Edith Maxwell

Edith Maxwell

9 Series

Edith Maxwell is an American author known for her cozy mystery series, including the Local Foods Mysteries, Country Store Mysteries, and Quaker Midwife Mysteries. She has also published short stories in various anthologies and magazines. Previously a technical writer for nearly two decades, Maxwell now writes full-time and is an active member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, serving as Vice President of SINC New England.

Edith Maxwell writes the Lauren Rousseau mystery series under the pseudonym Tace Baker and the Country Store Mysteries series as Maddie Day. The Edgar Allan Cozy collection also features contributions from Sheila Connolly, Sherry Harris, Sadie Hartwell, and Barbara Ross. These series offer engaging mysteries set in unique locales, providing readers with compelling narratives and intriguing characters.

Country Store Mysteries (as Maddie Day)

Flipped for Murder

(2015)

Grilled for Murder

(2016)

When the Grits Hit the Fan

(2017)

Biscuits and Slashed Browns

(2018)

Death Over Easy

(2018)

Strangled Eggs and Ham

(2019)

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse

(2019)

Nacho Average Murder

(2020)

Candy Slain Murder

(2020)

No Grater Crime

(2021)

Batter Off Dead

(2022)

Scarfed Down

(2022)

Four Leaf Cleaver

(2023)

Deep Fried Death

(2023)

Scone Cold Dead

(2025)

Cozy Capers Book Group Mysteries (as Maddie Day)

Murder on Cape Cod

(2019)

Murder at the Taffy Shop

(2021)

Murder at the Lobstah Shack

(2021)

Murder in a Cape Cottage

(2022)

Murder at a Cape Bookstore

(2023)

Murder at the Rusty Anchor

(2024)

Lauren Rousseau (as Tace Baker)

Speaking of Murder

(2012)

Bluffing is Murder

(2014)

Local Foods Mystery

A Tine to Live, A Tine to Die

(2013)

'Til Dirt Do Us Part

(2014)

Farmed and Dangerous

(2015)

Murder Most Fowl

(2016)

Mulch Ado About Murder

(2017)

Quaker Midwife Mystery

Delivering the Truth

(2016)

Called to Justice

(2017)

Turning the Tide

(2018)

Charity's Burden

(2019)

Judge Thee Not

(2019)

Taken Too Soon

(2020)

A Changing Light

(2021)

Short Stories/Novellas

Reduction in Force

(2012)

Yatsuhashi for Lance

(2013)

Fire in Carriagetown

(2013)

Just Desserts for Johnny

(2014)

An Idea for Murder

(2014)

The Importance of Blood

(2014)

A Questionable Death

(2015)

The Mayor and the Midwife

(2016)

Short Story Collections

Black Cat Thrillogy #9

(2018)

Cece Barton Mystery (as Maddie Day)

Murder Uncorked

(2023)

Deadly Crush

(2024)

Anthologies

Fish Nets

(2013)

Writes of Passage

(2014)

History and Mystery, Oh My!

(2015)

Dead in Good Company

(2015)

Edgar Allan Cozy

(2016)

Blood on the Bayou: Bouchercon Anthology 2016

(2016)

Malice Domestic 14

(2019)

The Best Laid Plans

(2019)

Christmas Cocoa Murder

(2019)

The Beat of Black Wings

(2020)

Bloodroot

(2021)

Deadly Nightshade: Best New England Crime Stories 2022

(2022)

Christmas Mittens Murder

(2023)

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