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More Than One Cool Cat

March 8, 2019By crispin6 Comments

Three years ago, I had never even heard of a catboat.

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Deadly Catch: An Excerpt

March 7, 2019By crispin0 Comments

Meet some of the characters from Crispin’s second mystery novel.

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Edgartown Books: Staying Afloat In Digital Waters

March 6, 2019By crispin4 Comments

This bookstore knows what it means to be part of The Vineyard.

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Elusive Menemsha

March 4, 2019By crispin0 Comments

Restorative and mysterious all at the same time.

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An Oak Bluffs Story: Martha’s Vineyard Fiction

March 3, 2019By crispin3 Comments

July, Donuts, Coffee, Sunshine, and Friends

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The Black Dog Tavern

March 2, 2019By crispin2 Comments

I highly recommend that you go with friends who like pancakes. Here’s why…

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Catboat Charters: Sailing On Martha’s Vineyard

March 1, 2019By crispin4 Comments

Stepping aboard Tigress, the ninety-one-year-old catboat, is a step back in time.

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Pretty Vineyard Girls

March 1, 2019By crispin0 Comments

The last thing she heard was the mechanical click of a gun.

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White Shark

March 1, 2019By crispin0 Comments

The room filled with an explosion of sound, a cracking, crunching, and mechanical sound…

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“Don’t Tell Your Mother!”

March 1, 2019By crispin12 Comments
1977 Ferry to Marthas VineyardMy first ferry ride to Martha's Vineyard with Dad, 1977

The first time that I went to Martha’s Vineyard, it was just my Dad and me.

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Crispin’s Martha Vineyard Mysteries

  • Exhibit: Murder, Chapter One
    With quick glances, Peter turned his head to the right and looked out over the Atlantic Ocean thirty feet below. There were hints of deep, translucent blue but mostly the ocean shimmered like diamond dust, all white light too bright to hold any colour at all. […]
  • DEAD AND BURIED: Chapters One and Two
    My fifth Martha's Vineyard Mystery is here! […]
  • Pretty Vineyard Girls
    The last thing she heard was the mechanical click of a gun. […]
  • White Shark
    The room filled with an explosion of sound, a cracking, crunching, and mechanical sound... […]
  • Deadly Catch
    Charles’ face exploded through the water to find the hot July sun waiting for him... […]
  • The JAWSfest Murders
    When he fell, the man smashed his head against a tree stump, wedging a piece of bark into his eye... […]

Reader Comments

  • crispin on JAWS Filming Locations: “Hi Ed! The name Mike Wild doesn’t ring a bell but that doesn’t mean that he wasn’t involved. There were…”
  • Ed Watson on JAWS Filming Locations: “Hello Crispin, For the last hour I’ve been reading about the Jaws set locations and no where is Mike Wild…”
  • crispin on JAWS Filming Locations: “No, the ‘Chocolate Lighthouse’ was indeed East Chop Light. For most of its life, it was painted a ruddy brown.…”
  • crispin on September On Martha’s Vineyard: “Tracy, I am so sorry to be just getting to this now. I hope you had a wonderful time on…”
  • Catherine on JAWS Filming Locations: “The CHOCOLATE LIGHTHOUSE is the GAY HEAD LIGHTHOUSE…. Not EAST CHOP……”
  • Heidi Bryan on Among The Flowers, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard: “Hello Pat – I am looking for a caterer to do an event for my extended family of about 30,…”
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