Caroline Fardig Books in Order

Copy editor Lizzie Hart investigates suspicious deaths in the normally quiet town of Liberty. Her crush on a new investigative reporter becomes more troubling when his behavior changes after they discover a dead coworker, making him a possible suspect.

Lizzie's return to work is interrupted by a corpse on the newspaper's roof: her former boyfriend's brother. Evidence against a friend sends her investigating again, while a Wiccan coven and complicated romantic secrets pull her in several directions.

An old friend's apparent overdose becomes suspicious when Lizzie notices another death connected to the same chiropractor. Dismissed by a new detective, she investigates independently and must consider working with the ex-boyfriend she would prefer to avoid.

Juliet returns to Nashville to manage a friend's struggling coffeehouse after her career and engagement collapse. Finding an employee's body on her first day makes her a suspect, forcing her to investigate while contending with a rebellious staff.

A missing college student unsettles Nashville, then Juliet discovers her neighbor murdered. When a Java Jive employee also disappears, the coffeehouse manager joins Pete and detective Ryder in an increasingly personal search for a serial killer.

Juliet finds Pete's socialite girlfriend dead on the morning of a charity race, and he is arrested for murder. Clearing her friend's name requires entering Nashville's elite circles, where hidden scandals complicate the evidence and threaten Juliet's own freedom.

Lizzie and Blake's engagement party brings their very different families together, along with Blake's former fiancée. Discovering the mayor dead turns the celebration into a crisis when police suspect Blake, prompting the couple to search for the actual killer.

A killer begins targeting wedding couples in Liberty just as Lizzie and Blake prepare to marry. After a friend's former partner dies during his vows, the pair work with police to clear her and prevent their own celebration becoming another crime scene.

Former criminalist Ellie Matthews retreats into teaching after a devastating family discovery. A student's murder and evidence implicating a trusted colleague draw her back to forensic investigation, where an increasingly desperate killer threatens the safety she hoped to rebuild.

Newly licensed private investigator Juliet examines the suspicious workplace death of a barista's fiancée. Going undercover in the party-planning business with Pete reveals concealed wrongdoing, while cooperation with her detective ex becomes necessary to untangle the case.

Juliet's estranged former fiancé arrives at Java Jive seeking help, then dies in front of her. To avoid suspicion, she partners with detective Ryder and returns to her hometown, investigating the illegal scheme that may have led to his poisoning.

Ellie returns to crime-scene work when a young family friend disappears and is found murdered. Poems left with victims connect the death to an unsolved case, pointing her and Detective Baxter toward a killer seeking revenge against their department.

Savannah innkeeper Quinn discovers a murdered chef at her friend's restaurant and becomes a suspect alongside its owner. With her sister Delilah's help, she reluctantly investigates, hoping to clear their names and return to running the family bed-and-breakfast.

Quinn and her boyfriend uncover a skeleton while landscaping his aunt's garden. The discovery reopens a decades-old homecoming queen murder and makes the aunt a suspect, prompting Quinn and Delilah to examine old school friendships and Savannah society.

A fundraising event Quinn helps organize ends with the hostess murdered and a friend's catering brother accused. Quinn recruits Delilah and Tucker to investigate the guests, whose old feuds turn the event's invitation list into a roster of suspects.

Ellie's attempt to take up competitive running ends when a woman is found dead beside the course. A threatening photograph circulating online suggests more violence ahead, forcing her to reunite with Detective Baxter despite their increasingly strained partnership.

Criminalist Ellie Matthews investigates an unidentified body before a reporter’s apparent murder-suicide draws her into another case. Following the journalist’s unfinished stories reveals concealed crimes, placing Ellie and a new detective partner in danger as they challenge the obvious explanation.

Ellie Matthews’s estranged stepfather asks for help, then becomes entangled in a murder investigation. Evidence connects him to other deaths, including her mother’s, forcing Ellie to question her family’s past while threats place her own relatives at risk.