Mara Ellison
- Seven novels
- Two series and one standalone
- Written in Portland, Maine
- On every store, in every format
Quiet mysteries set on the Maine coast. Start with book one, free.
Where do I start?
Three questions. You get your first book, the order to read the rest, and book one free by email.
In a hurry? Cosy readers start with The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter. Dark, with Cold Ledger.
All seven books are on the shelf.
- The Lighthouse Keeper's DaughterEllison
- The Salt RoadEllison
- Low Tide at Gull RockEllison
- A Lantern for the DrownedEllison
- Cold LedgerEllison
- The Ferry HourEllison
- The Summer PeopleEllison
1,140 people live here all winter.
Wren Harbor, Maine
Gull Rock Light flashes white every six seconds.
One library, one inn, one road out.
1,140 people live here all winter.
Wren Harbor, Maine
Gull Rock Light flashes white every six seconds.
Wren Harbor isn't on any map. It is built from three real harbors between Port Clyde and Stonington.
Read them in order
Each book solves its own case. Nell's story runs through all four.
Start here
The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter. A letter in the lighthouse wall, and a girl nobody remembers.
Then winter
The Salt Road. Snowed in at the Gannet Inn with a guest who isn't who he says.
Then the storm
Low Tide at Gull Rock. An empty boat comes home with its engine still warm.
Then March 2027
A Lantern for the Drowned. Lanterns on the rocks where the Margaret Pell went down.
Books
Every book is on every store.
Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Nook, Google Play, Bookshop.org and Libro.fm, plus signed copies posted from Portland. None of them is exclusive to Amazon, so you can buy from whoever you like.
Book four is coming
A Lantern for the Drowned. Out Tuesday, March 9, 2027.
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Every store, every format. A Lantern for the Drowned is never exclusive to one shop.
Book one is free
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Who writes them
Mara Ellison spent twelve years at a library reference desk in Portland. Now she writes the books people used to ask her for: a town, a puzzle and an ending that plays fair.
She writes from 5:30 to 9:30 every morning, before the light comes up over Back Cove, and answers letters from readers herself, on Fridays.
- Writes from
- Portland, Maine
- Desk hours
- 5:30 to 9:30 AM
- New books
- One a year, March or September
- Her time now
- Eastern time