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Welcome to Moe Claire Mystery and the Pyke Island Series
Welcome to Moe Claire Mystery and the Pyke Island Series
Modern mysteries set on the fictional Pyke Island in Downeast Maine where the rugged beauty of the landscape is matched by the stubborn independence and strong community of the people who call it home.
Coming Soon - A Blind Spider
Coming Soon - A Blind Spider
Book 4 in the Pyke Island Mystery Series releases August 11 2026
Three lobstermen. Three drownings. Somebody’s counting.
When three Pyke Island lobstermen drown within weeks of each other, the official verdict is the same each time: tragedies happen when you fish alone. The island grieves, closes ranks, and moves on. That’s what Pyke Island does.
But the pattern is too clean. The silence is too practiced. And when Del Corriveau starts asking questions, the people with money tied up in those waters make sure the answers go nowhere.
Set against the iron-cold waters of Downeast Maine, A Blind Spider is a story of a tight-knit fishing community, a rock ledge that keeps its secrets, and the particular danger of asking the right questions in the wrong place.
"What a mystery! I was hooked from the very first sentence. Moe Claire vividly brings a fishing village and its intriguing inhabitants to life while masterfully building suspense around the dangers that threaten them all. I couldn’t put it down!" Allison Keeton, author, Midcoast Maine Mystery series
"As mystery readers and geologists, the Pyke Island Series hits all the right notes -- real Downeast Maine scenery, authentic characters, a touch of geology, and plenty of small town secrets and suspense." Duane and Ruth Braun, authors of Guide to the Geology of Mount Desert Island, The Schoodic Peninsula, and Acadia National Park
A Fickle Tide
A Fickle Tide
(Pyke Island Mysteries in Downeast Maine Book 1)
Two crimes. One frozen island. A tide of secrets waiting to surface.
Del Corriveau wakes in a remote Maine cabin—alone, bloodied, and without answers. She's pieced together enough to know she's in danger. What she can't yet see is how far back the danger reaches, or how close it sits.
Pyke Island holds its secrets the way granite holds cold: completely, and for a long time. A missing Hollywood producer. A wildlife trafficking ring nobody will name. A community that watches and says nothing.
The more Del unravels, the more she realizes the threat isn't only around her. Some of it is closer than she thought.
"A mystery with as many twists and turns as a mountain road, populated by rich, complex characters you'll care about—and infused with vivid knowledge of Maine's geology, geography, and ocean lore."
—Kate Flora, award-winning author
For readers who like their suspense coastal, character-driven, and rooted in the cold specificity of Downeast Maine. Fans of Paul Doiron, Tess Gerritsen, and Kate Flora will find familiar territory here.
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More Praise for The Pyke Island Mysteries
More Praise for The Pyke Island Mysteries
“A mystery with as many twists and turns as a mountain road, populated by rich, complex characters you’ll care about—and infused with vivid knowledge of Maine’s geology, geography, and ocean lore. Moe Claire’s A Fickle Tide is a mystery you won’t want to miss.” —Kate Flora, award-winning author of Those Who Choose Evil
"Moe Claire’s debut mystery, A FICKLE TIDE, moves at a fast, engaging pace set against the vivid and haunting backdrop of Downeast Maine’s rugged Pyke Island." --Gabriela Stiteler, award-winning writer and co-chair of the New England Crime Bake
“A great mystery series, fast-paced, authentic.“ —Dotty Small, retired Maine police officer/detective for 37 years
"From my perspective as a Mainer, a cop, and a writer, I would score this engaging, well-written book a perfect 10 in local crime fiction." -- Richard Stockford, author of the Detective Thomas Clipper Mysteries and more
"a complex, tightly-woven story with subtle clues, sharp misdirection, exciting suspense and clever plot twists." - Bill Bushnell, Kennebec Journal
"A Whodunit for the winter: Curl up with a hot drink and read Moe Claire." - Ellsworth American
Granite and Bones
Granite and Bones
( Pyke Island Mysteries in Downeast Maine Book 2)
( Pyke Island Mysteries in Downeast Maine Book 2)
Some bones won't stay buried.
When geology student Del Corriveau discovers a human skeleton in a hidden cave on remote Pyke Island, the identification of the remains opens wounds the island has spent five years keeping closed. Chief George's disappearance was never explained to anyone's satisfaction. His death still won't be.
Teaming with PI Ty Holden and journalist Marco Avila, Del traces ancient petroglyphs, contested land rights, and a community still reckoning with what it lost—and what it chose to forget. The clues are old. The threat is not.
"Filled with clues and red herrings, the investigation uncovers secrets and tension that somebody will do anything to keep buried."
—Gabriela Stiteler, award-winning writer & co-chair, New England Crime Bake
"A perfect 10 in local crime fiction."
—Richard Stockford, author of the Detective Thomas Clipper Mysteries
For readers who like their mysteries layered with Indigenous history, Maine geology, and the kind of small-town secrets that reshape everything you thought you knew. Fans of Paul Doiron will find familiar ground here.
Black Veil, White Rose
Black Veil, White Rose
( Pyke Island Mysteries in Downeast Maine Book 3)
( Pyke Island Mysteries in Downeast Maine Book 3)
The past wears a veil. It won't stay hidden.
When Del Corriveau discovers a submerged truck camper in a hidden cove off Pyke Island, what surfaces with it is decades of silence—a commune of squatters who vanished without explanation, a community that asked no questions, and a tight-knit Franco-American family still living in the shadow of what it chose to forget.
As Del, PI Ty Holden, and journalist Marco Avila dig deeper, they uncover Vietnam-era trauma, a missing sister, and the kind of secrets that small communities protect not out of malice but out of love. The clues are old. The grief is not.
"An engrossing mystery that delves deeply into Maine's close-knit communities, revealing secrets and sins that have the power to haunt for generations."
—Gillian French, author of the Shaw Connolly series
"More twists and turns than the jagged Maine coastline."
—Matt Cost, author of Mainely Mysteries
For readers who like their mysteries layered with community history, generational grief, and the quiet weight of coastal Maine. Fans of Paul Doiron and Tess Gerritsen will find familiar ground here.
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Black Veil, White Rose has more twists and turns than the jagged DownEast Maine coastline and more flavor than a New England clam chowder. What starts with the discovery of a submerged vehicle diverges into a multi-layered mystery, the strands frayed in impossible disarray, only to be neatly spun back together as if by the Greek Goddesses known as the Fates. Del Corriveau travels effortlessly from the university campus where she is a grad student to the fishing communities of DownEast Maine, which is also sprinkled with the royals, old Maine families of wealth and power. Black Veil, White Rose is a mystery filled with colorful characters, lined with serpentine plots, and set on the rich and savory coast of Maine. ~~Matt Cost, author of the Mainely Mysteries and the Modern-Day Chronicles of Max Creed.
Black Veil, White Rose is an engrossing mystery that delves deeply into our close-knit Maine communities to reveal secrets and sins that have the power to haunt for generations. A winning cast of characters and a vividly-realized coastal Maine setting combine for a compelling read. — Gillian French, author of The Shaw Connolly Series
Where can I get my copy of the Pyke Island Mysteries?
Where can I get my copy of the Pyke Island Mysteries?
Soft cover available from 12 Willows Press.
Local retailers:
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops in Bar Harbor, Boothbay Harbor, Camden, Damariscotta, Freeport, and Portland
Books-a-Million in Auburn, Bangor and South Portland
The Briar Patch, Bangor
The Store Ampersand in Orono, ME
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