series which includes craft tips. Hughes also writes the Maggie Olenski Mystery Series, which features a math teacher in Baltimore. Hughes’ Keepsake Cove Mystery Series features Callie Reed, a sleuth who lives in a small town in Maryland that has many little collectible shops. 

KEEPSAKE COVE MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Callie Reed lives in Keepsake Cove, Maryland (a small town with many collectible shops). A music box of Aunt Melodie’s seems to provide clues to help Callie sleuth.

1. A Fatal Collection     ’17
2. A Vintage Death    ’18
3. A Curio Killing    ’19

PICKLED AND PRESERVED MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Piper Lamb , Owner of Piper’s Picklings, a Pickles and Preserves Shop, New York

1. The Pickled Piper    ’14
2. License to Dill    ’15
3. Scene of the Brine    ’16

CRAFT CORNER MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Jo McCallister, Newly Widowed, Craft Store Owner, Maryland (Series includes craft tips) 

1. Wreath of Deception   ’06….Christmas
2. String of Lies    ’07
3. Paper-Thin Alibi    ’08

MAGGIE OLENSKI MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Maggie Olenski, Baltimore High School Teacher (Math) 

1. Resort to Murder   ’00
2. A Taste of Death   ’03

Chesapeake Crimes   ’04  Anthology

Chesapeake Crimes III ’08   Anthology

Written as Emmie Caldwell: 

CRAFT FAIR KNITTERS MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Lia Geiger, knitting enthusiast

1. A Wicked Yarn   ’20
2. Stitched in Crime   ’21
3. Knits, Knots, and Knives   ’22