Chesapeake Books and Mysteries

There are some amazing and talented authors that live in and write about the Chesapeake Bay region that our store calls home. You'll find mysteries both fictional and non-fictional, novels, short-stories, kids books, books about the Bay's flora and fauna, and appreciations of the joys of living here. These books may even entice you to spend more time exploring our beautiful region.

Maryland's Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine By Neal Patterson, Kathryn Wielech Patterson Cover Image

Maryland's Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine (Paperback)

By Neal Patterson, Kathryn Wielech Patterson
$21.95
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ISBN: 9781493017911
Published: Globe Pequot Press - August 1st, 2016
Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning By Donna Andrews (Editor), Barb Goffman (Editor), Talley Marcia (Editor) Cover Image

Chesapeake Crimes: Storm Warning (Paperback)

By Donna Andrews (Editor), Barb Goffman (Editor), Talley Marcia (Editor)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781479420513
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Published: Wildside Press - March 1st, 2016
Chesapeake: A Novel By James A. Michener, Steve Berry (Introduction by) Cover Image

Chesapeake: A Novel (Paperback)

By James A. Michener, Steve Berry (Introduction by)
$21.00
ISBN: 9780812970432
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Published: Dial Press Trade Paperback - September 9th, 2003
Choptank Odyssey: Celebrating a Great Chesapeake River By Tom Horton, David W. Harp (Photographer) Cover Image

Choptank Odyssey: Celebrating a Great Chesapeake River (Hardcover)

By Tom Horton, David W. Harp (Photographer)
$34.99
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ISBN: 9780764350009
Published: Schiffer Publishing - February 28th, 2016
Painted Silver By Susan Reiss Cover Image

Painted Silver (Paperback)

By Susan Reiss
$13.95
ISBN: 9780989360746
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Published: Ink & Imagination - July 15th, 2014
Daughter of Ashes (Hannah Ives Mystery #14) By Marcia Talley Cover Image

Daughter of Ashes (Hannah Ives Mystery #14) (Paperback)

By Marcia Talley
$17.95
ISBN: 9781847516008
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Published: Severn House - May 1st, 2016
Jacob Have I Loved: A Newbery Award Winner By Katherine Paterson Cover Image

Jacob Have I Loved: A Newbery Award Winner (Paperback)

By Katherine Paterson
$7.99
ISBN: 9780064403689
Availability: Backordered
Published: HarperCollins - May 5th, 2020
Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen By Christopher White Cover Image

Skipjack: The Story of America's Last Sailing Oystermen (Paperback)

By Christopher White
$17.95
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ISBN: 9781442210882
Published: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - December 16th, 2011
Maryland's Skipjacks (Images of America) By David Berry Cover Image

Maryland's Skipjacks (Images of America) (Paperback)

By David Berry
$21.99
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ISBN: 9780738553634
Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - May 26th, 2008
Sailing on the Edge: America's Cup By Bob Fisher, Kimball Livingston, Roger Vaughan (With) Cover Image

Sailing on the Edge: America's Cup (Hardcover)

By Bob Fisher, Kimball Livingston, Roger Vaughan (With)
$75.00
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ISBN: 9781608872060
Published: Insight Editions - July 2nd, 2013
Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks By Pat Vojtech Cover Image

Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks (Hardcover)

By Pat Vojtech
$29.95
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ISBN: 9780870334511
Published: Schiffer Publishing - July 30th, 2009
Death at the Lighthouse By John Reisinger Cover Image

Death at the Lighthouse (Paperback)

By John Reisinger
$14.95
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ISBN: 9780983881834
Published: Glyphworks Publishing - August 1st, 2012
St. Michaels, Oxford, and the Talbot County Bayside (Schiffer Books) By James Tigner Cover Image

St. Michaels, Oxford, and the Talbot County Bayside (Schiffer Books) (Hardcover)

By James Tigner
$39.95
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ISBN: 9780764327087
Published: Schiffer Publishing - June 20th, 2007
Lost Chester River Steamboats:: From Chestertown to Baltimore (Transportation) By Jack Shaum Cover Image

Lost Chester River Steamboats:: From Chestertown to Baltimore (Transportation) (Paperback)

By Jack Shaum
$21.99
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ISBN: 9781467117593
Published: History Press - October 19th, 2015
By Cook or by Crook (A Five-Ingredient Mystery #1) By Maya Corrigan Cover Image

By Cook or by Crook (A Five-Ingredient Mystery #1) (Mass Market)

By Maya Corrigan
$8.99
ISBN: 9781617731389
Availability: Backordered
Published: Kensington - November 4th, 2014
Scam Chowder (A Five-Ingredient Mystery #2) By Maya Corrigan Cover Image

Scam Chowder (A Five-Ingredient Mystery #2) (Paperback)

By Maya Corrigan
$7.99
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ISBN: 9781617731402
Published: Kensington - June 30th, 2015
Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay By William W. Warner (Afterword by), John Barth (Introduction by), William W. Warner Cover Image

Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)

By William W. Warner (Afterword by), John Barth (Introduction by), William W. Warner
$17.99
ISBN: 9780316923354
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Published: Back Bay Books - March 21st, 1994
Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay's Foundation and Future (American Palate) By Kate Livie Cover Image

Chesapeake Oysters: The Bay's Foundation and Future (American Palate) (Paperback)

By Kate Livie
$21.99
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ISBN: 9781626198258
Published: History Press - October 26th, 2015
Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake (Haunted America) By Mindie Burgoyne Cover Image

Haunted Eastern Shore: Ghostly Tales from East of the Chesapeake (Haunted America) (Paperback)

By Mindie Burgoyne
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781596297203
Published: History Press - September 1st, 2009
The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties (Haunted America) By Mindie Burgoyne, Ian Fleming (Foreword by) Cover Image

The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties (Haunted America) (Paperback)

By Mindie Burgoyne, Ian Fleming (Foreword by)
$19.99
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ISBN: 9781626198135
Published: History Press - August 24th, 2015
Seafood Lover's Chesapeake Bay: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions By Mary Lou Baker, Holly Smith Cover Image

Seafood Lover's Chesapeake Bay: Restaurants, Markets, Recipes & Traditions (Paperback)

By Mary Lou Baker, Holly Smith
$19.95
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ISBN: 9781493001538
Published: Globe Pequot Press - December 2nd, 2014
Dishing Up® Maryland: 150 Recipes from the Alleghenies to the Chesapeake Bay By Lucie Snodgrass, John Shields (Foreword by), Edwin Remsberg (Photographs by) Cover Image

Dishing Up® Maryland: 150 Recipes from the Alleghenies to the Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)

By Lucie Snodgrass, John Shields (Foreword by), Edwin Remsberg (Photographs by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9781603425278
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Published: Storey Publishing, LLC - April 17th, 2010
An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake By Tom Horton Cover Image

An Island Out of Time: A Memoir of Smith Island in the Chesapeake (Paperback)

By Tom Horton
$17.95
ISBN: 9780393331462
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 28th, 2008
Life in the Chesapeake Bay By Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson Cover Image

Life in the Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)

By Alice Jane Lippson, Robert L. Lippson
$37.50
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ISBN: 9780801883385
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - March 1st, 2006
Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay By Edward O. Murdy, John A. Musick, Valerie A. Kells (Illustrator) Cover Image

Field Guide to Fishes of the Chesapeake Bay (Paperback)

By Edward O. Murdy, John A. Musick, Valerie A. Kells (Illustrator)
$26.95
ISBN: 9781421407685
Availability: Backordered
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - May 1st, 2013
The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake By William B. Cronin Cover Image

The Disappearing Islands of the Chesapeake (Hardcover)

By William B. Cronin
$42.00
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ISBN: 9780801874352
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - June 17th, 2005
Oakley the Oyster: A Chesapeake Bay Adventure By Cindy Freland Cover Image

Oakley the Oyster: A Chesapeake Bay Adventure (Hardcover)

By Cindy Freland
$18.00
ISBN: 9780692564684
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Published: Maryland Secretarial Services, Inc. - October 25th, 2015
Mason's Retreat: A Novel By Christopher Tilghman Cover Image

Mason's Retreat: A Novel (Paperback)

By Christopher Tilghman
$16.00
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ISBN: 9781250016072
Published: Picador - April 24th, 2012
The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel By Christopher Tilghman Cover Image

The Right-Hand Shore: A Novel (Paperback)

By Christopher Tilghman
$20.00
ISBN: 9781250033284
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Published: Picador - April 30th, 2013
Plants of the Chesapeake Bay: A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, & Other Flora By Lytton John Musselman, David A. Knepper Cover Image

Plants of the Chesapeake Bay: A Guide to Wildflowers, Grasses, Aquatic Vegetation, Trees, Shrubs, & Other Flora (Paperback)

By Lytton John Musselman, David A. Knepper
$30.00
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ISBN: 9781421404981
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press - May 30th, 2012
Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on the Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807 By Donald G. Shomette Cover Image

Pirates on the Chesapeake: Being a True History of Pirates, Picaroons, and Raiders on the Chesapeake Bay, 1610-1807 (Paperback)

By Donald G. Shomette
$22.99
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ISBN: 9780870336072
Published: Schiffer Publishing - April 1st, 2008
The Tidewater Tales (American Literature) By John Barth Cover Image

The Tidewater Tales (American Literature) (Paperback)

By John Barth
$21.00
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ISBN: 9781564788504
Published: Dalkey Archive Press - June 22nd, 2016
Maryland's Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine By Neal Patterson, Kathryn Wielech Patterson Cover Image

Maryland's Chesapeake: How the Bay and Its Bounty Shaped a Cuisine (Paperback)

By Neal Patterson, Kathryn Wielech Patterson
$21.95
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ISBN: 9781493017911
Published: Globe Pequot Press - August 1st, 2016
Chesapeake 1 2 3 By Priscilla Cummings Cover Image

Chesapeake 1 2 3 (Hardcover)

By Priscilla Cummings
$11.95
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ISBN: 9780870335426
Published: Schiffer Kids - June 30th, 2009