The Moonhaven Mysteries run to ten books plus three box sets. Every one of them resolves its own case, so you will not be left hanging if you start in the middle — but Sam's relationship with the town, with Ezra and with what her grandmother was actually doing develops steadily across the series, and several threads planted in book one do not pay off until much later. If you have the choice, start at the beginning.
The reading order
Book 1Death at Moonhaven Light
Published February 26, 2026
The kind of mystery that makes you miss the Maine coast even if you've never been there.
Book 2Murder at Moonhaven Light
Published March 12, 2026
A 300-year-old cold case. A spirit trapped beneath the Atlantic. And a killer who has been planning this since before Sam Blackwood arrived.
Book 3Secrets at Saltwick
Published March 29, 2026
A librarian dead at the foot of a cliff. A working lantern by his side. And an official verdict of "accident" that smells worse than low tide at Saltwick harbor.
Book 4Murder at Stoneharbor
Published April 9, 2026
What happens when a Guardian goes dark — and the one person who can save her is a witch who still doesn't fully trust her own magic?
Book 5Murder at Cairn Cove
Published April 15, 2026
A building permit. A tidal cave. And a Guardian who has been keeping his silence for four years.
Book 6Murder at Tidefall
Published April 22, 2026
An engineer who fell off a dam at 4 a.m. A river that has been saying no for a hundred and fifty years. And a renovation that isn't about energy at all.
Book 7Shadows at Greyfell
Published April 28, 2026
A historian who vanished inside a ruin that shouldn't exist. A formation older than the state's oldest maps. And a signal that has been holding the same frequency for so long it has worn the frequency smooth.
Book 8Death at Harrow Point
Published May 13, 2026
The kind of mystery that makes you miss the Maine coast even if you've never been there.
Book 9Murder in the Old Wood
Published June 4, 2026
Eight hundred years ago, a forest drowned. The trees are still standing — black, dead, knee-deep in freezing water. And someone just died trying to keep people away from them.
Book 10The Last Light at Moonhaven
Published June 7, 2026
The coast is almost whole. The last light is about to be lit. And the hardest case of Sam Blackwood's life is the one that ends in mercy, not a fight.
Box sets
If you would rather read several at once, the box sets collect the series in blocks and work out cheaper than the individual titles:
Does the order matter?
For the mysteries themselves, no — each is self-contained and fairly clued. For everything else, yes. The long arc concerns what happened beneath the lighthouse in 1923 and which families spent a century making sure nobody found it, and that story is told in sequence. Reading in order also means the recurring cast arrives in the right order, which matters more than it sounds in a series this size.
Common questions
Do I have to read The Moonhaven Mysteries in order?
No. Every book resolves its own case or storyline. But the characters, the town and several long-running threads develop across the series, so reading in order gives you the fuller picture.
How many books are in the series?
There are 10 books plus 3 box sets.
Where should I start?
Start with Death at Moonhaven Light. It introduces the setting and the main cast.
Are the books available on Kindle Unlimited?
Yes — the titles in this series are enrolled in Kindle Unlimited, so they are included with a KU subscription.
Start at the beginning
Death at Moonhaven Light is the first book — and the first chapter is free to read right here, no purchase needed.