Book 2 of the Pyke Island Mystery in Downeast Maine series
Some bones won’t stay buried.
A hidden cave. A human skeleton. A name that makes Pyke Island go quiet.
When geology student Del Corriveau makes the discovery while surveying a remote granite dome, the identification of the remains as Chief George — missing for five years, still divisive in death — sets off a chain of old grudges and fresh danger. Someone wanted him gone. Someone wants him to stay forgotten.
Del, PI Ty Holden, and journalist Marco Avila dig into petroglyphs, land disputes, and a community scarred in ways it hasn’t finished reckoning with. The clues are ancient. The threat is not.
Granite and Bones deepens the Pyke Island Mystery series with family legacy, buried history, and the kind of small-town secrets that reshape everything you thought you knew.
Moe Claire
Softcover: 978-1-961905-50-4 | $14.95
E-book: 978-1-961905-51-1 | $5.99
October 2025 | 258 pages
The story doesn’t end here:
Book 1
What surfaces was never gone.
Book 3
The past wears a veil. It won’t stay hidden.
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—Bill Bushnell, Kennebec Journal
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“A great mystery series, fast-paced, authentic.“
—Dotty Small, retired Maine police officer/detective for 37 years
“Filled with clues and red herrings, the investigation uncovers secrets and tension that somebody will do anything to keep buried.”
—Gabriela Stiteler, award-winning writer & co-chair, New England Crime Bake
“A perfect 10 in local crime fiction.”
—Richard Stockford, author of the Detective Thomas Clipper Mysteries
