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Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard
Books in series
#1
A Light in the Darkness
2015
Priscilla Latham Grant has inherited a lighthouse. She loads up her SUV, says goodbye to her lifelong home in Kansas, and heads as far east as one can possibly go without swimming! On the quaint and historic island of Martha's Vineyard just off the coast of Massachusetts, Priscilla comes face-to-face with adventure—one that includes rediscovered family, new friends, old homes, and head-scratching mysteries that crop up with surprising regularity.
#2
Like a Fish Out of Water
2017
Priscilla finds an inscribed WWI sword hidden behind a painting in her bedroom wall. A generations old mystery comes to light. Will she be able to solve it?
#3
Adrift
2017
2017 Guideposts Books hardcover, 2nd printing. Beth Adams (Never the Twain Shall Meet). Captain Gerald tells Priscilla that there is an abandoned houseboat moored anonymously in Vineyard Haven Harbor. The houseboat shows signs of foul play. Where is the owner and his dog? - Amazon
#4
Maiden of the Mist
2017
As autumn leaves and cooler temperatures fall on Martha’s Vineyard, Priscilla finally seems to be finding her sea legs and feeling at home on the island. However, a ghostly visitor,known as the “weeping Woman,” begins to show up nightly on the cliff outside of her home. Why is she there? Is someone trying to scare Priscilla away from her beloved cottage and lighthouse! If so, could a local art dealer be involved? Does an eccentric woman with a crush on Gerald imagine Priscilla to be such a threat to her unrequited romance that she wants her gone? Or are the eerie apparitions part of a cruel Halloween prank played by a gang of troubled teens? A chain of mysterious events pushes Priscilla to find an answer to the unearthly visitation before someone takes things to a dangerous level!
#5
Making Waves
2017
When a Congressional Medal belonging to World War II veteran Deanie Spangler goes missing at her hundredth birthday party, Priscilla is determined to find answers to the theft. Who would stoop so low to steal a keepsake from a decorated war hero? Can they recover the medal before all traces of its whereabouts dissolve? As Priscilla and Mildred scour the museum where the party was held, they begin to notice other artifacts missing. Is the thief preparing to strike again? Priscilla follows the clues to find a more sinister scheme in the making. Through the process of solving the mystery, she discovers a piece of the nation’s past she didn’t know existed and comes to a greater appreciation of the ordinary women and men who sacrificed so much to keep their families and friends safe—and their country free.
#6
Don't Rock the Boat
2025
Priscilla is adjusting to her new life on Martha’s Vineyard. She loves waking each day to the sound of waves lapping the shoreline and the scent of fresh sea breezes. Though she’s still learning the culture, she no longer feels like a tourist in the community. But when a suitcase washes up on shore, Priscilla wonders if there’s more in store for her at Misty Harbor than just a change of scenery. Intrigued by the luggage and its mysterious contents, she begins a quest to find its owner. As clues draw her closer to the truth, she realizes life at the lighthouse could turn out to be anything but quiet.
#7
A Port in the Storm
2017
Martha's Vineyard is buried in snow. Priscilla's first winter in the cottage drags on and snow continues to fall. She finds herself struggling with feelings of loneliness. She reaches out to others like an elderly neighbor and a lady who just arrived in town looking for her long lost family.
#8
Thicker Than Water
2018
Has bookshelfwear
#9
Swept Away
2018
A Hollywood film crew revives memories of 3 dramatic events in Martha's Vineyard's history. Priscilla learns they all occurred over the course of the same weekend and is convinced they are related. Priscilla has also painted her door a lemon yellow. Someone begins leaving ugly scratches in the paint.
#10
Bridge over Troubled Waters
2018
In the throes of a rough election season, the wife of the town’s slyest, most-reelected politician goes missing from the Woods Hole ferry. Victor Fox’s chief opponent, Tony McClaren, has sworn he’ll do whatever it takes to topple Victor’s iron-fisted reign. Could that include kidnapping Fox’s wife, Betty? Priscilla hears rumors that Victor has been seeing another woman—his secretary, Eliza, and Priscilla’s investigation takes on new urgency when she discovers the woman was on the same ferry as Betty. Did Betty take her own life—or meet with foul play? Or has she simply slipped away, hoping to start anew? As Priscilla digs further into Betty’s disappearance, she soon realizes that finding the truth presents her with her greatest challenge yet. In the midst of the investigation surrounding Betty’s disappearance, Tony McClaren asks for Priscilla’s help on the campaign trail. However, Priscilla soon begins to think he’s interested in more than just a volunteer for his campaign. Will Priscilla be able to assure him—and Captain Gerald O’Bannon—that all she can offer the would-be politician is friendship?
Authors
Ruth Logan Herne
Author · 63 books
Janice Thompson
Author · 66 books
Beth Adams
Author · 21 books
Nancy Mehl
Author · 45 books
Tricia Goyer
Author · 64 books
Elizabeth Ludwig
Author · 22 books
Elizabeth Penney
Author · 54 books
DeAnna Julie Dodson
Author · 28 books
Cara C. Putman
Author · 31 books
Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard
Series ·
25
books · 2015-2025
By
Ruth Logan Herne
,
Janice Thompson
,
Beth Adams
, and more
#11
Smoke on the Water
2018
Has bookshelf wear
#12
Shifting Sands
2018
The summer tourist season is in full swing, and Priscilla Latham Grant is enjoying the visitors to the family history museum, housed in the lighthouse she inherited from her aunt Marjorie. But when one visitor comes bearing a deed he claims gives him rights to the land upon which the lighthouse sits, Priscilla is compelled to learn more.
#13
Shark Bait
2018
As the annual Martha’s Vineyard International Film Festival is set to begin, Priscilla accompanies Mildred and a group of islanders to receive delivery of one of the giant sharks used as a prop in the blockbuster hit Jaws, which had been filmed on the island. But when they arrive t the beach where the shark was to be delivered, it’s not there. Mildred quickly enlists Priscilla’s help in finding the shark, but Priscilla doesn’t know where to begin. Meanwhile, Priscilla agreed to host an event for Third Time Productions at the lighthouse, but everything seems to be going wrong. Can Priscilla possibly find the missing shark while racing to fulfill all the production company’s many needs?
#14
Seascape in Shadows
2018
Priscilla decides to take the painting down that is hanging over her fireplace to be cleaned. She finds out that under all the layers paint hides a famous painting that was stolen 50 years ago. The painting then vanishes she finds she is both suspect and in danger from the real thief.
#15
Storm Tide
2018
Another entry in this series from Guideposts. Priscilla Latham Grant, and her cousin discover a woman’s skeleton under a tree during a storm. Heiress Bitsy Parker disappeared in the 1930s, thought to have run away. Priscilla digs into the mystery of Bitsy’s death while helping Bitsy’s descendant bring embezzlers in the family firm to justice.
#16
Water Flows Uphill
2018
It's Christmas and Priscilla wants to find the perfect gifts for her friends and family. At a local art store a man approaches them that seems to know Joan. Priscilla doesn't trust him. Why hasn't Joan talked about him before?
#17
Catch of the Day
2018
When hard-earned fishermen pension funds disappear, all eyes are on the only person with access to the online account—Sonya Fleming, the flashy selectwoman with high-dollar fashion sense. When Joan asks Priscilla to get involved on her dear friend’s behalf, Priscilla learns that Sonya is no spendthrift, despite her reputation of extravagance. But if not Sonya, who could be bilking funds from the island’s fishermen? And can the depleted funds be replenished for the fishermen on Martha’s Vineyard waters? As Priscilla looks for the answers that seem so elusive, Uncle Hugh suffers a medical emergency that causes Priscilla to, once again, reflect on how frail and precious life truly is. Can Priscilla offer her cousins the support they each need as Uncle Hugh begins the road to recovery?
#18
Beyond the Sea
2018
Priscilla is thrilled when her friend Eliza Jamison solicits her help with a special surprise wedding gift for her husband-to-be, Carson Fletcher. Unbeknownst to Carson, Eliza has purchased a perfectly restored classic 1957 Chevy Bel Air—a convertible, no less—and is having it delivered to the island. But when the car arrives and is stored in Gerald’s garage, it vanishes—just thirty-six hours before the wedding ceremony. Priscilla is distraught and feels personally responsible for its disappearance, so she sets out to find the classic car. Can she find and return the vehicle to its rightful owners in time for the nuptials, or will Eliza’s dreams of riding off into the sunset with her new husband be crushed?
#19
Wider Than An Ocean
2018
When Priscilla sees a small plane go down over the marsh, she immediately calls 911. But the authorities insist no distress calls were made, and no planes were reported missing. When she finally locates the downed craft, she discovers that the pilot has vanished, and all signs indicate he wanted to disappear. What was on that plane that the pilot was so desperate to hide? Priscilla sets out to solve the mystery—and soon finds herself enmeshed in a plot that might prove too dangerous even for her. Meanwhile, when Gerald asks Priscilla to put together an Easter egg hunt at the Coast Guard station, she looks forward to working with him on it. But the reality doesn’t match her expectations as the ever-more-complicated project drives a wedge between them
#20
Sheeps Passing in the Night
2018
It’s springtime in Martha’s Vineyard, and Priscilla attends the annual Lambapalooza festival going on at Derry Wilson’s farm. When a cryptic message is sheared into Derry’s prize sheep Sally, just as the animal is about to go into auction, Priscilla—aided by Gerald and her cousins—sets out to find out who’s behind the prank. Is it the animal activist who pickets the event each year, the rival farmers with a history of conflict with Derry, or someone else intent on mischief? Meanwhile, something is troubling Gerald, and Priscilla finds it almost as much of a mystery as the sabotaged sheep. Can she uncover answers to both puzzling mysteries?
#21
Sail Away Home
2018
Priscilla and her cousins solve all kinds of mysteries on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
#22
Waves of Doubt
2023
Prickly Virginia Lawrence, a preeminent scholar of Vineyard history, is also a notorious recluse. Therefore, the island is abuzz when Priscilla manages to book a library lecture with the local eccentric. However, on the evening of the event, Virginia is a no-show and nowhere to be found, and the valuable museum artifacts in her possession are now missing as well. As Priscilla delves into the mystery of Virginia’s ill-timed disappearance, a seemingly unrelated puzzle emerges. Could a rash of random cemetery plunderings somehow be connected to the missing historian? As pressure builds to find Virginia and the missing priceless artifacts, she begins to doubt her own instincts—especially when she spies Gerald having mysterious dinner meetings with a lovely blonde-haired woman.
#23
Lifeline
2019
In this entry in the Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard series, Priscilla Latham Grant volunteers to help with a Wild Food Challenge featuring a talented group of young chefs, including Gerald's cousin. But one of the chefs is bent on winning—at all costs. At the same time, preparations are ramping up for her daughter’s wedding. Then Rachel’s FBI agent fiancé disappears…can Priscilla and Gerald find him before it’s time to say I do?
#24
Flotsam & Jetsam (Mysteries of Martha's Vineyard #24
2019
Priscilla and Gerald’s preparations for their upcoming nuptials are interrupted when Gerald’s heirloom eighteenth century ship’s figurehead is stolen from the East Shore Historical Museum. While the police try to track down the culprit, elderly Alzheimer’s patient Tom Campbell claims he knows how it was done, but he doesn’t remember who did it or when. It soon appears, however, that the thief would rather get rid of the old man than have him remember too much. Can Priscilla find the figurehead and the thief before Tom is silenced forever? Meanwhile, when Gerald’s grandson surprises him with a puppy, Gerald wants to keep little Matey at Priscilla’s house until Gerald and Priscilla’s wedding. But with everything else going on in Priscilla’s life, this latest added burden makes her wonder—is she really ready to give up her independence and get married again?
#25
Just Over the Horizon
2019
Wedding bells are ringing for Priscilla and Gerald. But when someone repeatedly sabotages a popular pirate-themed tourist ship and island attraction, Captain Jack’s High Seas Adventures, of course, Priscilla, Gerald, and the cousins jump in to help. Can they figure what’s going on before the saboteur drives the island’s much-loved Hale family out of business? Unfortunately, the time they must devote to sleuthing threatens to sabotage Priscilla’s efforts to put the final touches on her wedding plans. And when a falling steeple thwarts their hopes for a lovely church wedding, can Priscilla and Gerald find a perfect last-minute change in venue for their big day?
