Anna Celeste Burke Books in Order

Jessica Huntington escapes a wrecked marriage only to land in the middle of her best friend's murder case near Palm Springs. Wealth, betrayal, and danger close in fast as she discovers someone will do anything to protect a secret.

A witness brings new life to the cold case of Kelly Fontana's death, and Jessica joins forces with Detective Frank Fontana to dig deeper. Old wounds, missing pieces, and fresh danger make the past feel very close.

Set in California and Mexico in the 1960s, this prequel blends young love, loss, and a haunting mystery. It offers a more emotional look back before the Jessica Huntington series begins.

A troubled heiress asks Jessica for help with a missing friend, then the case erupts into guns, lies, and high-end scandal. From Palm Springs to Beverly Hills, Jessica chases answers through a world of wealth and manipulation.

Kim and Brien's honeymoon at a luxury resort is interrupted when a dead Santa crashes their midnight swim. Sun, surf, and Christmas cheer quickly give way to murder, secrets, and a very eventful stay in Corsario Cove.

With Georgie and Jack's wedding only weeks away, a visit to a movie set turns into a missing-person case. Their holiday plans spin off course as they search for a vanished star and the truth behind her disappearance.

A Halloween art heist at Marvelous Marley World sends Georgie and Jack racing through tunnels, crowds, and costumes. With thieves on the move and the park packed, catching the culprits becomes a dangerous game.

Kim and Brien's honeymoon still isn't over when an injured visitor stumbles in on New Year's Eve and a local man disappears. Soon the cove is serving up more bodies, more suspects, and a very rocky holiday.

Back in Corsario Cove, Georgie hears a song tied to the fiance she lost years ago. The haunting clue leads her and Jack into an older mystery that may be as dangerous as the one that first brought them together.

Georgie Shaw works PR for a cartoon-cat empire until a body turns up at the foot of Catmmando Mountain. Framed and under pressure, she joins forces with Detective Jack Wheeler to clear her name.

Jessica's family troubles collide with murder when her mother returns to the desert and a client ends up dead. Balancing family, romance, and sleuthing gets harder as old grudges and fresh motives crowd the case.

A strange package and a message from a monk pull Kim and Brien back to Corsario Cove. What follows is a funny, fast-moving mix of arson, kidnapping, murder, and secrets around a monastery and luxury resort.

On a lavish cruise, Georgie and Jack are enjoying married life until a man goes overboard and another body is found nearby. With suspects all around them, the voyage turns into a closed-circle mystery at sea.

Miriam Webster and her Dalmatian, Domino, find a body on the bluffs soon after she moves to Seaview Cottages. When the body vanishes before police arrive, she and her new friends start asking questions of their own.

When Frank Fontana vanishes, Jessica Huntington is thrown into a case full of conflicting loyalties, missing money, and dangerous half-truths. The search for answers forces her to ask whether the people she trusts are hiding the worst secrets.

A body below a Malibu estate pulls Georgie and Jack into the mystery of a missing musical legend. Rivalries, old secrets, and a taunting killer make this one of their most personal investigations yet.

Rain threatens the Calla Lily Players' outdoor production, then buried secrets and murder threaten everything else. Lily and Austin dig into the past while trying to keep opening night, and themselves, from collapsing.

A famous ballroom star arrives in Los Angeles, then dies under suspicious circumstances after a very public scene. Georgie and Jack step into a world of rivalries, romance, and performance where nearly everyone has a motive.

A federal judge is murdered as wine country gears up for the Taste of Napa Challenge. Lily and Austin are drawn into a case of arson, fraud, and suspicion that reaches deep into the local vineyard world.

A deathbed confession revives an old missing-person case, sending Miriam and her friends digging through decades of secrets. What starts as a search for a grave soon exposes danger that never really went away.

Back in California wine country after her aunt's death, Lily Callahan is met by gunfire instead of a quiet homecoming. With U.S. Marshal Austin Jennings beside her, she must figure out who wants her dead and why.

Kim and Brien rescue a dog just as a holiday regatta brings crowds, crime, and a deadly mystery to Corsario Cove. Missing owners, a murder, and plenty of chaos make this no easy day on the water.

When a tenant insists Shakespeare's ghost is haunting her cottage, Miriam Webster and the G.O.L.D. team investigate. Then the ghost turns up dead, and a playful mystery becomes a very real murder case.

At a high-profile party for a jazz singer's comeback, Georgie Shaw finds a woman's body in a Venice canal. She and Jack have to untangle fame, grudges, and old secrets before the case turns even darker.

Jessica reopens the case of a convicted teen after Auntie Agnes insists her nephew's killer is still free. What looks settled soon turns strange, with desert lore, buried motives, and a dangerous hunt for the real murderer.

Georgie and Jack's first anniversary trip is derailed by explosions, missing executives, and a body in the rubble at Max Marley's newest project. Holiday plans vanish as they race to contain chaos and find the saboteur.

Muriel Bright is a TV cooking star, healer, and graduate of the Witches Academy. When murder strikes behind the scenes of her show, she has to use both kitchen skill and magic to stop a darker force at work.

Jessica Huntington is pulled into another Desert Cities case when a surgeon's death opens the door to secrets, motives, and high-end trouble. With her friends beside her, she has to sort truth from performance before the danger spreads.

A heist at the exclusive Blue Haven Resort leaves a man dead on the fairway and stolen weapons in play. Miriam Webster and the G.O.L.D. team step in, knowing this coastal case could be more dangerous than usual.

Kim Reed and Brien Williams are back in Corsario Cove when a suspicious discovery of bones stirs fresh trouble. Sun, surf, and resort glamour quickly give way to another lively mystery with danger close at hand.

When a vintner's teenage daughter goes missing, Lily and Austin join a community search through wine country. Then Marlowe finds an injured young woman who isn't the missing girl, and the case grows stranger fast.