Althea Rose Mystery Books in Order
Part ofTricia O'Malley Books in OrderSee the Althea Rose Mystery series by Tricia O’Malley in order, with short summaries, series background, and simple guidance on the best reading order.
Last updated: December 21, 2025
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Publication Order
11 books
Tequila for Christmas
by Tricia O'Malley
2021
Miss Elva’s holiday fashion show at Lucky’s is all glitter and Santa hats—until her favorite model keels over, poisoned mid‑cocktail. With a crowd to calm and suspects everywhere, Althea and Luna must find who’s trying to ruin Miss Elva’s Christmas.
Eight Ways to Tequila
by Tricia O'Malley
2021
Althea’s quiet day explodes when a jewel heist shatters Tequila Key and a powerful star sapphire vanishes. Chasing a misfiring coven of amateur witches, she finally learns the truth about her own magic before the town is destroyed.
Seven Deadly Tequilas
by Tricia O'Malley
2020
A grave robber is plundering Tequila Key’s cemetery, and Althea wants nothing to do with it—until a corpse staggers into her garden. With her friends and pirate ghost Rafe, she must stop a dark ritual before it claims him forever.
A Sixer of Tequila
by Tricia O'Malley
2019
A stolen flamingo statue and an eccentric “Flamingo King” bring fresh chaos to Tequila Key. Dragged along as Miss Elva’s chaperone, Althea uncovers a bigger crime behind the quirky mini‑golf mystery, one that could turn a glittery gala deadly.
A Fifth of Tequila
by Tricia O'Malley
2018
A psychic reality show invades Tequila Key, thrusting Althea into unwanted fame. When a contestant turns up dead and cameras catch every misstep, she has to clear her name and unmask a killer while the whole world watches.
Tequila Four
by Tricia O'Malley
2017
When infamous pharma billionaire Chadwick Harrington is kidnapped during a low‑profile stay in Tequila Key, Althea and Miss Elva are blackmailed into finding him. Their psychic search exposes dangerous enemies and a moral dilemma about whether some lives are worth saving.
Three Tequilas
by Tricia O'Malley
2016
Hired to document a high‑stakes treasure hunt, Althea and dive master Trace join a team seeking a rare Aztec emerald on a sunken pirate ship. The expedition quickly turns deadly, forcing Althea to rely on both intuition and magic to survive.
Tequila Shots & Valentine Knots
by Tricia O'Malley
2016
Valentine’s Day in Tequila Key turns wild when Miss Elva brews a love potion for a struggling couple and her jealous pirate ghost misreads the spell. Althea is swept into a short, sweet tangle of romance, mischief, and magical mayhem.
Tequila Will Kill Ya
by Tricia O'Malley
2015
Luna Lavelle’s perfect All Hallows’ Eve retreat with her new coven is ruined when a sinister curse sweeps Tequila Key. Teaming up with Miss Elva—and an intriguing doctor—she races to lift the spell before it claims the people she loves.
Tequila for Two
by Tricia O'Malley
2015
A radical pagan festival descends on Tequila Key, setting Althea’s psychic alarms ringing. After a botched protection spell and bodies on the beach, she has to untangle dangerous rituals, false prophets, and rising moonlit magic before the killer strikes again.
One Tequila
by Tricia O'Malley
2015
Psychic tarot reader Althea Rose loves her offbeat life in Tequila Key—until her best friend is accused of murder. To clear her name, Althea taps into visions, beach‑town gossip, and a touch of magic while juggling a complicated love life.
Series background & context
The Althea Rose Mystery books drop readers into Tequila Key, a funky Florida town where turquoise water, gossip, and a little bit of magic all swirl together. At the center of it all is Althea Rose, a psychic tarot reader who would honestly prefer a quiet life of reading cards and drinking margaritas on the dock.
Althea co‑owns Luna Rose Potions & Tarot Shop with her best friend, Luna, a white witch with a good heart and highly variable timing. Between the two of them—and Tequila Key’s thriving tourist trade—there’s always someone who needs a love charm, a protection spell, or a hint about what’s coming next. The problem is that sometimes the bad stuff arrives whether they read the cards or not.
Around them orbits a cast of scene‑stealers. There’s Miss Elva, the glamorous voodoo priestess whose fashion choices are as loud as her opinions; Beau, the charming bar owner who turned a simple snack shack into Lucky’s, the beating heart of the town’s nightlife; and Trace and Cash, the kind of infuriatingly handsome men who complicate Althea’s love life at exactly the wrong moments. Later books add pirate ghosts, wayward billionaires, and more than one very opinionated cat.
Each story starts with something small: a client in trouble, a visiting group that feels off, a holiday event that should have been easy. Before long, Althea is knee‑deep in murder investigations, missing persons, or supernatural trouble, pulled along by hunches she can’t ignore. Her psychic flashes help, but they never hand her tidy answers. She still has to dig, make mistakes, and choose who to trust.
Magic is threaded through everything, but it’s grounded and playful rather than dark. Protection spells backfire, love potions land on the wrong lips, and the line between magick and ordinary intuition is often blurry. The tone stays cozy and humorous even when the stakes climb, and the books lean on friendship, found family, and a sun‑bleached sense of place as much as on whodunit puzzles.
Over the series, readers watch Althea grow from a slightly scattered psychic into someone far more powerful than she ever meant to be. Her relationships deepen, her understanding of her own gift sharpens, and Tequila Key itself becomes almost a character—protective, eccentric, and never, ever boring. While each mystery stands alone, the emotional arcs and ongoing romances are more satisfying if you read the books in order.
If you like your sleuthing spiked with spells, salt air, and snarky banter, this series is a long, colorful vacation you can keep returning to whenever real life feels a little too ordinary.
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