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  • Published: 18 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781616957285
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.00

Death In Rough Water



Following the incredible success of Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas under Francine Mathews' pseudonym, Stephanie Barron, Soho will be reissuing her Merry Folger mystery series, set in idyllic Nantucket!

Fresh from her first murder case, Nantucket detective Merry Folger is unwillingly sucked into her second.

When Joe Duarte, a fishing boat captain with decades of experience on the wild seas off Nantucket, is swept overboard during a spring storm, his death is pronounced accidental. But his estranged daughter, Del, is convinced it’s murder. She moves back to Nantucket to get closer to the truth, and enlists her old friend, detective Merry Folger, to help. But Del is also hiding secrets of her own, and the police are not inclined to help her with what they see as a wild goose chase. Merry has to defy her boss—her father—in order to investigate.

  • Published: 18 August 2016
  • ISBN: 9781616957285
  • Imprint: Soho Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.00

About the author

Francine Mathews

Francine Mattews has worked as a foreign-policy analyst for the CIA. She is the author of The Cutout, which has been purchased for a major motion picture by Warner Bros.; The Secret Agent; and Blown. Under the pseudonym Stephanie Barron, she is the author of eight bestselling Jane Austen mysteries. She lives in Colorado, where she is at work on her next novel of historical suspense.

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Praise for Death In Rough Water

Praise for the Merry Folger mystery series "Nantucket and its impenetrable, secretive fog and characters come to life in Mathews's capable hands." Diane Mott Davidson "Mathews uses her setting and its unique population skillfully." The San Diego Union-Tribune "Detective Merry Folger comes across as a real person, albeit a smart one, with doubts and concerns." The Denver Post "Merry Folger sails surely through choppy seas of murder, insurance fraud and infidelity in her second outing . . . Mathews skillfully incorporates close-knit relationships, small-town gossip and a salty Nantucket flavor." Publishers Weekly