Dwyer Murphy is the author of An Honest Living and The Stolen Coast, both of which were New York Times Editors’ Choice selections. He is the editor in chief of Literary Hub‘s CrimeReads vertical.
Murphy's new book is The House on Buzzards Bay.
At CrimeReads he tagged five favorite literary mysteries set in coastal Massachusetts, including:
Richard Russo, Chances AreRead about another entry on the list.
Russo’s 2009 novel, That Old Cape Magic remains for me his ur-coastal Massachusetts story, but Chances Are offers readers a different and worthwhile perspective: a novel with a more explicit mystery propelling it forward. In Chances Are, three old college friends reunite on Martha’s Vineyard mourning their lost youth and also one special woman who disappeared some decades before. The Vietnam War, and in particular the vagaries of the draft, factor into the story in profound ways, and shining through all of it is Russo’s deep appreciation for humanity in all its variety and melancholy absurdity.
--Marshal Zeringue
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