Sheila Connolly

Sheila Connolly writes the Orchard Mysteries for Berkley Prime Crime. As Sarah Atwell, she also wrote the Glassblowing Mysteries, whose debut book, Through a Glass, Deadly, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Another series, the Museum Mysteries, opened in October 2010 with Fundraising the Dead, and she is planning a third series, set in Ireland, which will appear in 2012.

Sheila is a member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, as well has Romance Writers of America. She currently serves on the SinCNE Board as President and is co-chair of the 2011 New England Crime Bake.

Publications:

One Bad Apple - An apple a day keeps the corpses away.When Meg Corey unexpectedly finds herself out of a job, an apartment, and a relationship, she seizes the opportunity to renovate the Massachusetts colonial house her mother has inherited from distant relations and to sell it quickly for a share of the profits.  But Meg gets more than she bargained for when she learns that renovating a 200-year-old house i. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2008-08-05

Rotten to the Core - Not everything is blooming this spring . . .Spring has come to Meg Corey’s apple orchard—and it’s quickly becoming a killer season. Just as she’s getting the hang of managing the two-hundred-year-old orchard she’s inherited, the dead body of a local organic farming enthusiast is found in her springhouse. And the only thing that’s sprung is a murder accusation&md. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2009-07-07

Red Delicious Death - So much for Appley-Ever-After . . .A bunch of baby-faced chefs who are fresh out of cooking school are looking to open a restaurant in Granford.  They plan on using locally-grown foods, which is great news for city-girl banker turned newbie orchard-owner Meg Corey.  She can contribute apples from the orchard she inherited–while continuing to harvest her romance with Seth, the local. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2010-03-02

A Killer Crop - A suspicious death is ripe for rumor . . .When Meg Corey's mother arrives unannounced in Granford, Massachusetts, Meg's sure it's not just to pay a surprise visit to the apple of her eye. The timing is terrible–it's harvest season and Meg is understaffed in the orchard. Plus Elizabeth Corey is clearly hiding the real purpose of her trip from her daughter. After an English professor from. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2010-12-07

Fundraising the Dead - At the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations–and sometimes solves crimes.  After all, murder is not good for public relations . . .At the museum, a few missing documents could be a major embarrassment.  So when a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the day of the Society's grand Gala, heads wi. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2010-10-05

Bitter Harvest - WHERE DO MEG'S TROUBLES STEM FROM? Now that Meg Corey's first apple crop has been harvested and sold, she's enjoying some free time. Especially since she's snowed in without power or heat. Luckily, her maybe‑boyfriend Seth Chapin is keeping her company, and has agreed to help her clean out her house.  In a dusty corner Meg finds an early 19th‑century silk sampler embroidered with app. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2011-08-02

Thin Ice: Crime Stories by New England Writers - “…twenty-five of the most cleverly written and thought-provoking crime stories ever assembled in one collection,” Brenda Scott, Manchester Examiner “…the editors of this anthology have poured their energy into selecting the very best from the New England area, and they have succeeded, brilliantly.” Christine Zibas, Reviewing the EvidenceWhether it’. . .

Level Best Books - 2010-11-12

Let's Play Dead - For this killer, murder is child's play... The president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, Nell Pratt, is jolted into action when someone is electrocuted at a colleague's children's museum When Nell Pratt is invited to the beloved Philadelphia children's museum, Let's Play, for a sneak preview of a newly installed exhibit based on the Harriet the Hedgehog book seri. . .

Berkley Prime Crime - 2011-07-05

Called Home - An Orchard Mystery eBookOut of a job and living alone in a drafty Colonial house, Meg Corey is supposed to be fixing the house up to sell, but now she's got the flu and she's freezing and she feels very sorry for herself. Then Deborah Warren shows up to distract her—but is Deborah a ghost, or just the product of Meg's feverish imagination?Choosing to believe that Deborah really is a ghost, M. . .

Beyond the Page - 2011-06-01