Abby L Vandiver Books in Order

Biblical archaeologist Justin Dickerson follows a translator's old journal toward manuscripts hidden near the Dead Sea Scrolls. What begins as an investigation into ancient documents uncovers a dangerous challenge to accepted accounts of humanity's origins.

Weary of guarding evidence about humanity's origins, Justin Dickerson plans to hand her discoveries to the government. A Belize excavation with her daughter Logan uncovers a Maya connection, drawing her into another dangerous search for answers.

Archaeologist Justin Dickerson seeks decisive evidence for a hidden history of humanity, following clues in ancient texts and an undeciphered codex. Her investigation challenges a secret society and powerful people determined to keep the truth concealed.

After trespassing at a protected excavation, archaeologist Logan Dickerson reaches coastal Georgia while avoiding the FBI. A suspicious death at her lodgings draws her into an investigation alongside Miss Vivee, an elderly herbalist with a talent for solving murders.

Oliver Gibbons's death leaves a coastal Georgia community crowded with suspects, including business associates, relatives and romantic partners. When suspicion reaches Miss Vivee's daughter, the elderly sleuth recruits archaeologist Logan Dickerson to help untangle the competing motives.

Logan Dickerson hopes a Georgia excavation will support her theory about Maya migration, but being discovered beside a murder victim makes her a suspect. Miss Vivee and Mac join the effort to clear her name.

Illness spreads among visitors to a county food fair before a pie-tasting judge is found dead. Logan Dickerson and Miss Vivee investigate a mysterious note naming poisonous flowers, trying to identify the source of a fatal dish.

Three days before a wedding, Logan Dickerson discovers a body at the gazebo. Miss Vivee vows to solve the murder before the ceremony, aided by Logan's visiting mother and brother as family celebrations become entangled with suspects.

Nixie's first house-sitting assignment takes her tiny home to Branson for Christmas, where a rodeo star turns up dead in the house she watches. With her grandfather and campground friends helping, she sets out to identify the killer.

Nixie travels to Tennessee to collect her new tiny house, only for a murder at the seller's ranch to interrupt her plans. Accompanied by her dog Alfie, she must untangle the mystery before she can head home.

Photographer Sunny Lebowitz witnesses a murder through her camera and becomes a person of interest in the investigation. In the mysterious refuge of Normal Junction, an uncertain angel arrives to help her identify the killer and clear herself.

Archaeologist Logan Dickerson travels to Fiji with Miss Vivee and her new husband Mac. Their island visit includes local festivities and a troublesome prankster, but two unexpected deaths draw the amateur sleuths into another unusual murder investigation.

Teagan Blake seeks the truth about his grandmother's murder in the mysterious town of Normal Junction. Witch sisters Layah and Libby Frazier, whose watch repair shop hides greater abilities, offer supernatural assistance with his search for the killer.

Retired civil servant Brigitt plans to open an events business in her renovated house. A body floating in the basement spoils her Christmas launch, and solving the murder becomes urgent when her realtor sister appears connected to it.

A wedding at Romaine Wilder's family funeral home goes wrong when the groom dies, leaving Auntie Zanne with another mystery to solve. Romaine's own fiancé arrives as family obligations and murder complicate the promised celebration.

After losing her medical examiner job, Romaine Wilder returns to her Texas hometown and the family's funeral business. An unexpected corpse gives her and her meddlesome Auntie Zanne a mystery that draws them into the local investigation.

A leadership election among Voodoo herbalists becomes a murder investigation when candidates begin dying. Romaine Wilder and Auntie Zanne pursue the clues, joined by Logan Dickerson, Miss Vivee and Mac as the gathering grows increasingly dangerous.

Bronwyn Crewse returns home to revive her family's ice cream shop, but opening day brings snow and a dead man with ties to an old feud. When her father becomes a suspect, she investigates to protect him.

A developer's proposed mall divides Bronwyn Crewse's community before he is found murdered and her friend comes under suspicion. While investigating, Bronwyn must also contend with an aunt who wants control of the family's ice cream shop.

Reunited after growing up apart, twins Keaton and Koby open a combined bookstore and soul food café. Their first week is disrupted when Koby's foster brother is murdered on a train, drawing them into the search for answers.

Twenty writers of color explore crimes that overturn ordinary lives, from a deadly escape room to an ominous call-center inquiry. Vandiver’s anthology follows deception, revenge and desperate choices through stories where the next encounter may change everything.

Bronwyn Crewse takes her new ice cream truck to the Harvest Time Festival, hoping to expand the family business. When a former festival queen is poisoned, suspicion falls on Bronwyn and she must uncover who caused the death.

A death at a church potluck threatens people close to twins Keaton and Koby, including Koby's foster mother and their employee. Between running their bookstore and café, the siblings investigate to clear those they care about.

Her father’s death brings Nona back to the Mississippi home she abandoned fifteen years earlier. Reuniting with her resentful sister forces both women to revisit betrayal, family loyalties and the reasons their lives took such different paths.