Father Jonathan Keene is a cold, impatient Catholic priest who arrives in a tiny fishing village the week before Christmas. He is there to do what he does best - shut down dying parishes. But things take an unexpected turn as he becomes entangled in the various lives of the village's eccentric characters. This includes the town's beautiful librarian, the childlike priest he is displacing, and the magical experience of Mrs. Worthington's legendary...

Mary Fisher's dream has come true. She's about to open Mary's Mystery Bookshop in her beloved hometown of Ivy Bay, tucked away on beautiful Cape Cod. But weeks before the grand opening, her shop is broken into and torn apart. Mary is shocked, but she's even more stunned to discover that the only thing the intruder stole was an old, dusty photograph of the storefront. Who would have taken it, and why? With the help of her sister, a childhood friend,...

Forty-four-year-old Cape Cod clam bar owner Mary Hopkins struggles to find the peace, love, and human connection that have eluded her for decades as she copes with her beloved great-aunt's descent into Alzheimer's disease, the tragic accident of a young waitress, and her rekindled romance with Dan, a lost love.

Dr. Sophie Knowles is a professor with a way of making even the most complex math problems fun for her students. But when the school's beloved librarian is found shot to death in the stacks, Sophie learns that her friend was more complex than she ever knew. Includes puzzles and logic problems.

Zach's dog Riptide loves the sea and proves himself worthy of being the nineteenth lifeguard on Cape Cod's Nauset Beach.