Crime on the Cape

A list of mystery stories set on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.

The Fisher Boy by Stephen Anable

The Emperor of Ocean Park by Stephen Carter

Where are the Children by Mary Higgins Clark

Remember Me by Mary Higgins Clark

Absolute Certainty by Rose Connors

This is the first book in the Marty Nickerson Series. Other titles include Temporary Sanity, Maximum Security, and False Testimony.

A Beautiful Place to Die by Philip R. Craig

The first book in the long-running Marthas Vineyard Mystery series

Champagne Kisses, Cyanide Dreams by Ralph Graves

the Mayflower Murder by Paul Kemprecos

High Season by Jon Loomis

Deadly Nightshade by Cynthia Riggs

This is the first book in the Victoria Trumbull series

Angels Head by John Smolens

The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes by Marcel Theroux

Invisible Eden: A Story of Love and Murder on Cape Cod by Maria Flook

The true story of the murder of fashion writer Christa Worthington in 2002.

Counterpoint: a Murder in Massachusetts Bay by Margaret Press

The 1991 murder of Martha Brailsford actually took place in Salem and Marblehead, but deserves inclusion on this list.

Safe Harbor: A Murder In Nantucket by Brian McDonald

The stabbing of Elizabeth Lochtefeld in 2004.