Beth Byers Books in Order

Rosemary Baldwin abandons her unsatisfying job and moves to the Oregon coast to open the 2nd Chance Diner. A murder inside her new business threatens everything she has built, prompting her to investigate the killer herself.

Claire's bakery job and new life in Brightwater Bay seem promising until a customer dies after eating her dessert. As suspicion falls on her, she must determine whether the death was chance or a deliberate attempt to implicate her.

Claire hopes the island town of Brightwater Bay will offer a peaceful new beginning. When a body turns up chained to a crab trap, she investigates secrets beneath the town's friendly surface while risking her own safety.

Rosemary’s new diner, friendships and romance are flourishing when a competing restaurant opens nearby. After its owner is found dead with her cinnamon-roll recipe on his chest, she must uncover the truth to protect her fresh start.

Rosemary reluctantly takes charge of a charity event for the animal shelter when its manager disappears. Her frustrated remarks become dangerous evidence after the missing manager is found dead, leaving her to clear herself and protect the dogs.

Rose and Zee organize a scavenger hunt to improve Silver Falls’ image, but their own friendship is under strain. When the event leads to two deaths, they must resolve their differences while identifying the killer.

Returning from their honeymoon, Rose and Simon find their friend Jane embroiled in a dispute after revealing a secret. When Jane’s former partner is killed, they join Zee and Carver to prevent her arrest for murder.

Rose and Simon visit a resort while planning their wedding, hoping to sample its food and inspect the ballroom. A body on the golf course interrupts their preparations and draws them into another murder investigation.

Ava Crowe balances chronic illness, numerous side jobs and intrusive family advice with a determinedly cheerful attitude. Discovering a body while gathering herbs makes her a murder suspect, pushing her to investigate and reclaim control of her life.

Violet Carlyle and her twin spend Christmas with their wealthy aunt and a family eager for an inheritance. When the aunt dies after claiming someone wants her dead, Violet must investigate a murder with no obvious beneficiary.

Rose and Zee compete against each other in a pie contest, expecting friendly rivalry and a disappointed loser. The discovery of a body changes the stakes, pulling the 2nd Chance Diner’s friends into another local murder mystery.

Rosemary arranges a special celebration for Zee’s visiting mother, bringing the family together. When Zee’s former love suddenly dies, suspicion falls on her relatives, and Rose willingly joins the investigation to help her friend find the killer.

Overworked by the diner’s busy season, Rose joins Simon for a romantic break at a local bed-and-breakfast. A death during high tea ruins their plans, forcing them to investigate while considering the danger to their relationship.

Pregnant Rose hopes to enjoy the holiday season, but a body behind the diner brings another investigation. While Simon wants her safely removed from the case, Zee and an expanding group of suspects pull her toward the truth.

Rose and Simon’s wedding is nearly ready when a body appears at the place where they intend to exchange vows. Solving the murder becomes an urgent part of their preparations, threatening both the celebration and their happiness.

Exhausted by work and family demands, Violet and Jack retreat to a woodland lodge for rest. A body discovered during a morning walk ends their peace, with the victim’s longtime friends emerging as the principal murder suspects.

Back from their honeymoon, Violet and Jack join friends for cocktails, jazz and dancing. When a band member collapses dead during the evening, their celebration becomes an investigation into who wanted the musician silenced and why.

Violet Wakefield plans a lavish Christmas filled with performances, decorations and gifts. Witnessing a crime unexpectedly draws her into another investigation, while managing Jack’s reaction becomes an additional challenge to keeping their festive plans intact.

Georgette and Charles prepare to establish their own Christmas traditions in their new home. An unexpected mystery interrupts the festivities, bringing friends and family into an investigation conducted amid fireside comforts, tea and seasonal treats.

Violet struggles through her first Christmas without Aunt Agatha, so Victor arranges a party to raise her spirits. A body interrupts the gathering, bringing Jack Wakefield into an investigation that also tests his uncertain romance with Violet.

Hettie and Ro trade their newly mastered automobiles for motorcycles, following an adventurous friend into unfamiliar territory. Finding a body is alarming enough, but its disappearance before help arrives prompts them to track both the victim and killer.

The Wode sisters spend their first Christmas away from home, struggling with homesickness. Restless spirits complicate the season, and Ariadne, Circe and Echo must discover what troubles the dead while deciding how to restore their own holiday cheer.

After the Ku Klux Klan arrives at their door, the Wode sisters leave for their ancestral home in England. A haunted new friend forces them to put aside their quarrels and weigh helping her against revealing themselves as witches.

Georgette’s books continue to attract unsettling real-life consequences, including deaths connected with her fictionalized neighbors. A blackmail letter sends her to Charles Aaron for advice, but another murder raises fears that the blackmailer has changed tactics.

Georgette Marsh writes a novel to improve her dwindling finances, using her neighbors as models. When it becomes a bestseller and a character’s fictional fate is repeated in real life, she must investigate while concealing her authorship.

Expecting a child, Georgette Aaron plans to focus on her house, family and writing rather than other people’s problems. A frustrating day sends her out for a walk, where an unexpected reflection disrupts her resolution to stop meddling.

Exposed as the writer behind a controversial portrayal of her hometown, Georgette escapes to Bath with friends. Becoming involved in a fellow book lover’s troubled life leads her to a murder and a race to protect the next potential victim.

Georgette Marsh’s bestselling novel has already angered her neighbors and become linked to a death. Witnessing another murder after visiting a tea room sends her back to Charles Aaron, determined to protect herself and conceal her identity.

Georgette and Charles purchase a house in the village where they hope to build their ideal life together. Once they move in, troubling discoveries suggest their new surroundings conceal secrets that could threaten their hoped-for happiness.

Called home to explain their writing, romances and independent choices, Violet and Victor assemble their friends for support. The discovery of a gin-soaked body leads to a surprising request from the earl to investigate the murder.

Hettie and Ro escape to Prince Edward Island for a winter holiday, fitting family duties around their explorations. Discovering a body spoils the retreat, prompting them to pursue a killer before returning to their interrupted island pleasures.

Violet returns from the Amalfi Coast for her younger sister’s wedding and finds the proposed marriage troubling. Before she can intervene, another murder puts her family under suspicion, drawing her closer to Chief Inspector Jack Wakefield.

Violet accompanies Victor to inspect his recently purchased property as spring arrives. A walk through the woods brings her upon a body, leading the twins toward an investigation involving a gardener whose private life proves unexpectedly scandalous.

An encounter with an old friend in Belgium leads Violet and Victor to another weekend gathering in England. When murder implicates their shell-shocked friend Tomas St. Marks, they must establish the truth before he is arrested.

Amid wedding plans complicated by her stepmother, Violet accepts an invitation to the Piccadilly Ladies Club. A party with new acquaintances ends in murder, bringing her and Jack together to discover the victim’s secrets and the killer’s motive.

Violet plans an evening of chocolate and conversation for friends in her new married home. Poisoned sweets turn the gathering into a murder scene, leaving her, Jack and their companions to investigate an attack on their celebration.

Violet and Jack visit the seaside for rest and to welcome home Rita Russell. A morning outing ends with a body, drawing their friends into another investigation as they try to identify the killer before another attack.

Lady Eleanor unexpectedly calls Violet and Victor to London when she finds herself in trouble. The twins must decide whether to help the stepmother who has alienated them, then confront the disturbing discoveries their involvement brings.

A leisurely day on the water ends when Violet and Jack discover a young man’s body in the shallows. Learning that the victim was once Jack’s friend makes their investigation into his death a particularly personal undertaking.

Violet organizes an All Hallows celebration with costumes, cocktails and a scavenger hunt. A succession of malicious pranks ends in death, leaving her, Jack and their friends to trace the cruelty behind an increasingly dangerous evening.

Violet, Victor and their friends expect cocktails and fireworks on Bonfire Night, but discover a body instead of their Guy Fawkes. An obsidian blade complicates their investigation as tensions reveal other schemes behind the celebration.

Hettie and Ro become friends through unhappy marriages to dishonest philanderers. When both husbands die, the widows fall under suspicion and must investigate their own lives to find the killer before the blame settles on them.

Violet and Jack’s wedding preparations turn ominous when a body appears at a pre-wedding party. Because both despised the victim, they must solve the murder before suspicion and the investigation overwhelm their approaching wedding day.

Settled in London for autumn, Violet and Jack hope for books, warm drinks and evenings with friends. Jack’s consultation on a case in an inviting house interrupts their plans when appearances prove deceptive and another body emerges.

Writer Georgette Aaron receives letters from an unknown person who urgently needs her help. While managing her growing family and career, she must decipher the clues and locate her mysterious correspondent before the danger becomes irreversible.

An unnamed host invites Violet and Jack to a masquerade without explaining its purpose. A murder soon confirms their suspicions, but an invitation for everyone present to solve the crime creates an unexpectedly peculiar investigation.

Violet and Jack attend their friends’ extended wedding celebration at a country house. After a picnic and a snipe hunt, the contest’s young winner dies at dinner, leaving them to investigate the reason for his murder.

Jack and Ham’s investigation pauses just as a tale of treasure emerges. Violet and Rita join the search, turning it into a competition between couples until unexpected developments force them to cooperate to protect those they love.

Violet and Jack plan a relaxing country summer with friends, but Violet becomes involved in organizing May Day festivities. Expectations of games and judging flowers disappear when she discovers a body and must investigate another murder.

Travelling to Costa Rica for their textile business, Hettie and Ro charter a hot-air balloon tour. An aeronaut’s mysterious death sends them into an aerial investigation, testing their courage and friendship as they seek the killer.

Georgette Aaron begins writing a crime novel with Robert, only to see events resembling their fiction unfold around them. She and her family investigate whether the resemblance is coincidence and what lies behind the real crime.

A new baby, an elopement and an unexpected visitor promise an eventful summer for Georgette Aaron and her family of orphans. Their plans become still more complicated when another murder investigation draws them into working together.

Violet receives an obscure note claiming a murder and making a strange request. Because its writer knows unsettling details about her, she cannot dismiss it and must determine who is drawing her into the alleged crime.

Anonymous gifts begin arriving for Violet, alarming Jack and Victor. When another woman who received similar gifts is found dead, they must identify the admirer before Violet becomes the next target of his dangerous attention.

This collection revisits Violet Carlyle and her friends through parties, mischief and crimes in the roaring twenties. Stories previously published in the Madness anthologies appear alongside two new adventures involving their circle and its entanglements.

Severine DuNoir returns from a foreign convent determined to investigate the murders of her parents. From her first night home, she encounters signs of a sinister plot whose many possible motives now place her in danger.

Severine’s search for her parents’ murderer gains direction and unexpected assistance, but a shadowy man keeps obstructing her inquiries. His willingness to endanger others makes uncovering the truth increasingly risky for her and those nearby.

Violet, Jack and friends impulsively board a steamship without knowing its destination. When two women are found unconscious after receiving different poisons, their spontaneous adventure becomes a search for whoever might strike another passenger next.

Violet and Jack retreat with friends to a Scottish lodge after scarlet fever disrupts their holiday plans. A body appears while they are isolated together, raising the disturbing possibility that someone in their own group killed.

Knowing who killed her parents and why, Severine seeks to bring the culprit to justice. As their confrontation draws in friends and family, she must decide whom to trust while protecting those she loves from retaliation.

Severine’s investigation into her parents’ deaths reaches a barrier, followed by an unexpected offer of help. Exploring her father’s history, she also looks into an elderly woman’s apparent haunting and the motives of whoever torments her.

Severine identifies the person hunting her but still needs to understand his motives. As their conflict involves friends and family, uncertain loyalties complicate her efforts to stop him before those closest to her suffer the consequences.

Violet and her friends travel to motor races hoping for entertainment and perhaps a turn behind the wheel. Helping a mechanic they befriend leads instead to a body and another race to uncover those responsible.

Escaping gloomy London for the country, Violet and friends join a snow-sculpture competition after a storm. A body discovered during the festivities carries something familiar, and evidence makes a simple accidental death increasingly difficult to accept.

Thea goes undercover at her former girls’ school for federal agents, expecting a quiet role assisting the art teacher. Evidence of the Crow draws the entire Clarke family into danger as they try to outmaneuver their enemy.

A Christmas cookie contest at Rose’s diner turns grim when one of the bakers dies. Refusing to lose another event to crime, Rose investigates with Zee despite the objections of the detective she is beginning to date.

Violet gathers her shaken friends for New Year’s, hoping to help them recover from recent troubles. Another body brings fresh suspicion, and the group becomes determined to find the killer and protect the person accused.

Violet arranges time alone with Kate, Rita and Lila after children and repeated troubles strain their friendships. Their reunion becomes uneasy when events go wrong, forcing them to rely on one another while looking over their shoulders.

Violet and friends buy a yacht and sail to escape unhappy days, meeting old school acquaintances in Monaco. A party ends with a body, making the travellers suspects and threatening the peace their voyage had restored.

A seaside reunion brings Violet and her friends into a murder investigation when a body is found near the boardwalk. Evidence implicates someone they once trusted, and discovering the truth may expose them to danger.

Smith usually rejects cases likely to bring heartbreak, no payment or no solution. When Beatrice accepts the kind of trouble he avoids, husband and wife face an investigation that tests their relationship without their friends’ help.

Cat, Thea and Albert Clarke plan their biggest heist, but another player reaches the prize first. With Cat fleeing and Albert endangered, the siblings must infiltrate federal agents and identify their adversary before losing their freedom.

Severine and her companions leave American gangsters behind for London, hoping to escape their families’ reputations. A body disrupts that fresh beginning when members of her chosen family become suspects, forcing them to investigate and prove the truth.

Severine and her friends leave New Orleans to trace what happened to Jane Oliver. Finding their missing loved one brings complicated revelations, and relief gives way to questions about trust, friendship and how they should proceed.

Severine and friends settle in a welcoming village with forests and a beach, hoping to make it home. A grisly discovery on one of her walks leaves her companions racing to clear her name and preserve their future.

Smith understands criminals and hidden lives, but struggles when an objectionable acquaintance enters his friends’ circle. Their involvement with his enemy leaves him worried and uncertain, while Beatrice approaches the problem with a clearer idea of action.

Violet and Jack arrange a romantic evening to repair the strain between them, only to discover a body. Knowing the victim draws them into another investigation that tests their partnership as they try to reconnect.

Violet Carlyle and her friends follow mysterious directions to an elaborate Halloween party. Finding a body in their own car afterward turns them into suspects, forcing the group to identify the killer while clearing their names.

Smith investigates a missing girl whose likely abductor works at Scotland Yard. Challenging the police risks exposing his own illegal activities and endangering his family, while Beatrice tries to keep him alive as the inquiry deepens.

An acquaintance of Smith becomes obsessed with Beatrice and the apparent transformation she has brought to her husband. As his wife faces danger, Smith must confront the threat and the fierceness of his own protective instincts.

After a woman is murdered in his home, Smith moves his family to safety and gathers friends to pursue the culprit. His elusive opponent’s tightening traps force him to protect those closest to him while seeking justice for the death.

Smith and Beatrice linger in the countryside after traumatic investigations, hoping for a gentler return to ordinary life. A woman’s request for reassurance seems manageable, but their attempt to provide answers draws them toward fresh trouble.

After years of family disasters, Hetty Bates reaches midlife grieving her mother and facing unexpected independence. Almost alone, she must discover what she wants from a life whose decisions are finally hers to make for herself.

Violet, Jack, and their friends gather in the country for Christmas with gifts, feasts, and loved ones. A body discovered beneath the mistletoe threatens their celebration, sending the group searching for a murderer before the holiday arrives.

Violet Carlyle and her friends visit a village to admire fields of flowers planted as a declaration of love. A corpse interrupts the excursion, and the flowers’ intended recipient draws them into an investigation of hidden secrets.

Violet Carlyle welcomes a visit from her brother Geoffrey, then doubts his claim to have witnessed a murder. Taking him seriously means investigating alongside her difficult stepmother and father, while risking an already fragile relationship with Geoffrey.

Charlotte Lucas-William has built her life around practical choices rather than romance. When she decides to leave her marriage, resistance from family and others forces her to defend an unfamiliar choice made for herself and consider independence.

Smith’s former lover returns seeking help, but Beatrice is the one persuaded to accept her case. Despite the woman’s troubling behavior, Bea draws Smith and Violet into an investigation complicated by his past and her own loyalty.

Beatrice knows her husband John Smith can be capable of both wrongdoing and kindness. When he appears to frighten her deliberately, she must question his motives, confront her fear, and discover the truth he seems determined to conceal.

A wicked queen uses magic to escape her realm and arrives in Astoria, Oregon, alongside other notorious villains. Taxes, grocery stores, and aging prove unfamiliar challenges, but their greatest irritation is a population that refuses to fear them.

Five years after their aunt’s murder, Violet and her twin hope to reclaim Christmas with their friends. Fresh bodies interrupt the preparations, reviving old fears and suggesting that the danger surrounding their family has returned.

Violet and Jack embark on a second honeymoon and join an island boat tour. The apparently affectionate families traveling alongside them conceal troubling tensions, and a sudden collapse forces the couple to question their fellow passengers.

Back in London, Bea senses trouble when Smith begins disappearing and keeping her at a distance. His apparent return to old habits unsettles their life together, while her determination to investigate conflicts with his insistence that she stay out.

Chocolate-loving Denny Lancaster notices troubling changes at his favorite shop and suspects a crime. Accustomed to the adventures of his detective friends, the devoted husband and father attempts his own investigation and an unexpected chance to become the hero.

Denny Lancaster vows to avoid further investigations until something suspicious about Father Christmas catches his attention. Harmless meddling leads to arrest for a crime he did not commit, forcing him to clear his name before Christmas morning.

After three marriages, Kitty Bennett has friends, a job, and sisters whose curiosity threatens her secret relationship. A second chance with someone who once hurt her forces her to decide whether she can risk trusting him again.

Violet, Jack, and their friends return to bury Daniel Poole after his killer has been caught. Discovering another man’s still-warm body in his coffin turns a farewell into urgent questions about a missing corpse and a new murderer.

Violet and her friends visit a seaside carnival and invite a psychic to a gathering. An ominous warning becomes harder to dismiss when murder follows, drawing them into an investigation shaped by an unusually puzzling crime.

Jack and Ham visit a dear friend who has little time left to live, expecting a difficult farewell. As unsettling events accumulate, their apparently innocent stay takes a sinister turn and raises doubts about what is really happening.

In 1921, Veda Wright seeks independence through a secretary position with a famous historian. Strange footsteps, eerie sounds, and the discovery of a murdered person convince her someone has staged a frightening encounter specifically for her.