Stephen Stanley: 9 books

At the height of the Great Depression in 1932, two strangers arrive on Maine’s Jigsaw Island. Artist Ben Turner has fled the desperation of New York City to wait out the hard times and find inspiration. Muriel Peters, along with her son Andrew, arrive on Jigsaw Island to seek a new start. For each,...

Retired high school teacher Jesse Ashworth returns to his home town of Bath, Maine, and purchases a run-down 1920’s bungalow called Eagle’s Nest that was once the site of a 1960’s commune. While digging a garden in the isolated back yard, Jesse and his pug dog, Argus, make a gruesome discovery.

Retired teacher Jesse Ashworth has been looking forward to a quiet retirement in the small town of Bath, Maine but for Jesse, retirement has been anything but quiet. After church trustee Jack Riley is found murdered in the choir room of All Souls Church, Jesse and his companion Police Chief Tim Mallory, begin a search for the killer.

The Christmas season gets off to a rocky start in the sleepy coastal town of Bath, Maine, when a local shop keeper finds a body dressed as Santa Claus in the doorway of the shop. To make matters worse, a valuable Christmas treasure is stolen from All Souls Church. The identity of the dead man...

Former underwear model Danny Black has produced several best selling crime novels, but there is only one problem. Danny Black doesn’t exist. Danny Black is, in reality, anthropology professor Luke Littlefield. After moving to West Hollywood to teach, Luke realizes that no one takes pretty boys seriously....

In the sweltering summer of 1936, investigator Jeremy Dance is looking forward to spending some time at his mountain retreat in New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Little does Jeremy realize that when he takes on a case for the lovely Nora Wilde that before the end of summer, Jeremy will find himself...

Jesse Ashworth is attending cooking school in Montreal when the head chef of the school is found murdered in Mt Royal park. Jesse is inadvertently dragged into the investigation when he becomes a potential witness to the crime. Hired as a consultant for the chief investigator, Hugh Cartier, Jesse...

The Turner Art Museum in Portland Maine seems to be the epicenter of some strange happenings. When retired teacher Jesse Ashworth and former police chief Tim Mallory are contacted to investigate a haunting in the museum, Tim and Jesse embark on an adventure that turns up not only a missing person but also more than one body.

The wealthy families of Boston’s Beacon Hill like to keep their affairs private. When art objects disappear, when family members go missing, or when bodies turn up in unexpected places, they all turn to the Jeremy Dance for damage control. On New Year’s Day 1936, Jeremy Dance is having a quiet...