Vicki Delany writes the Tea by the Sea Mystery Series which started in July 2020 and is set in Massachusetts. As the proud proprietor and head pastry chef of Tea by the Sea, a traditional English tearoom on the picturesque bluffs of Cape Cod,…
Bakery & Desserts Themed Cozy Mystery Series
Joy Ann Ribar writes the Deep Lakes Mystery Series which is set in Wisconsin and started in June 2019. It features Francine "Frankie" Champagne. The 40-something owner of Bubble and Bake — bakery by day, wine lounge by night —…
Abby Collette writes the Ice Cream Parlor Mystery Series which is set in Ohio and started in May 2020. Recent MBA grad Bronwyn Crewse has just taken over her family's ice cream shop in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and she's going back to…
Kaye George writes the Vintage Sweets Mystery Series which is set in Texas and started in March 2020.
In the picturesque tourist town of Fredericksburg, Texas, Tally Holt has opened a new candy store with a vintage twist, but there’s no…
This series started in 2012 and is set in Georgia. It features Katie Lightfoot. Kate's aunt and uncle open the Honeybee Bakery in Savannah and she enthusiastically agrees to join them. But then she notices Aunt Lucy is adding mysterious herbs to…
Carol Durand and Summer Prescott write the Frosted Love Cozy Mystery series which started in 2015 and is set in New Orleans, Louisiana and Florida. It features Melissa Gladstone (Missy), who owns Missy's Muffins and More, a family muffin and cupcake…
Stella St. Claire writes the Happy Tails Dog Walking Mystery Series. It features Olivia Rickard who would kill to keep everything just the way it is. She’s got a gorgeous boyfriend who loves her, a supportive sister to lean on, and a dog walking…
Victoria Hamilton writes the Merry Muffin Mystery Series which started in September 2013 and takes place in New York. It features expert muffin baker Merry Wynter. Merry is making a fresh start in small-town Autumn Vale, New York, in the mansion…
Summer Prescott writes the Key Lime Culinary Mystery series which is set in the Florida keys and started in 2015. It features pie shop owner Marilyn and her quirky daughter.
Daryl Wood Gerber writes the French Bistro Mystery Series which started in November 2017 and is set in California. It’s always been Mimi Rousseau’s dream to open her own bistro, but it seems beyond her grasp since she’s been chased back home to…
Christine DeSmet writes the Fudge Shop Mystery Series which starts in September 2013 and is set in Wisconsin. It features Ava Oosterling who operates a copper-kettle fudge shop on the docks of Fishers’ Harbor, Wisconsin.
Ava wants to make fudge…
J A Whiting writes the Sweet Cove Mystery series which started in and is set in Massachusetts. It features Angie Roseland who runs The Sweet Dreams Bake Shop in the seacoast town of Sweet Cove, Massachusetts. Angie is looking for a new building for…
Karen Rose Smith writes the Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery Series which started in December 2017 and is set in Pennsylvania. In an old Victorian in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Amish country, Daisy Swanson and her aunt Iris serve soups, scones, and…
Nancy Parra writes the Baker's Treat Mystery series which started in May 2013 and is set in Oiltop, Kansas. It features Gluten-free baker, Toni Ryder who inherits the family homestead and brings her Gluten-free bakery to Oiltop's Main Street only…
A. Gardner writes the Poppy Peters Mystery series which is started in 2015 and is set in Georgia. It features former ballet dancer Poppy Peters. After an injury derails Poppy Peters' ballet career, she gathers the courage to follow in her…
J A Whiting writes the Paxton Park Mystery series which started in September 2017 and is set in Massachusetts. After surviving a terrible car crash in Boston, twenty-eight-year old Shelly Taylor accepts a part-time job as a baker at a mountain…
Sally Berneathy writes the Death by Chocolate Mystery series which is set in Kansas City, Missouri. It features owner of the store Death by Chocolate , Lindsay Powell. You'll discover mystery, murder and mayhem along with quirky characters like…
Catherine Bruns writes the Cookies & Chance Mystery series which started in 2015 and is set in New York. It features recently divorced Sally Muccio. Sally had her crosses to bear: a cheating ex-boyfriend, crazy Italian parents, and an…
Dani Baker writes the Hansel & Pretzel Mystery Series which is set in Kitchener, Ontario. It features baker Linn Sommer who works at the German bakery Hansel & Pretzel. There are three books in the series that were originally written in…
This series takes place in a small town in North Carolina. It features Suzanne Hart who owns a donut shop, Donut Hearts. Suzanne is recently divorced and cashed in her settlement to move back to her hometown and open this shop.
This series started in 2010 and takes place in Arizona. Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura are finally living out their dream as the proud owners of the Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery. Solve mysteries.
Meg Muldoon writes the Christmas River Mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in Oregon. It features pie baker extraordinaire Cinnamon Peters. Cinnamon owns a bakery in the charming town of Christmas River and they celebrate Christmas all…
Ginger Bolton (aka Janet Bolin) writes the Deputy Donut Mystery Series which started in January 2018 and is set in Wisconsin. It features Emily Westhill who runs the best donut shop in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin, alongside her retired police chief…
Leighann Dobbs writes the Lexy Baker Bakery Cozy Mystery Series which started in 2012. It features Lexy Baker who opens up her dream bakery. She's gotten rid of her cheating boyfriend and settled into her grandmothers house with her perky dog…
Michael Lee West writes the Teeny Templeton Mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in South Carolina. It features out-of-work Charleston pastry chef Teeny Templeton. This series is full of quirky characters and southern charm.
Leigh Selfman writes the Rosie Kale Mystery series which is set in California. It features baker Rosie Kale who solves crimes with her senior snoop helpers, Nana and Birdie.
Sarah Graves writes the Death by Chocolate Mystery Series which started in January 2018 and is set in Maine. It features Jacobia “Jake” Tiptree and her best friend Ellie who open a waterfront bake shop, The Chocolate Moose. Sarah wrote the Home…
Ellie Grant (aka Joyce and Jim Lavene) write the Pie in the Sky Mystery series which started in September 2013 and is set in North Carolina. It features Maggie Grady who works in her Aunt Clara's Pie Shop. Maggie is forced to retreat from her high-…
This series takes place in a small town in Minnesota and started in 2000. Hannah Swenson owns a cookie / bakery shop and solves murders. The books are always themed around a type of dessert.
Karoline Barrett writes the Bread & Batter Mystery series which started in November 2015 and is set in New York. It features co-owners of Bread and Batter Bakery, Molly Tyler and Olivia Williams. Molly is recently divorced and looking for a…