New England Books and Authors

416 pages, published by Simon & Schuster , ©2024 Llwellyn is a town with a lot to offer. The small-town charm combined with its history and ghosts make it a popular tourist destination. That's right. Ghosts. The town of Llwellyn, or "Wellsie", as it is referred to by the locals, rests on a fault line. It's not a fault line like California that produces sometimes devastating earthquakes. If it was, the Wellsie's residents would take that in a heartbeat. Magic Under the Fault Line Wellsie's fault line protects locals and tourists from magic, a powerful, dangerous type of magic. Sid Spencer is a guardian, one of the people who is responsible for keeping the magic at bay so the unsuspecting tourists can visit quaint Wellsie and be none the wiser about the dangers that lie beneath the charming surface. The problem is Sid doesn't know she's a guardian. She is an awkward teenager who works at Lulu's, the local coffee shop. Sid's job involves servi...

95 pages, published by Noracatherwoodmysteries.com , ©2025 Blue Harbor, Maine is the perfect place for Isabel Fleming to escape to when she's had enough of the hustle and bustle of New York City or her job as a book editor. Blue Harbor has all of the charm tourists seek when they want a quiet vacation with beautiful scenery and friendly locals. The best part of the town just might be Turning the Tides , the bookstore owned by Isabel's Aunt Louise. Turning the Tides is the main setting of "Murder and Manuscripts" by Nora Bardin . The book is the first installment of the Isabel Fleming Cozy Mystery Series. Death in Blue Harbor Louise, a popular resident of Blue Harbor, has unfortunately passed away. Isabel has come back to look after her aunt's final wishes, including selling the beloved Turning the Tides . Isabel's boyfriend, Andrew, is patiently waiting for her to come back to New York. Isabel is an efficient, meticulous woman. She knows exactly what needs to...

Photo: elizabethstrout.com 291 pages, published by Random House , ©2022 It hasn’t been an easy life for Lucy Barton, and it’s about to get harder. Lucy lives alone in New York City. She is a novelist, a single woman with two grown daughters, and the main character of the novel “Lucy by the Sea” by Elizabeth Strout. Lucy loves her girls dearly, and she doesn’t want them going through what she had to endure during her childhood: grinding poverty and an apathetic mother. Adulthood hasn’t been easier her ex-husband, William, had cheated on her and ultimately left her for the woman he cheated on her with. Spring is coming to New York, but so is a virus that is afflicting otherwise healthy people and killing many. William, a parasitologist, is familiar with the virus in ways laypeople cannot comprehend. He convinces his daughters to leave the city. As far as Lucy goes, William has plans for her to join him in a rented house in the town of Shirley, Maine .  Lucy is apprehensive about leav...

Photo: bu.edu 249 pages, published by Rowman & Littlefield , ©2024 The Boston Celtics are the defending NBA Champions and currently the number 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. It's an exciting time for fans of the Green, as they watch the C's defend their title and try to win back-to-back championships for the first time since 1966. It's a great time for the Celtics and their fans. It hasn't always been this way. Older fans remember the lean years of the 1990's heading into the 2000's, the years that followed the heady days of the 1980's when Boston won three titles in six years, and almost had a fourth banner to add to the rafters in that time. For Celtics fans who remember watching games in an outdated Boston Garden complete with rats and a lack of air conditioning, Thomas J. Whalen has penned a book about the 1983-84 Boston Celtics. His book is titled "Dynasty Restored: How Larry Bird and the 1984 Boston Celtics Conquered the NBA and Changed B...

photo: emkellythrillers.com 396 pages, published by Great Blue Hill Publishing, ©2024 In the town of Stoughton, Massachusetts , Colton Baker is ready for his first day as a detective. That first day will include a call to investigate a dead body at the train station. It will turn out to be the first of many victims of a serial killer, and it's just one of the tasks Baker is faced with in E.M. Kelly's "Murder by Symbols". Victims and Their Clues Throughout the book, the new detective takes on challenges at work and at home. The body at the train station becomes another case file added to a pile Baker was hoping to whittle down in his new position. It's not going to get any easier for him as more victims are found around town. The victims have coins over their eyes, coins from the time of the American Revolution. What is the significance of the coins, and do they have any connection with the symbols tattooed to the victims' foreheads? Speaking of the tattoos, th...

"Deckhouse: My Story" by Donat LeBlanc 111 pages, published by AuthorHouse , ©2020 Veterans are returning to civilian life every day. The transition is smoother for some than it is for others. Men and women who have seen combat carry physical and emotional scars with them, and not all scars heal easily. There have been many stories about the Vietnam War and what happened to those who came home after they served. Stories about returning home included protests. Some stories include a difficult return to civilian life. Stories and movies tell of battles being fought on the other side of the world and the battles fought when they return home. Deckhouse In his book, "Deckhouse: My Story" , retired marine Donat LeBlanc recalls his time serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. LeBlanc enlisted in the Marines after graduating high school and served in the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 363. LeBlanc was shot during a mission, and the injuries he ...