Book cover for "Black Veil, White Rose" by Moe Claire featuring a dark ocean scene with boats.

Book 3 of the Pyke Island Mystery in Downeast Maine series

The past wears a veil. It won’t stay hidden.

A submerged vehicle. A cove that kept its secret for decades. What looks like a long-ago accident begins to expose something far more deliberate — rooted in silence, community, and choices no one was willing to name out loud.

Del Corriveau knows Pyke Island doesn’t give up its mysteries easily. But as questions surface, so do the people who’ve spent years making sure certain truths stayed underwater. In Downeast Maine, the landscape has a long memory — and it doesn’t forgive erasure.

Black Veil, White Rose is a story of place as much as people, where the past and the tides move on their own terms.

Moe Claire
Softcover: 978-1-961905-74-0 | $14.95
E-book: 978-1-961905-75-7 | $5.99
March 2026 | 286 pages

The story doesn’t end here:

Book 1

Image of Lumpy's Gift cover.

What surfaces was never gone.

Book 2

Cover of Following Sasquatch

A hidden cave. A buried past.

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In the media

WABI5 – interview – “Author Moe Claire Discusses First Book in Downeast Maine Mystery Series” – August 7, 2025

WABI5 – interview – “Author Moe Claire Releases Second Book in Downeast Maine Mystery Series” – January 30, 2026

Black Veil, White Rose is an engrossing mystery that delves deeply into Maine’s close-knit communities, revealing secrets and sins that have the power to haunt for generations. A winning cast of characters and a vividly realized coastal Maine setting combine for a compelling read.
Gillian French, author of the Shaw Connolly series

“This book has more twists and turns than the jagged Maine coastline and more flavor than a New England clam chowder.
—Matt Cost, author of Mainely Mysteries and Modern-Day Chronicles of Max Creed