Whew!

Hi, Barb here.

You may have noticed my absence from the blog recently. I have been working on this:

IcedunderfrontcoverThere comes a time in a writer’s life when the book has to be the highest priority.

I haven’t heard from my editor yet if he likes it, but I do like this tale of Busman’s Harbor, Maine in the off-off-off season. Almost all of our regular cast have fled town. Julia’s hunkered down with her mother, waiting out the snow and the power outages, when a mysterious package arrives…

Iced Under, the 5th Maine Clambake Mystery, is coming December 27, 2016 and is available for pre-order on Amazon for mass market paperback and ebook. Audiobook and large print editions are coming, but I don’t have a release date for those yet.

Now I just have to help get Crime Bake registration open and do a few small projects and my daughter gets married in Portland, Maine on May 21. Then it will be back to our regularly scheduled programming!

About Barbara Ross

Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
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13 Responses to Whew!

  1. Maureen Milliken – Belgrade Lakes, Maine – Maureen Milliken is the author of the Bernie O’Dea mystery series. Follow her on Twitter at @mmilliken47 and like her Facebook page at Maureen Milliken mysteries. Sign up for email updates at maureenmilliken.com. She hosts the podcast Crime&Stuff with her sister Rebecca Milliken.
    Maureen Milliken says:

    Congratulations! Looks great. No better excuse for not being around.

    • Barbara Ross – Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
      Barb Ross says:

      Thanks, Maureen!

  2. drkatecollier – Author of traditional mysteries featuring the Penningtons of Tompkins College in Tompkins Falls, NY. Also former Instructional Designer, Curriculum Developer and Professor for Online Teaching and Learning. Also romance author, writing as Katie O'Boyle, series Lakeside Porches, from Soul Mate Publishing, set in Tompkins Falls in the Finger Lakes of Upstate NY.
    C.T. Collier says:

    Excited to hear about Iced Under!! Hope to see you at Crime Bake 🙂 –kate

    • Barbara Ross – Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
      Barb Ross says:

      See you there, Kate!

  3. I love the cover. Meatloaf, tomato soup, and toasted cheese sandwich…that’ll get you through a cold winter day! Are those chocolate crinkle and gingersnap cookies? Yum!!

    Congratulations on the May wedding. It’s a beautiful month. Not too hot and lots of flowers. As the mother of the bride you have a lot on your plate. I’ll be the mother of the groom some day with considerably less pressure to make the day perfect.

    • Barbara Ross – Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
      Barb Ross says:

      Thanks, Julianne. Yes, those are ginger snaps, my grandmother’s recipe.

      My son has been married for eight years. Whenever people say, about the wedding, “You’ve been through this before,” I always say, “My daughter has more people IN her wedding, than my son had AT his wedding.”

  4. Jane says:

    Like Julianne, I love the cover; it makes me want to hunker down and eat all those comfort foods, perhaps with a good book for company.

    • Barbara Ross – Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
      Barb Ross says:

      This May has been so cold, the cover still feels appropriate! So glad you like it.

  5. Ruth Nixon says:

    Really like the cover, that loaf meat is calling me.. Mother of the Bride sounds so special but I’ve heard that it’s a big job. Hope Bob takes some pictures to share with us.

    • Ruth Nixon says:

      Why did I say Bob and not Bill

      • Barbara Ross – Barbara Ross is the author of twelve Maine Clambake Mystery novels and six novellas. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She lives in Portland, Maine. Readers can visit her website at www.maineclambakemysteries.com
        Barb Ross says:

        I’ll definitely be sharing photos.

  6. dragons3 says:

    I’ve already pre-ordered my copy of “Iced Under” and can’t wait to get it! Love the cover. That meatloaf has given me a craving for meatloaf sandwiches. The ginger snaps look luscious too. Good luck as Mother of the Bride.

  7. kaitcarson – Wallagrass, ME – I write mysteries set in South Florida. The Hayden Kent series is set in the Florida Keys. Hayden is a SCUBA diving paralegal who keeps finding bodies. Underwater, no one can hear you scream! Catherine Swope is a Miami Realtor with a penchant for finding bodies in the darndest places. I live in the Crown of Maine with my husband, four cats, and a flock of conures.
    Kait Carson says:

    I was hoping you would do a winter one. What a great setting for a great story.

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