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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.comLost (in) Bar Harbor
Hi. Barb here. I got to spend last weekend with many of your favorite Maine Crime Writers (plus Katherine Hall Page and Hank Phillippi Ryan) at Murder by the Book at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine. I … Continue reading →
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Tagged Farview, Great Fire of 1947, Jesup Memorial Library, Lost Bar Harbor, Mary Robert Rinehart, Murder by the Book, Sonogee, Wonder View Inn
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What Am I Up To?
Hi. Barb here and thank you so much for asking. I have an embarrassment of riches in the last quarter of 2016–two books launching! Eggnog Murder is coming October 25, 2015 in hardcover, ebook, and audio. (Large print is coming … Continue reading →
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Tagged Eggnog Murder, Fogged Inn, Iced Under, Lee Hollis, Leslie Meier, Nogged Off
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Good-bye Summer, Hello Fall
by Barb, writing probably her last blog post from her front porch in Boothbay Harbor for this year Today is Labor Day, and even in this, Maine’s warmest summer on record, there’s a nip in the air in the evenings … Continue reading →
Oh, The Sacrifices We Make for Art!
Hi. Barb here. Lately I have been thinking about…oysters. That is to say, I have been acutely aware that when I turn in the sixth Maine Clambake Mystery, Stowed Away, on March 1, it will be time to write a … Continue reading →
A Day on Monhegan Island
by Barb, writing on her porch while gazing out at Boothbay Harbor I’ve already done one “Day In” post for Boothbay Harbor where my husband and I spend our summers, but I couldn’t resist doing another. It’s hard to believe … Continue reading →
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Tagged Balmy Days Ii, Barnacle, D.T. Sheridan, Fish House Fish Market, Island Inn, Lobster Cove, Monhegan Brewing Company, Swim Beach, The Novelty
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A Day in Boothbay Harbor
by Barb, who was writing this on the front porch but came in because she was getting cold (he, he, he) We hope you’ve enjoyed this summer’s “A Day in…” posts from Maine Crime Writers. Today’s post comes to you … Continue reading →
Another Wedding in Maine
by Barb, looking forward to Books in Boothbay this Saturday Four years and a bit ago, I wrote about a wedding in Portland, Maine. The post was about a lot of things including a very special bride and groom, but … Continue reading →
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Tagged #idodonius, 111 Main Catering, amy kuschel lennon, Broadturn Farm, Daisies and Pearls, Flair Boston, Lorenz Photography, Maine, O2 Salon, Portland, The Portland Company, wedding
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Windjammer Days
by Barb, in Maine at last It’s Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor. My husband, Bill Carito, has gotten deep into iPhone photography, so we took a Balmy Days harbor tour billed especially for photographers. The day was foggy and damp, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Balmy Days, Bill Carito, Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Photography, Windjammer Days
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A Graduation in Maine
Hi. Barb here. I graduated from a small private school with about 100 other sweaty teenagers. The tradition at my school was boys graduated in suits, while girls wore white dresses. But in my class in 1971, there was a … Continue reading →
Letters from the Civil War
Hi. Barb here. When I realized my posting day was Memorial Day, I was a bit flummoxed. There are several people here on the blog who are better equipped to remark on this day than I am. My father served … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adoniram Judson Dickison, Civil War correspondence, Francis Alice Rozelle
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