An Oceanside Hotel Mystery Books in Order

The Oceanside Hotel mysteries give CeeCee James a setting built for constant trouble. Maisie Swenson has taken a job managing an elite Florida hotel, which sounds glamorous until you remember what a hotel really means in a mystery series: guests with secrets, events that go sideways, and a steady stream of strangers arriving right on schedule for the next disaster.

Maisie is a strong lead for this world. She is smart, capable, and trying hard to keep the place running, even while murders keep turning up in or around the property. She also brings her Momma and their basset hound, Bingo, into the mix, which helps the series feel warm and lived in instead of all polished surfaces and rich-people problems.

The hotel lets the books move through all kinds of situations. A comic convention, wedding chaos, premiere events, demanding guests, and behind-the-scenes staff drama all fit naturally into Maisie's day job. That means each mystery can feel a little different while the setting still stays familiar. The work itself matters too. Maisie is not just an amateur sleuth wandering into crime scenes for fun. She is often solving problems because her job, her home, and her safety are on the line.

There is also a nice little tension between Maisie's practical responsibilities and her curiosity. She is the kind of person who should probably leave things alone for her own good, but that was never going to happen. Once something feels wrong, she keeps going.

If you like sunny Florida cozies with hotel drama, family banter, and a heroine balancing hospitality with homicide, this series delivers exactly that. It is breezy, personable, and built around a setting that always has room for one more suspicious guest.