Series by State

Laura Jensen Walker writes the Bookish Baker Mystery Series which started in August 2020 and is set in Wisconsin.  It features mystery writer and baker Teddie St. John and her American Eskimo dog, Gracie.

Mindy Quigley writes the Deep Dish Mystery Series which started in August 2022 and is set in Wisconsin. Delilah O’Leary can’t wait to open her new gourmet deep-dish pizzeria in Geneva Bay, Wisconsin—a charming…

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 —…

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…

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…

Laura Scott writes the Furry Friends Mystery Series which started in July 2021 and is set in Wisconsin.  Ally Winter is going through a ruff patch. The thirty-something veterinarian lost her fiancé, her clinic, and her savings in…

Liv Parker writes the Ginger Stevens Mystery series which started in February 2016 and is set in Wisconsin. It features business owner Ginger Stevens. Ginger sells architectural artifacts and salvage pieces for commercial and residential spaces.…

Holly Quinn writes the Handcrafted Mystery Series which started in October 2018 and is set in Wisconsin. When a heartbroken Samantha “Sammy” Kane returns to her hometown of Heartsford, WI, for her best friend Kate’s funeral, she learns that Kate’…

Annelise Ryan writes the Helping Hands Mystery Series which started in July 2019 and is set in Wisconsin. It features social worker Clothilde “Hildy” Schneider. Alongside her loyal therapy Golden Retriever, Hildy stumbles through incriminating…

Susan Bernhardt writes the Kay Driscoll Mystery Series which is set in Wisconsin and started in January 2014. It features fifty-something Kay Driscoll, a retired nurse and newcomer to the insular town of Sudbury Falls in northern Wisconsin. With…

Holly Danvers writes the Lakeside Library Mystery Series which started in July 2021 and is set in Wisconsin.  Rain Wilmot has just returned to her family's waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin after the untimely death of…

Allyson K. Abbott, AKA Beth Amos and Annelise Ryan (Mattie Winston Series) writes the Mack's Bar Mystery series which started in August 2013 and is set in Wisconsin. It features bar owner, Mack Dalton. She has a nose for trouble—literally. A…

Abigail Deuel writes the Mandy Bell Mystery series which started in 2014 and is set in Wisconsin. It features veterinarian, Mandy Bell and her Border collie sidekick who solve murders. A colleague and classmate from vet school has passed away and…

This series started in 2009 and takes place in Wisconsin. It features Mattie Winston who is recently divorced and quit her job as a nurse when she found out her husband was cheating on her with another nurse. She is now a deputy coroner.

Annie McEwen writes the Northwoods Mysteries Series which started in March 2024 and is set in Wisconsin.  It features interior designer Emmy Cooper who leaves Chicago and retreats to her family’s lake cottage resort in the beautiful…

Mary Grace Murphy writes the Noshes Up North Mystery series which started in January 2014 and is set in Wisconsin. It features Nell Bailey, a retired teacher who struggles with her weight. She decides to start a food blog and restaurant review…

Laura writes the PTA Mystery Series which takes place in Wisconsin and started in 2010. Her first book in this series was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. The PTA Mystery Series features Beth Kennedy who is single with two…

Set in the fictional town of Moraine, Wisconsin, Story Fischer is gearing up for National Honey Month (September). Her messy divorce is final. Her store, The Wild Clover, is very successful and is the only local grocery. It is a truly unique…

Darci Hannah writes the Very Cherry Mystery Series which started in 2018 and is set in Wisconsin. It features Whitney Bloom who runs the family orchard and inn business, the Cherry Orchard Inn. Whitney Bloom was living in Chicago and was fired…

Shawn McGuire writes the Whispering Pines Mystery Series which is set in Wisconsin.  It features former detective Jayne O'Sheawho returns to Whisperiing Pines to prepare her grandparents' lake house for sale.  This series combines Wicca and the…