Book 1
Murder in the Curiosity Nook
Begin with the blue door.
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A Small-Town LGBTQ+ Cozy Mystery
Step Inside Fog Harbor
Fog Harbor keeps its secrets in paper, ink, wood, and rumor. Elias reads the record against itself. Silas brings the truth back into the world. They restore not perfection — but honesty.
Which record is lying this time?
Every case closes. The town remembers.
12 closed-case mysteries · Kindle & KU · Read in order or jump to any book
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12 closed-case mysteries · Kindle & Kindle Unlimited · Free Welcome File · Real Amazon reader reviews
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Start with the blue door
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Pick up where the records left off
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What you'll find here
Not a thriller. A harbor that learns to be honest.
Cozy mystery first — bookish clues, fair-play evidence, warm endings. The slow-burn connection between Elias and Silas is real, but the puzzle always leads.
Complete cozy mysteries
Every book closes its case. No cliffhanger trap — start Book 1, stop anywhere, come back when the fog lifts.
Bookish fair-play clues
Ledgers, maps, registers, bindings — Elias reads the record against itself. The evidence was there if you read twice.
Slow-burn found-home
Elias and Silas build trust across cases. Emotional depth, not industrial romance — mystery first, always.
Warm coastal Fog Harbor
Rain, tea, bookshop light, a judgmental cat. Darkness met with honesty — endings that let you breathe.
The series
Twelve cases · two seasons
Each book asks which record is lying. Read in order for the slow-burn depth, or open any door — every case closes on its own.
Latest release: Book 12 — Poisons and First Recipes · Grandmother's handwriting. Someone else's credit.
Walk the harbor
Places where records start telling the truth
You can cross the harbor in twenty minutes. Learning which ledger to trust takes longer.
Crow's Lane
The Curiosity Nook
A blue door, old books, and records that surface before people are ready. The series begins here — and often returns.
Harbor Square
The Perilous Muffin
Warm pastries, dangerous branding, and gossip that travels quickly. Tilly's counter is where lost things wait to be understood.
Waterfront
Harbor Square
Wet stone, gulls, tide timing, and the kind of fog that makes people careful.
Cliffs
Widow's Point
Sea wind, cliff light, and stories told too neatly.
Cliffs
Old Mariner's Theater
A Victorian mechanical theater on the headland — brass, gears, and histories the town prefers in a single act.
Church Lane
St. Anselm's Chapel
Stone, steeple, and records kept in hymnals and grave registers longer than anyone admits.
From Amazon readers
What readers are saying
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A book that couldn't be put down.
"I enjoy good mystery books and this one was well written. I couldn't guess and was surprised at the end."
Charles Drawdy · ★★★★★ · Amazon review, March 11, 2026
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Easy Read
"A good easy read, a beginning to what I am hoping to be a solid series. The type of story that is easily finished in an afternoon."
August · ★★★★★ · Amazon review, June 13, 2026 · Verified Purchase
Excerpts from Amazon customer reviews of Book 1. See linked reviews for full text.
The Curiosity Nook Welcome File
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