Series by State

Julia Buckley writes the An Undercover Dish Mystery series which started in October 2015 and is set in Illinois. It features chef Lilah Drake’s who owns the Covered Dish. Her business discreetly provides the residents of Pine Haven, Illinois,…

Denise Swanson writes the Chef-to-Go Mystery Series which started in April 2018. It features Dani who has hit a dead-end in her career. She unexpectedly inherits an enormous old house in a quaint college town. This gives her the perfect…

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…

Joelle Charbonneau writes the Glee Club Mystery which started in 2012 and takes place in Illinois. It featuresPaige Marshall who has worked hard to become the next opera sensation, only the big break she’s been dreaming of still hasn’t come. With…

Laura Quinn writes the Pawtisserie Mystery Series which started in July 2019. This cozy mystery series centers around the Posh Pup Pawtisserie and Pawtique, located in the fictional Chicago suburb of North Haven. Claire Noble owns the shop, with…

Nancy Parra writes the Perfect Proposals Mystery series which is set in Chicago, Illinois and started in June 2014. It features event planner Pepper Pomeroy who finds herself out of work and trying to open a new business that arranges perfect…

Joelle Charbonneau writes the Rebecca Robbins Mysteries Series which started in 2010 and takes place in Illinois. It features Chicago mortgage broker Rebecca Robbins who returns to her hometown of Indian Falls, Ill., to sell the roller rink she's…

Mary Welk writes the Rhodes to Murder Mystery series which started in 1996 and is set in Illinois. It features ER nurse and amateur sleuth Caroline Rhodes and her sleuthing partner, history professor Carl Atwater.

Susan McBride writes the River Road Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Illinois. It features amateur sleuth Helen Evans, who like Miss Marple solves murders.

The Scumble River Mystery Series is set in Illinois and started in 2000. It features Skye Denison who moves back to her small home town, Scumble River. She is the new school psychologist.

Barbra Annino writes the Stacy Justice Mystery series which started in 2010 and is set in Illinois. It features Stacy Justice-- your average small-town reporter...who just so happens to be a witch. She’s never had the time or patience to mess…

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…

Denise Swanson writes the Welcome Back to Scumble River Series which starts in September 2017 and is set in Illinois. It features Skye Denison and the beloved Scumble River setting.

Jennifer David Hesse writes the Wiccan Wheel Mystery Series which started in July 2016 and is set in Illinois. It features attorney and Wiccan Keli Milanni. In the first book as the Summer Solstice approaches in idyllic Edindale, Illinois,…