Book 1 · The Pilot Case
Pies & Peril
Maisie Finch traded a cutthroat Boston kitchen for a quiet Maine bakery cottage. Then the town developer dropped dead over her Dutch Apple Cardamom Pie.
The Briar Harbor Mysteries
Warm cardamom pastries, salty Maine sea mist, and clever fair-play mysteries. Step inside The Salty Whisk bakery on Harbor Street with Maisie Finch and her cynical tuxedo cat Barnaby.
The World of Fiona Dunmore
Briar Harbor, Maine · Population 1,420
Where the diesel trawlers dock, the oven timer dings, and every cottage holds a cozy secret.
Complete Series Chronology
Briar Harbor Cozy Mysteries
Available in Kindle eBook ($2.99), Kindle Unlimited, and Premium Antique Cream Paperbacks.
Book 2 · Autumn Harvest
Apples & Alibis
Autumn apple harvest descends on the bay, bringing heritage cider doughnuts, heirloom orchard feuds, and a poisoning disguised as natural causes.
Book 3 · Winter Solstice
Cannoli & Cold Cases
A 1929 brass cannoli mold, a municipal safe deposit box, and a ninety-year-old bank robbery resurface in the November fog of Briar Harbor.
Book 4 · Nor'easter Blizzard
Muffins & Mayhem
A winter nor'easter locks the harbor in ice, trapping the town council inside The Salty Whisk with a missing deed and a poisoned batch of blueberry streusel.
Illustrated Series Cast
The Citizens of Harbor Street
Meet the sleuths, bakers, lawmen, and neighbors who bring the cozy world of Briar Harbor to life.
The Pastry Sleuth
Maisie Finch & Barnaby
Former Boston line cook turned coastal baker. Accompanied by Barnaby, a cynical 13-pound tuxedo cat with a shredded left ear.
Chief of Police
Jack Montgomery
Third-generation harbor police chief who knows every tide chart, family grievance, and municipal secret on the peninsula.
Coastal Veterinarian
Dr. Liam Bennett
Charming, kind-eyed coastal vet who runs the seaside animal clinic, drinks black coffee at the counter, and is the only human Barnaby tolerates.
Bakery Manager & Muscle
Chloe Baxter
Sharp-tongued logistics genius of The Salty Whisk who wields an antique wooden rolling pin like an iron crowbar.