Badge Bunny Booze Mystery Books in Order

Badge Bunny Booze is the lighter, louder corner of this connected universe, a run of humorous mysteries built around bad decisions, good friends, and the kind of trouble that starts with, 'What if we just...'

At the center is Bobbi Jax, who answers to BJ, the bar manager trying to keep her place running even when life is doing the opposite. Her best friend Kay is the ride-or-die partner in crime solving, and their orbit includes regulars, cops, and enough questionable drinks to make any alibi sound suspicious.

The friendship is the heartbeat.

Each book kicks off with something absurd or unsettling, a too-real mannequin, a body that drops into their day, a seasonal job that should have been harmless. BJ and Kay do what they always do, they talk big, improvise wildly, and then surprise themselves by following the clues like they mean it. The mysteries stay readable and quick, with more banter than gore and a lot of 'how did we get here?' energy.

Tone is the point here. The series leans into adult humor and double entendres, so it reads closer to a rom-com caper than a traditional police procedural. You still get suspects, reveals, and the pressure of trying to stay alive, but you also get bar politics, messy dating lives, and side characters who feel like they came with the neighborhood.

Most installments work as standalones, but the jokes, relationships, and running disasters land better in order. Starting with If You See Kay Run lets you meet BJ and Kay at their most impulsive, and later books like If You See Kay Lie, If You See Kay Freeze, and If You See Kay Shift build on that shared history without requiring you to keep notes.

If you want a mystery series that does not take itself too seriously, but still gives you a case to solve, this is the one. Come for the chaos, stay for the friendship, and the occasional moment when BJ and Kay pull off something genuinely clever.