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Each of my books is a self-contained and complete mystery, but each series is best enjoyed in order, so I created a reading order list to help you figure out where to start. You can click on any of the series titles or individual books to learn more. Enjoy!

Maple Syrup Mysteries

Ex-lawyer Nicole Fitzhenry-Dawes thought that moving to the small Michigan tourist town of Fair Haven and taking over her uncle’s maple syrup farm would keep her far away from murderers, liars, and criminals. She couldn’t have been more wrong…

If you love small-town settings, quirky characters, and a dollop of romance, then you’ll enjoy this amateur sleuth mystery series.

Prequel - Sapped (best read after Book #1)

Book #1 - A Sticky Inheritance

Book #2 - Bushwhacked

Book #3 - Almost Sleighed

Book #4 - Murder on Tap

Book #5 - Deadly Arms

Book #6 - Capital Obsession

Book #7 - Tapped Out

Book #8 - Bucket List

Book #9 - End of the Line

Book #10 - Slay Bells Ringing - includes both a Maple Syrup Mystery novella and a Cupcake Truck novella

Book #11 - Rooted in Murder

Book #12 - Guilty or Knot

Book #13 - Stumped

You can also enjoy the Maple Syrup Mysteries in box sets.

Books 1-3

Books 4-6

Books 7-9

Books 11-13

(Book 10 is a novella contained in Slay Bells Ringing.)

Cupcake Truck Mysteries

Isabel Addington wants only two things from life--to hide from her abusive husband and to run her cupcake food truck. But while she's baking up sweets, everyone around her seems to be cooking up murder...

Book #1 - Sugar and Vice

Book #2 - Dead Velvet Cake

Book #3 - Gum Drop Dead

Book #4 - A Sampling of Murder

Book #5 - Poison-Spiced Murder

*Slay Bells Ringing also includes a Cupcake Truck Mystery novella set before Isabel arrives in Lakeshore. However, if you haven't yet read the first nine Maple Syrup Mysteries, I recommend you read them before reading Slay Bells Ringing because it contains some character spoilers for that series.

Cat and Mouse Whodunits

Veterinarian Zoe Stephenson is used to making life and death decisions every day for her furry patients. She never expected those life and death decisions would include hunting down murderers... 

Book #1 - A Tail of Murder

Book #2 - Of Mice and Murder

Book #3 - Barking Up the Wrong Tree

Book #4 - Catastrophe

Book #5 - A Rash Decision

Book #6 - The Purrfect Murder (Coming Soon!)

A Tail of MurderBook 1

A Tail of Murder

By Emily James

Of Mice and MurderBook 2

Of Mice and Murder

By Emily James

Barking Up the Wrong TreeBook 3

Barking Up the Wrong Tree

By Emily James

CatastropheBook 4

Catastrophe

By Emily James

A Rash DecisionBook 5

A Rash Decision

By Emily James

Sugar and ViceBook 1

Sugar and Vice

By Emily James

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