After six months on leave in Maine, Homicide Detective Brie Beaumont returns home to Minnesota to make decisions about her life and career with the Minneapolis Police Department. But her partner's death still haunts her, and she soon realizes that, to be whole again, she must solve the case of Detective Phil Thatcher's murder-a case that went cold eighteen months ago. But threatening letters, a shadowy character, and a shooting on the North Shore where she is vacationing make Brie question her decision. When a tip from a confidential informant reveals surprising and disturbing new information about the case, Brie decides to undergo hypnosis in an attempt to recover the missing pieces from that terrible night in North Minneapolis. With locales on the north shore of Lake Superior, Minneapolis, and the coast of Maine, Death in the Blood Moon provides a canvas rich in both characters and settings as this page-turning double mystery unfolds.

Death In The Blood Moon (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Literature & Fiction

LeClair, Jenifer

United States

Fog Harbor Press

Award winning author Jenifer LeClair delivers a gripping novel set against the remote and beautiful backdrop of the Maine coast. Homicide detective Brie Beaumont is back, sailing aboard the Maine Wind in another thrilling Windjammer Mystery.In "Danger Sector" Brie and the crew of the Maine Wind sail to Sentinel Island to help repair an old lighthouse whose previous owner died under mysterious circumstances. When Brie discovers that an artist and prominent member of the community has gone missing, she feels compelled to investigate. Drawn into the mysterious web of an island cabal and the pages of a secret journal, Brie is soon caught up in an undercurrent of broken dreams and hidden secrets. Using her keen investigative skills, she uncovers a mystery whose roots stretch back three decades, encompassing shadowy connections to the black market art world, an illegal adoption, and a tragic love story. As a nor'easter bears down on the island, the action accelerates to a bone-chilling climax in which Brie will pit herself against the fury of a ruthless killer.

Danger Sector (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Genre Fiction

Set Against the Rugged Maine Coast and the Bay Of Fundy; a Landscape Both Beautiful and Unforgiving. Detective Brie Beaumont teams with the Maine State Police to investigate a grisly murder away down East near the village of Tucker Harbor, Maine. A second death, a four year old mystery involving a research scientist, and a mysterious, unexplained phenomenon draw Brie into an ever tightening web of intrigue and danger. Themes of isolation and desperation play hauntingly throughout this gripping thriller, the third in Jenifer LeClair's acclaimed Windjammer MysterySeries.

Cold Coast: A Brie Beaumont Mystery Thriller (Windjammer Mystery Series)

A chilling tale of murder unfolds during a fierce September hurricane on the Maine coast in this haunting story of two deaths mysteriously bound together by the long reach of time. As Hurricane Ivan bears down on the coast, the crew of the Maine Wind retrieves the body of a young woman from the sea. Who is she and how did she die? The search for the woman's identity thrusts Homicide Detective Brie Beaumont into an investigation on Apparition Island in the aftermath of the violent storm. A verdict of undetermined death begs the question: Was this an accidental drowning; did Claire Whitehall commit suicide, or was she murdered? As a baffling investigation unfolds, Brie is drawn back into a decades old cold case—one that has cast its shadow into the present, where she could become its next victim.

Apparition Island (Windjammer Mystery Series)

A Gripping Sea Adventure Set on the Gulf of Maine Homicide Detective Brie Beaumont returns in a riveting psychological thriller featuring a cast of dark and troubled characters. Something feels amiss about the group of seven friends who charter Maine Wind for a late season cruise that turns deadly when one of them is lost overboard. While making for home port, Brie investigates a case that becomes more enigmatic at every turn. As she drills down through layers of hatred, mistrust, and deception, old crimes come to light, and tensions ratchet up with each passing hour. When a storm looms at sea, the closed environment of the ship weighs heavy on them all as death stalks this ill-fated cruise.

DEAD ASTERN (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Product Description 
High-seas adventure turns to high-stakes sleuthing when a beautiful but troubled homicide detective and a New England sea captain join forces in this award-winning mystery set on the coast of Maine. On leave from the Minneapolis Police Department after being shot, homicide detective Brie Beaumont has gone to Maine where she has family roots. She ships out on the Maine Wind for an early season cruise with Captain John DuLac and eight others. Caught in a gale, they anchor off remote and windswept Granite Island. But when someone aboard is murdered, Brie must single-handedly stage an investigation that moves from the ship to the small fishing village on the island. Plagued by flashbacks, and fighting a growing attraction to Captain DuLac, Brie works to unravel a mystery that will place her directly in the path of a psychopathic killer. Filled with suspense, colorful characters, nautical lore, and a thread of romance, Rigged for Murder will captivate the most steadfast landlubber. 
 Review 
"A winning combination of psychological thriller, police procedural, and action adventure . . . Tightly written and intricately constructed LeClair's Rigged for Murder is first-class storytelling in a setting so authentic you can hear the ocean's roar and taste the salt from the sea." --Mysterious Reviews 
"An engaging New England whodunit . . . Readers will believe they are sailing on the schooner and waiting out the storm at Granite Island as Jenifer LeClair vividly captures the Maine background . . . With a strong support cast including the capable crew, the battling passengers, and the eccentric islanders to add depth, fans will enjoy Rigged for Murder." --Midwest Book Review 
"Brie [Beaumont] is smart and competent, and she uses her brain and not her gun...Jenifer LeClair offers another appealing main character in Rigged for Murder, first in her Windjammer Series." --St. Paul Pioneer Press 
"A strong plot, non-stop action, and first-class character development combine to make this an exciting, page-turning adventure novel. Adding to the tension, intrigue and mystery is the meticulous care in researching the details and terminology of sailing, lobstering, and the Maine coastal islands and communities... I have added Jenifer LeClair to my list of 'must read' authors and I am eagerly looking forward to the sequel to Rigged for Murder. --Reader Views 
"A debut mystery that is so well written you will hunger for more . . . a lyrically drawn sense of place, an approaching storm, a murder, well-developed characters, and superbly good writing, that's Jenifer LeClair. Read this supremely engaging mystery and enjoy the ride." ----__Once a Crime Mystery Bookstore\nAbout the Author 
In her Windjammer Mystery Series, Jenifer LeClair vividly captures Maine's islands and coastal regions where she has sailed since 1995. There are currently six novels in her award-winning series. A lifelong sailor and mystery writer since 2002, Ms. LeClair lives in Minnesota with her family and divides her time between Minnesota and Maine. Visit her website at: www.windjammermysteries.com

Rigged for Murder (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Homicide detective Brie Beaumont and Captain John DuLac go undercover to solve a complex and chilling murder case. 
Lobstermen are dying on Starkhaven Island, well off the coast of Maine. Over a year and a half, four men have mysteriously disappeared from their boats. But when the Maine State Police try to investigate, the islanders, ruled by their fatalistic view of the sea, close ranks to stonewall the investigation. Brie, John, George, and retired detective Jack Le Beau are sent undercover to solve the case. With four victims, suspects and motives abound. The team must work their way into the fabric of the community and gain the trust of the islanders if they are to solve these disturbing murders. Will they succeed in their quest for the truth? Or will fate and the sea deal them the same dark hand.

Sea Smoke And Mirrors (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Death In The Wolf Moon: A Claude Renard Mystery (Windjammer Mystery Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

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