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Coffee & Cream Café Mystery Series

Lena Gregory writes the Coffee & Cream Café Mystery Series which started in August 2023 and is set in New York.  When twenty-five-year-old Danika Delaney, black sheep of the Delaney clan, returns home to Long Island to take over Jimmie'…

Alphabet Soup Mystery Series

Erica Whelton writes the Alphabet Soup Mystery Series which started in February 2024. It features Chef Jessica Vasquez and her new restaurant: The Crock Pot.


Lucky Pie Mystery Series

Gretchen Rue (AKA Sierra Dean) writes the Lucky Pie Mystery Series which started in February 2024 and is set in Michigan. It features Este March who runs the family-owned Lucky Pie Diner…

Cece Barton Mystery Series

Maddie Day writes the Cece Barton Mystery Series which started in October 2023 and is set in California.  It features Cece Barton who is the manager of Vino y Vida Wine Bar.  She is recently widowed and a single mom who solves…

Devil's Beach Mystery Series

Tara Lush writes the Devil's Beach Mystery Series which started in July 2022 and is set in Florida.  It features food truck owner Hadley Mortimer who fled New Hampshire and opened 'Give Me Chills', an artisan ice cream truck.


Christmas Multiple Authors

This category represents multiple authors who contribute Christmas stories into one book!


Bistro at Holiday Bay Mystery Series

Kathi Daley writes the Bistro at Holiday Bay Mystery Series which sstarted in July 2022 and is set in Maine.  It features Shelby Morris who came to Holiday Bay after receiving a huge inheritance from a woman she'd never met…

Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series

Mia P. Manansala writes the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series which started in 2021 and is set in Illinois.  When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com…

Grilled Cheese Mystery Series

Linda Reilly writes the Grilled Cheese Mystery Series which started in January 2022 and is set in Vermont. Back in Balsam Dell to heal after the death of her husband, Carly Hale is finally pursuing her lifelong dream―opening Carly's…

Books & Biscuits Mystery

Abby Collette writes the Books & Biscuits Mystery Series which started in November 2021 and is set in Washington.  When Koby Hill and Keaton Rutledge were orphaned at age two, they were separated, but their unbreakable connection…

Dinner and a Murder Mystery Series

Veronica Bond writes the Dinner and a Murder Mystery Series which started in August 2021. It features Actor Nora Blake who finds her dream job when she is cast in a murder-mystery troupe that performs in an imposing but captivating…

All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series

Lena Gregory writes the All-Day Breakfast Cafe Mystery Series which started 2018 in and is set in Florida.  It features Gia Morelli who owns the All-Day Breakfast Cafe.


Charleton House Mystery Series

Kate P. Adams writes the Charleton House Mystery Series which started in April 2020 and is set in England.  It features cafe manager, Sophie Lockwood.  The cafe is located at the ancestral home of the Fitzwilliam-Scott family which…

Chloe Jackson Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series

Sherry Harris writes the Chloe Jackson, Sea Glass Saloon Mystery Series which is set in Florida and started in June 2020.  With Chicago winters in the rearview mirror, Chloe Jackson is making good on a promise: help her late friend’s…

Ice Cream Parlor Mystery Series

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…

Alaskan Diner Mystery Series

Elizabeth Logan writes the Alaskan Diner Mystery Series which is set in Alaska and started in May 2020.  When Chef Charlie Cooke is offered the chance to leave San Francisco and return home to Elkview, Alaska, to take over her mother…

A Soup Lover's Mystery Series

This series takes place in Snowflake, Vermont near a ski resort. This series started in August 2012. It features Lucky Jamieson who inherits her parents' soup shop, By the Spoonful. Lucy has many decisions to make. She wonders whether she should…

Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery Series

J.J. Cook writes the Biscuit Bowl Food Truck Mystery series which started in April 2014 and is set in Mobile, Alabama. It features Zoe Chase. She has always wanted to own her own restaurant—but first, she’ll have to serve up a heaping helping of…

Black Cat Cafe Mystery Series

Lyndsey Cole writes the Black Cat Cafe Mystery series which is set in New Hampshire. It features Annie Fisher who flees Cooper, NY and moves to her hometown of Catfish Cove, NH. Annie immediately has a place to live, a job at her Aunt Leona’s new…

Bookstore Cafe Mystery Series

Alex Erickson writes the Bookstore Cafe Mystery series which started in May 2015 and is set in Ohio. It features bookstore/cafe owners Krissy Hancock and her best friend Vicki. Together they solve murders.


Cackleberry Club Mystery Series

The Cackleberry Club series centers around three women - Suzanne a widow, Petra whose husband has Alzheimer's, and Toni in the midst of a divorce. Together they run a restaurant/book store/craft store and solve murders.


Cast Iron Cooking Mystery Series

Jessica Beck writes the Cast Iron Cooking Mystery series which started in May 2015 and is set in . It features fraternal twins, Annie and Pat and their sister Kathleen who is the town sheriff. The twins run the Cast Iron Store and Grill and solve…

Cat Cafe Mystery Series

Cate Conte writes the Cat Cafe Mystery Series which is set on an Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts. Maddie James has arrived in Daybreak Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts, eager to settle down and start her own business—and…

Cedar Bay Mystery Series

Dianne Harmon writes the Cedar Bay Mystery series which is set in Oregon. It features widower Kelly who owns Kelly's Koffee Shop. Follow Kelly, her boxer dog, Rebel, and her boyfriend, Mike, the county sheriff as they solve murders in the small…

Chili Cook-Off Mystery Series

Kylie Logan writes the Chili Cook-Off Mystery series which starts in October 2013. It takes place all over the United States but I categorized it in Illinois because the main character is from Chicago. It features Maxie Pierce who is so done with…

Classic Diner Mystery Series

Jessica Beck writes the Classic Diner Mystery series which started in 2012 and is set in North Carolina. It features husband and wife team Greg and Victoria who run The Charming Moose Diner in Jasper Fork, North Carolina, along with the rest of…

Comfort Food Mystery Series

Christine Wenger writes the Comfort Food Mystery series which started in August 2013 and is set in New York. It features Trixie Matkowski who agrees to take over her aunt’s diner in upstate New York. Trixie is looking forward to the small town…

Country Store Mystery Series

Maddie Day (aka Edith Maxwell) writes the Country Store Mystery series which starts in November 2015 and is set in Indiana. It features Robbie Jordan and Pans ‘N Pancakes, her country store restaurant in fictional South Lick, Indiana. When she…

Deadly Deli Mystery Series

This series started in 2010. It takes place in TN and features Gwen Silver, also known as Nashville Katz. She is recently divorced and leaves New York because she inherited Murray's Jewish Deli in Nashville.


Deep Fried Mystery Series

Linda Reilly writes the Deep Fried Mystery series which started in May 2015. It features Talia Marby. She’s returned to her hometown and is happy to help her dear friend Bea Lambert by working at Lambert’s Fish & Chips, a cornerstone of a…