Carolyn G Hart Books in Order

Three teens in a sleepy college town get tangled up in a spy caper after a strange buyer takes over an old mansion. The setup is classic middle-grade suspense with a strong mystery pull.

A student gets embroiled in a dangerous spy plot while traveling through Europe. Hart keeps the pace brisk and the stakes high in this early young adult suspense novel.

A college student risks everything to prove his father innocent of treason. It is a lean, serious suspense story about loyalty, politics, and the cost of chasing the truth.

An American college student finds herself caught in an international crime spree. The story moves quickly, using travel and danger to keep the pressure high.

A peaceful protest of the Vietnam War becomes a nightmare in this early suspense novel. Hart gives the story youth, urgency, and a sharper edge than her later cozies.

A woman who has built a safe family life discovers a stranger knows the dangerous secrets she left behind years earlier in Italy. To protect the people she loves, she has to face the past head on.

Kay Emory thinks her past is buried until a London trip leaves her accused of a crime she did not commit. World War II secrets and unfinished business drive this historical suspense tale.

Two American sisters risk their lives helping Allied soldiers escape occupied France during World War II. It is a tense, fast-moving story of courage, sacrifice, and danger under occupation.

Death on a dude ranch forces a young woman to hunt for a killer while watching her own back. The New Mexico setting gives this romantic thriller plenty of space and menace.

A murder case twists around a California lawyer's family tree and exposes danger close to home. Hart gives the setup a strong classic-mystery feel while keeping the tension personal.

Wealth and privilege turn poisonous in this standalone suspense novel, where family ambition and hidden motives crowd around a dangerous death. Hart keeps the pressure on the people money cannot protect.

A young woman investigates her family's secret past on a haunted plantation. The mood is romantic and gothic, but the real engine is buried history finally pushing into the present.

A diplomat's wife finds love and danger in the Philippines during World War II. Hart blends wartime peril, personal loyalty, and romantic suspense in a brisk standalone.

Annie Laurance's mystery bookstore becomes the center of a locked-room killing when a visiting author dies during a gathering of crime writers. Annie and Max must solve it before Annie takes the blame.

Annie is asked to stage a mock murder for a spring house tour, but a real corpse appears before the night is over. The setup is theatrical, social, and perfectly suited to a classic cozy.

Newly married Annie and Max should be settling into bliss, but trouble follows them quickly. What begins with romance turns into a lively mystery packed with suspects, danger, and cozy banter.

During a spooky stretch on Broward's Rock, Annie and Max find that playful scares can hide very real malice. Hart uses the festive surface to frame a tight mystery about deceit and revenge.

Annie takes a teaching gig on the great women of crime fiction, then finds herself in the middle of campus scandal. A suicide, two killings, and faculty politics give the case real bite.

A lavish Valentine's ball at Howard Cahill's estate ends with Sydney Cahill dead and Laurel caught in the fallout. Annie and Max have to cut through jealousy, wealth, and romantic ruin.

Annie's love of classic mysteries is tested when a Christie-flavored puzzle on Broward's Rock turns all too real. Books, fans, and murder make this one especially playful.

Annie steps into a case shaped by an old Southern house, a local ghost story, and a vanished heiress. Atmosphere matters here, but so do greed and very human lies.

Retired reporter Henrie O heads to a private island at an old friend's request and walks straight into a family gathering full of money and suspicion. It is a classic closed-circle setup with real bite.

Henrie O returns to a seemingly settled town only to find that old scandal still has teeth. Past loyalties and respectable facades begin to crack once murder enters the picture.

At the Dixie Book Festival, Annie is assigned to babysit a group of honored authors just as a tell-all publisher turns up dead. Literary egos and Southern charm make a lively mix.

Henrie O is pulled into a case where romance, memory, and old grudges refuse to stay buried. The mystery leans on personal histories as much as on present-day clues.

A beautiful getaway becomes another test of Henrie O's nerve and judgment when paradise turns uncertain. Hart balances scenery and menace as the trip closes in around her sleuth.

Broward's Rock's Fourth of July festivities erupt when bullying retired general Bud Hatch is shot. Annie and Max investigate a case tangled up with local history, prejudice, and long memory.

This short-story collection brings together Carolyn Hart's female sleuths, including Annie Darling and Henrie O. It is a good sampler of her lighter mysteries, quick puzzles, and steady storytelling.

In the bright public world of the River Walk, Henrie O finds herself facing another murder and too many polished lies. Her reporter's instincts cut through surface charm and tourist gloss.

A stormy night, a Women's Club van, and one dead volunteer leave Annie's friend Henny under suspicion. Annie and Max dig into blackmail, buried tragedies, and a killer who counted on confusion.

An anthropologist is pulled into a San Francisco chase after ancient bones surface and people begin dying. Hart mixes romance, history, and a fast-moving hunt for the truth.

Christmas on Broward's Rock ought to be bright, but Annie is drawn into a case shadowed by family bitterness and old betrayals. The holiday trimmings only make the danger feel sharper.

Worry around Rachel's school turns deadly when a teacher dies and bad jokes stop being funny. Annie has to sort out pranks, hidden motives, and the damage adults do.

A trip that should offer rest instead brings Henrie O into the orbit of people with money, nerves, and too many secrets. Hart uses the resort setting for a brisk, well-contained mystery.

A collection of short mysteries and suspense stories that shows Hart working in a tighter space. Expect quick setups, romantic unease, and cleanly delivered twists.

A society woman's engagement announcement is derailed when her younger artist fiance is found dead. Annie and Max investigate love, money, and the stories people tell about respectable lives.

Told through letters from Oklahoma during World War II, this standalone follows a young woman writing to the boy she loves overseas. The mystery is quieter here, built around memory, loss, and long-buried truth.

Annie's costume mystery cruise begins as a fundraiser and ends with a guest overboard and the body count rising. The festive setup hides a bigger plot involving kidnapping, robbery, and murder.

A light, food-minded collection that connects reading, recipes, and the pleasures of the kitchen. It is the sort of book to dip into for ideas, memories, and table talk.

A grand celebration on Broward's Rock turns grim when several polished guests have reasons to hate the host. Annie and Max sort through old injuries, good manners, and very bad motives.

A desperate plea for help pulls Max into a case that turns personal and dangerous. Annie refuses to stand back when accusation and murder close in around him.

What should be a relaxing voyage becomes another dangerous investigation for retired reporter Henrie O. Travel, old grievances, and sharp observation drive the mystery.

A dying woman says she hid something in the Franklin house Annie and Max are restoring, and a stolen coin collection soon turns murder into a family crisis. Break-ins and gunfire make this one especially tense.

Bailey Ruth, a lively emissary from Heaven's Department of Good Intentions, returns to Adelaide to help a pastor's wife with a corpse on her porch. Her first mission mixes ghostly rule-breaking with a solid murder puzzle.

A nonfiction collection about meals, kitchens, and the daily business of cooking, with the kinds of stories that gather around the table. It is warm, practical, and easy to dip into.

A food-centered anthology that brings together recipes, reflections, and kitchen wisdom from a range of cooks. It is built for browsing as much as for planning a meal.

A mysterious young woman named Iris returns to Broward's Rock and seems to unsettle everyone she meets. Annie's attempt to help ends in murder and a hunt for an enemy hiding among friends.

Sent home for Christmas, Bailey Ruth must protect a newly discovered grandson after a wealthy woman is poisoned before she can change her will. With every heir angry and greedy, the holiday case turns crowded and dangerous.

A compact suspense tale about the moment an ordinary life tips into risk. Hart keeps the setup lean, the tension quick, and the finish sharp.

Bailey Ruth arrives at a grand family home just in time to save a woman from a falling pot and to investigate a suspicious death. Posing as an assistant, she digs through old resentments and family secrets.

Three linked deaths around Broward's Rock's youth recreation center pull Annie and Max into a knot of money, missing teens, and family strain. The puzzle spreads wider with every clue.

When police call a local woman's death a suicide, Annie spots details that do not fit. Her refusal to let it go leads to more killings and a tense trap for a careful murderer.

A woman already living with fear realizes the danger around her is not finished yet. Hart plays this one as straight suspense, tightening the pressure until the truth finally breaks loose.

After a charity-shop volunteer leaves Annie urgent messages about a scandal, Annie finds her dead with an ax nearby. What looks simple quickly opens into a deeper tangle of gossip, secrets, and murder.

A quiet household begins to feel unsafe as small details build toward violence. Hart keeps the tension close and domestic, letting ordinary moments and sharp observation reveal something much darker.

Shell Hurst vanishes during Broward's Rock's Fourth of July celebrations, and a second disappearance makes the case darker. Annie and Max trace blackmail, adultery, and betrayal through the height of tourist season.

Hijacked onto the Rescue Express, Bailey Ruth lands in Adelaide just in time to save wealthy Nick Magruder from a shooting. Stripped of some of her ghostly powers, she has to solve a murder the hard way.

In ancient Rome, Camilla endures a cold arranged marriage until another man awakens hope and danger. Hart turns the historical setting into a story of desire, power, and the cost of choosing your own life.

Annie suspects there is more to an apparent suicide on Broward's Rock, especially after a second killing rattles the island. The clues point toward money, status, and people who want the truth buried.

Bailey Ruth is sent to protect the name of Lorraine Marlow, the Lady of the Roses haunting Adelaide's college library. A stolen rare book, a shooting, and a framed student give this case a bookish twist.

When a missing man is linked to an abandoned car, a murdered woman, and a weapon hidden in the trunk, Annie and Max face a case built to deceive. The deeper they dig, the less anyone's story holds together.

Thrift-shop owner Ellen Gallagher finds a first edition of Poirot Investigates signed to the Queen of England, then loses it to a thief. Annie Darling steps in for a compact, book-loving mystery about rare treasures and loose talk.

Bailey Ruth is sent to help struggling single mother and writer Deidre Davenport after a predatory professor ends up dead. Deidre's fingerprints on the weapon make the case urgent and painfully personal.

Aspiring actress Kirsten Soderstrom agrees to go undercover for a covert agency to trap a crooked senator. The job gets complicated fast when the target seems more human, and more innocent, than she expected.

Bailey Ruth's job is to guide Jimmy Taylor into the next life, but he refuses to leave the woman he loves behind. When Megan becomes the prime suspect in her boss's murder, Bailey Ruth has to clear her first.

A ransom demand pushes Susan Gilbert toward her boss's safe, then leaves her poised to take the fall for a murder. Bailey Ruth races through Adelaide to untangle the kidnapping plot before Susan is trapped for good.

During a quiet winter on Broward's Rock, Annie is pulled into danger when Ves Roundtree says someone is trying to kill her and make it look accidental. Money, resentment, and old lies soon crowd the case.

After a hurricane shifts the waters off Padre Island, rumors of Aztec gold spark a scramble among treasure hunters, archaeologists, and locals. Greed turns the search deadly as murder follows the tide.

Bailey Ruth drops into Adelaide and finds Professor Iris Gallagher standing over a corpse with the weapon in her hand. To save Iris, she has to sort out blackmail, college politics, and murder.

Bailey Ruth rescues Fran Loring from drowning, only to learn Fran has fled the scene of a killing at the Chandler mansion. With the wrong police chief in charge, Bailey Ruth must prove Fran is not the murderer.