Author Talk: "A Fickle Tide" with Moe Claire In-Person / Online

Join Maine mystery author Moe Claire for a discussion on the use of setting in mystery and a live reading from the newly revised edition of “A Fickle Tide”, the first of her Pyke Island Mysteries.

About the book: Two crimes. One frozen island. A tide of secrets waiting to surface. The winter quiet on Pyke Island, Maine, is shattered one cold January night. A man desperate to flee the island kidnaps Del Corriveau, leaving her unconscious in a shuttered summer cottage. That same night, a Hollywood producer vanishes from his waterfront estate—Black Ledges—in a burst of unexplained violence. How are the two incidents connected? And what secrets are hidden behind the walls of Black Ledges? Drawn into the heart of the police investigation, Del’s life is upended by a blizzard of suspicion, veiled threats, buried lies, and painful regrets. To uncover the truth, she’ll have to rely on her sharp instincts, unorthodox skills, and a past she thought she’d left behind.

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Moe Claire retired in 2016 from the Information Technology Dept. at Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor and began a second career writing the Pyke Island mystery series. The series draws from her love of the outdoors with a special passion for Downeast Maine, her inner science nerd, and her experience cruising Maine waters in various boats. In between full-length novels, she publishes  (as Moe Moeller) short stories, community theater plays, and poetry. Her short story “The Last Stone from the House of Usher” was selected for the "2025 Best New England Crime Stories” by Crime Spell Books which will be available this November. She and her husband live in Lamoine and are currently between boats. You can find her on Substack and Instagram.