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Matthew Langdon Cost also publishes under Matt Cost

Matt Cost was a history major at Trinity College. He owned a mystery bookstore, a video store, and a gym, before serving a ten-year sentence as a junior high school teacher. In 2014 he was released and began writing. And that’s what he does. He writes histories and mysteries.

Cost has published five books in the Mainely Mystery series, with the sixth, "Mainely Mayhem", due out in November of 2024. He has also published five books in the Clay Wolfe Trap series, the most recent being "Pirate Trap".

For historical novels, Cost has published "At Every Hazard" and its sequel, "Love in a Time of Hate", as well as "I am Cuba".

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	Wolfe Trap (A Clay Wolfe/Port Essex Mystery #1) by Matt Cost, Matthew Langdon Cost (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 161 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainely Power (Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery #1) by Matt Cost, Matthew Langdon Cost (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 174 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Velma Gone Awry: A Brooklyn 8 Ballo Mystery by Matt Cost, Matthew Langdon Cost (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainely Fear (Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery #2) by Matt Cost, Matthew Langdon Cost (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 54 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainely Money (Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery #3) by Matt Cost, Matthew Langdon Cost (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 43 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in a Time of Hate 4.16 avg rating — 31 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mainely Mayhem (A Goff Langdon Mainely Mystery Book 6) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am Cuba; Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution 4.50 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War: At Every Hazard 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At Every Hazard: Joshua Chamberlain and the Civil War 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The second book of the Mainely Mystery series is set to come out December 4th. In anticipation of this event, I am doing a giveaway for "Mainely Fear". Five books will be given away prior to release to five lucky people! The last Fear of 2020.

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