S Mason Pratt

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S Mason Pratt, or Mason Pratt, is the author of The Truth about Hannah White and On the Knife Edge. A former intelligence officer in the 82nd Airborne and graduate of Harvard Law School, his new novel, Saving Lizzie, is about to be published. He and his wife live on Sebago Lake. His writing is inspired by the Maine North Woods and Down East Maine. You can sign up to get updates about his writing here.

Books

Saving Lizzie

Portland lawyer Jason Stewart is called to Cutler in Down East Maine for an OSHA inspection -- local lobsterman Billy Donnegan fell to his death from one of the U.S. Navy's thousand-foot towers used to send secret coded messages to our nuclear subs at sea.

Twelve-year old Lizzie, now an orphan, seeks Jason's help to find her dad Billy's killer....

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On the Knife Edge

Part historical fiction, inspired by the true story of El Faro, the container ship that sank in a hurricane off the Bahamas, this Down East spy thriller casts the reader into the Ukraine war.

Second Mate Melanie is surprised to see her long-last lover, Jack Pierce onboard. He's a CIA assassin, there to blow it up. Unaware he's now dangerous, she...

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The Truth about Hannah White

The body of Hannah White, a flirtatious seventeen-year-old, is found in a shallow grave outside a small town in Maine. There are no suspects and very little evidence. Still, game warden Sam Morse searches for her killer with the help of his college chum, who’s making a reality TV show about the Maine Warden’s Service. Their trail leads them to...

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October 13, 2025

News from Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance's "2025 CRIME WAVE" on Saturday, September 27 at Mechanic's Library, Portland, Maine

Maine best-selling author Paul Doiron gave me a rather impromptu lengthy interview as we stood waiting in the Mechanic's hall library for the next authors' Roundtable discussion. I knew Paul was the scheduled luncheon speaker. He had just received the annual award for being Maine's Crime Master of the Year for his well-known series starring a Maine Game Warden.

I found Paul disarmingly charming and funny--he has a way of laughing at himself. For me, as a budding author with only three novels...