A Mystery in Verse

Meet Millie MacAdoo, a librarian-detective in late 1920s Kentucky.

She investigates the stolen Lalique but not the missing words. She can’t solve the mystery of grief—specifically for her brother, who died during the 1918 flu pandemic. She doesn’t have a roadster or a sidekick. She’s got a suspect and clues but no crime.

Millie knows what you’re reading, but she doesn’t hold it against you.

Forthcoming from Able Muse Press.

Praise for Millie MacAdoo Takes Note

“What fun it is to read Carrie Green’s Millie MacAdoo Takes Note! How often do we say that about a book of poems? …Millie MacAdoo Takes Note will leave you refreshed and enchanted, having taken you closer to the real unknown—the enigma of human connection and the mysterious behavior of one’s own heart.”
—Kirun Kapur, author of Women in the Waiting Room

“A mystery with momentum, excitement, and beauty, Millie MacAdoo Takes Note is a story you will never forget. She is a heroine for the ages, filled with heart, humor, and chutzpah…. This is a book I will treasure and revisit over and over again.”
—Kayla Rae Whitaker, author of Returns and Exchanges

“Carrie Green is as imaginative as her heroine, pulling the reader through this mystery with language that is verdant, striking, and poignant. Here is a character fully drawn—through rhythmic, graceful lyrics and astute erasures—that readers will not soon forget.”
—Marianne Worthington, author of Water. Witness. Word. 

Excerpts

 Poems from Millie and the Baffle Book in Mudlark

“Millie’s Origin Story” and “Dear Charlie: Letters Written in Library Books” in Still: The Journal

“Clew” in Good River Review