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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Caroline Carmichael

1 - Cutout (Jan-2001)
2 - Blown (Apr-2005)

A Merry Folger Mystery

1 - Death in the Off-Season (Sep-1994)
2 - Death in Rough Water (Oct-1995)
3 - Death in a Mood Indigo (Jun-1997)
4 - Death in a Cold Hard Light (Jun-1998)
5 - Death of a Wharf Rat (Jun-2017)
6 - Death on Tuckernuck (May-2020)
7 - Death on a Winter Stroll (Nov-2022)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • INTRODUCING DETECTIVE FOLGER Young, savvy, and quite capable, Merry Folger faces her first murder case under the skeptical eye of her overprotective father, the island's police chief--and under scrutiny of one of the oldest, on the island THE PRO...



  • It wasn't easy for Detective Merry Folger to convince her father, the Nantucket police chief, that she had the right stuff. But with her first murder case neatly behind her, Merry proves she's a third generation any cop would be proud of. Still, she ...



  • The third Merry Folger Nantucket mysteryWord travels fast in Nantucket when two children and their dog discover a skeleton in the dunes of the cold Sconset beach. Could the dead woman be the latest victim of the serial killer who has been terrorizing...



  • Merry is more than ready for a romantic vacation with her fiance Peter when fate--and her police chief father--intervenes. Twenty-one-year-old Jay Santorski never should have drowned in the frigid waters off the Nantucket shore. What was the athlete,...



  • They were partners-lovers in a business where betrayal is a heartbeat away. CIA analyst Caroline Carmichael lost her husband Eric when his plane was blown out of the sky by an elite group of terrorists known as 30 April. Now, her dead husband has sur...



  • WHO WAS JACK RODERICK? They called him the Legendary American: Trained by the OSS, Jack Roderick plummeted into Bangkok one rainy morning in 1945 and never left. He was feared and respected as a foreign spy, a business kingpin, and a trader in men's...



  • Fourteen masters of the mystery and suspense genre--including Jan Burke, Carolyn Hart, Simon Brett, and Edward Marston--each contribute an individual chapter to a round robin mystery about a weekend house party in a small English village that is turn...



  • In Blown, Caroline Carmichael returns in a white-hot tale of terror on the streets of Washington, where one woman must gamble her life to save her country. As thousands of runners line up for the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., no one ...



  • It's the city's most infamous after-hours haunt--a glittering hotbed of deals and debaucheries. The sordid death of Philip Stilwell sends shock waves through the Alibi Club...for there's much more to Stilwell's untimely end than a sex game gone wrong...






  • Charming. Reckless. Brilliant. Deadly. A young Jack Kennedy travels to Europe on a secret mission for Franklin Roosevelt as the world braces for war. It’s the spring of 1939, and the prospect of war in Europe looms large. The United States h...



  • A tense and enthralling historical thriller in which British Naval Intelligence officer Ian Fleming attempts to foil a Nazi plot to assassinate FDR, Churchill, and Stalin. November, 1943. Weary of his deskbound status in the Royal Navy, intellig...



  • Spencer Murphy is a national treasure: a famous correspondent during the Vietnam War who escaped captivity in Southeast Asia, his books and television appearances have made him a fortune for half a century. But Spence is growing forgetful with age; h...



  • Francine Mathews' no-nonsense Nantucket police detective, Merry Folger, is back on the case after nineteen years. ​Death on Nantucket, the fifth Merry Folger Mystery, is full of regional charm, a strong sense of local history, and foggy New England...



  • In the Category 3 winds of a late-season hurricane, Nantucket police detective Merry Folger and her team attempt a rescue off the secluded island of Tuckernuck -- only to discover a deadly secret. As a Category 3 hurricane bears down on Nantucket...



  • No-nonsense Nantucket detective Merry Folger grapples with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and two murders as the island is overtaken by Hollywood stars and DC suits.Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the stress C...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Francine Mathews has published 15 books.

Francine Mathews does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death on a Winter Stroll, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Francine Mathews, Death in the Off-Season, was published in September 1994.

Yes. Francine Mathews has 2 series.