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Barbara Ross

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http://www.maineclambakemysteries.com

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Mystery

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Barbara Ross is the author of the Maine Clambake Mysteries and the Jane Darrowfield Mysteries. Her books have been nominated for multiple Agatha Awards for Best Contemporary Novel and have won the Maine Literary Award for Crime Fiction. She received the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award from the New England Crime Bake and the 2026 Lea Wait Award from the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance.

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Average rating: 4.04 · 47,190 ratings · 5,961 reviews · 39 distinct works • Similar authors

	Clammed Up (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 5,956 ratings — published 2013 — 12 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
	Boiled Over (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 3,864 ratings — published 2014	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
	Iced Under (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #5) 4.23 avg rating — 3,224 ratings — published 2016 — 11 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
	Musseled Out (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #3) 4.18 avg rating — 2,886 ratings — published 2015 — 12 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
	Fogged Inn (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #4) 4.08 avg rating — 2,667 ratings — published 2016 — 10 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
	Stowed Away (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #6) 4.16 avg rating — 2,287 ratings — published 2017 — 11 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
	Steamed Open (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #7) 4.21 avg rating — 2,255 ratings — published 2018 — 10 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
	Shucked Apart (A Maine Clambake Mystery #9) 4.18 avg rating — 2,081 ratings — published 2021 — 8 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
	Sealed Off (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 2,017 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	Muddled Through (A Maine Clambake Mystery, #10) 4.29 avg rating — 1,853 ratings — published 2022 — 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

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Saying Good-bye to the Wickeds

The moment we’ve all been talking about for a week, and that I’ve been anticipating since May, has finally come. This is my last post as a member of the Wicked Authors. Partings are difficult and this one particularly so.

I will miss my fellow authors and readers. Some of the relationships created here are among the most meaningful in my life. I have appreciated every one of you—your contributions,

Series by Barbara Ross

Maine Clambake Mystery (12 books)
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Barbara Ross (Goodreads Author)

4.04 avg rating — 45,115 ratings

Jane Darrowfield (2 books)
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Barbara Ross (Goodreads Author)

4.05 avg rating — 1,992 ratings

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Barbara Ross answered Heidi's question: I would love for you to create a Clam Bake Mystery Recipe Book! PLEASE!?! There isn't a Maine Clambake recipe book, but all the recipes that have been published on the web are available here. https://barbararossauthor.com/recipes/
Jul 22, 2026 01:01PM · 1 like · like
Barbara Ross made a comment on Tag, You’re It! " Betsy wrote: "loved this interesting info .. the 2nd set provides SO much more to the story! I think most of the time it's better to know what's going ...more "
Sep 14, 2024 07:13AM · see blog post

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“Try as often as you can to give tribute to your friends, to stay in contact, to be at their momentous occasions. Drive across the country and go into debt to go to their weddings, fly across the country and be with them when their parents pass away. You cannot make any new old friends.”
― Barbara Ross, Fogged Inn

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“Pie solves most things.”
― Barbara Ross

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“Winter isn't the season of death," she corrected gently. "It's the season of life, when the sheep grow their fleece and little lambs in their wombs.”
― Barbara Ross

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Polls

What is your favorite cozy mystery series?

Donna Andrews, Murder With Peacocks (Meg Langslow)

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Krista Davis, The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (Domestic Diva)

11 votes, 12.0%

Rhys Bowen, Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness)

11 votes, 12.0%

Jenn McKinlay, Sprinkle with Murder (Cupcake Bakery)

10 votes, 10.9%

Miranda James, Murder Past Due (Cat in the Stacks)

7 votes, 7.6%

Elizabeth Peters, Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody)

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Laura Bradford. Hearse and Buggy (Amish Mystery)

5 votes, 5.4%

Denise Swanson, Murder of a Small-Town Honey (Scrumble River)

5 votes, 5.4%

Dorothy L. Sayers, Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey)

5 votes, 5.4%

Ngaio Marsh, A Man Lay Dead (Roderick Alleyn)

4 votes, 4.3%

Carolyn Hart, Death On Demand (Death on Demand)

4 votes, 4.3%

Earlene Fowler, Fool's Puzzle (Bennie Harper)

2 votes, 2.2%

Lea Wait, Twisted Threads (Mainely Needlepoint)

2 votes, 2.2%

Spencer Quinn, Dog on It (Chet and Bernie)

2 votes, 2.2%

Kathi Daley, Romeow and Juliet (Whales and Tails)

1 vote, 1.1%

Nancy Atherton, Aunt Dimity's Death (Aunt Dimity)

1 vote, 1.1%

Barbara Ross, Clammed Up (Maine Clambake)

0 votes, 0.0%

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